<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: India<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 61,850 km total (1986); 33,553 km 1.676-meter broad gauge, 24,051 km 1.000-meter gauge, 4,246 km narrow gauge (0.762 meter and 0.610 meter); 12,617 km is double track; 6,500 km is electrified
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 1.97 million km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 960,000 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, crushed stone, earth 1.01 million km (1989)
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 16,180 km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 3,497 km; petroleum products 1,703 km; natural gas 902 km (1989)
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Bombay, Calcutta, Cochin, Kandla, Madras, New Mangalore, Port Blair (Andaman Islands)
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> domestic telephone system is poor providing only one telephone for about 200 persons on average; long distance telephoning has been improved by a domestic satellite system which also carries TV; international service is provided by 3 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth stations and by submarine cables to Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates; broadcast stations—96 AM, 4 FM, 274 TV (government controlled)