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Infrastructure data

Where India is being built.

Compare metros, highways, power, airports, railways, ports, water systems, and digital infrastructure.

Infrastructure datasets

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Metro rail

City-by-city rapid transit — operational route km versus what is currently under construction, plus approved and proposed pipeline.

1070+ kmCatalogue-derived operational km

28 tracked projects; 21 operating systems; 588+ km under construction.

National Highways

State-wise length of the National Highway network and density per 1,000 km² of area.

1,46,572 kmAll-India NH network

MoRTH state-wise NH table; covers all states and union territories.

Indian Railways

18 current IR zones with latest published route metrics, the complete official Vande Bharat roster, and Dedicated Freight Corridor build-out.

69,439 kmZonal route, all-India

18 zones · 82 Vande Bharat pairs · 11 DFC sections.

Airports

Operational airports with scheduled commercial service — passenger throughput, class, and operator.

420.1MPassengers in FY 2025-26

133 scheduled-service records; Ministry total is 165 operational airports.

Ports & shipping

India's 12 statutory Major Ports plus the largest non-major commercial ports — latest cargo and Sagarmala status.

915 MTMajor-port cargo FY 2025-26

12 Major Ports + 23 of the largest non-major commercial ports.

Electricity

Installed capacity by source — thermal, hydro, nuclear, renewables — plus per-capita consumption and DISCOM AT&C losses by state.

548.9 GWAll-India installed capacity

43% of capacity is from renewables (excludes large hydro).

Nuclear

Every operating reactor, units under construction, the fuel cycle (UCIL, NFC, HWB), AERB regulator, and the policy architecture behind India's three-stage civil nuclear programme.

8.56 GWOperating reactor capacity

23 operating reactors at 7 sites; 10 units under construction (incl. PFBR Kalpakkam).

Water & dams

India's largest dams, inter-state river-linking projects, and the latest CWC reservoir storage snapshot.

6,545Large dams in India

34 marquee dams; 7 inter-state river-linking projects with status from NWDA.

Digital — UPI, 5G, BharatNet

Monthly UPI transactions from NPCI, 5G base stations by TRAI circle, and BharatNet service-ready points by state.

242 BnUPI txns in FY 2025-26

563K active 5G sites; 2,18,347 BharatNet service-ready points.

Sources75
  1. PIB / MoHUA: 1,155 km operational across 26 cities in March 2026pib.gov.inPublisher page
  2. MoHUA: Metro Rail Projectsmohua.gov.inPublisher page
  3. TheMetroRailGuy: India metro projectsthemetrorailguy.comPublisher page
  4. Wikipedia: Urban rail transit in Indiaen.wikipedia.orgPublisher page
  5. MoRTH: Annual Report 2025-26 (Appendix-2, state-wise NH length)morth.gov.inPDF document
  6. MoRTH: Basic Road Statistics of Indiamorth.nic.inPublisher page
MoRTH: Road Transport Year BookNHAI: Project Implementation Unit dashboardPIB: NH network total (March 2024)PIB: MoRTH Year End Review 2025 (NH length 31 March 2025)Wikipedia: Bharatmala (project list and progress)PIB: Bharatmala Pariyojana progress (Phase-I, MoRTH)MoRTH: Basic Road Statistics of India 2019-20 (Table 3.x, NH lane configuration)CEA: All India Installed Capacity (state-wise utility) — Jun 2026CEA: All India Installed Capacity report (30 June 2026)Ministry of Power: Year End Review 2025 (FY 2024-25 per-capita consumption)CEA: Growth of Electricity Sector in India from 1947 (Growth Book 2024)CEA: All India Installed Capacity as on 31.03.2014 (Revised)National Power Portal: Installed Capacity ReportsGrid Controller of India (Grid-India / NLDC): Report on Indian Power System Operation FY 2024-25Ministry of Power: all-time peak demand met on 25 April 2026Ministry of Power: FY 2025-26 peak demand through February 2026CEA: Transmission Reports — inter-regional transfer capacityCEA: General Review 2025 — Table 6.4, State-wise System Losses (FY 2023-24)CERC / State ERC tariff orders for FY 2024-25 (DERC, MERC, KERC, TNERC, APERC, BESCOM, BSES, Tata Power, Adani Electricity)PFC: Report on Performance of Power Utilities 2024-25PFC: 14th Annual Integrated Rating & Ranking of Power Distribution Utilities (FY 2024-25)Ministry of Power: Power for AllMinistry of New & Renewable EnergyAAI: March 2026 passenger traffic, Annexure IIIAAI: Investors — annual reports (multi-year traffic series)Ministry of Civil Aviation: operational-airport countAAI: airport traffic annexuresDGCA: Monthly traffic statisticsMinistry of Civil Aviation: UDAN schemeWikipedia: List of busiest airports in India (multi-year AAI series)Wikipedia: List of airports in India (state-wise)Indian Railways Year Book 2024-25Indian Railways Annual Statistical Statements 2024-25 (Statement 12)PIB: South Coast Railway operational from 1 June 2026Indian Railways: Statistical PublicationsWikipedia: List of railway zones in IndiaMinistry of Railways: 81 chair-car pairs and 1 sleeper pairDFCCIL: Project statusDFCCIL Annual Report 2023-24PIB: DFCCIL releases (search)MoPSW Transport Research Wing — Major Ports cargo, March 2026MoPSW Transport Research Wing — Non-Major Ports cargo, March 2026Indian Ports Association — Major Ports of India (annual)MoPSW Transport Research Wing — Basic Port Statistics of India 2024-25 (Table 3.2.1)Ministry of Ports, Shipping & WaterwaysInland Waterways Authority of India — Annual Review FY 2024-25PIB — IWAI cargo on National Waterways crosses 145 MT in FY 2024-25Sagarmala Programme — Project dashboardSagarmala Programme — AboutPIB — Sagarmala programme portfolio as of 24 March 2026Adani Ports & SEZ — Investor releasesGujarat Maritime BoardAndhra Pradesh Maritime BoardDirectorate of Ports & Inland Water Transport, OdishaMaharashtra Maritime BoardSagarmala: Tamil Nadu Maritime Board profileNDSA/CWC: National Register of Specified Dams 2025Rajya Sabha: NRSD 2025 completed and under-construction totalsCWC: Weekly Reservoir Storage Bulletin, 13 August 2026NWDA: National Water Development AgencyMinistry of Jal ShaktiNHPC: Annual reportsNPCI: UPI Product StatisticsTRAI: Performance Indicators ReportsPIB / Department of Telecommunications: 5G BTS total, 30 June 2026PIB: State/UT-wise BharatNet service-ready points, 1 April 2026UIDAI: Aadhaar dashboardONDC: Open Data — Monthly Network OrdersSahamati: AA ecosystem dashboard
Source
MoHUA, MoRTH, CEA, AAI, and system-operator publications
Reporting dates
Each sub-domain carries its own as-of date; see the dataset page for that domain's exact date.

Data provenance

Source
MoHUA, MoRTH, CEA, AAI, and system-operator publications
Reporting dates
Each sub-domain carries its own as-of date; see the dataset page for that domain's exact date.
Coverage
28 metro project records (21 operating systems), National Highways across 35 states/UTs, installed power capacity across 32 states/UTs, and 133 commercial-service airports.
Limitations
Snapshots from monthly portals can drift a few weeks; under-construction kilometres reflect civil-works status, not commissioning dates.
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