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Describe the distribution of road in India.

Answer

The distribution of roads is not uniform in the country.

(i) Density of roads (length of roads per 100 square km of area) varies from only 10.48 km in Jammu and Kashmir to 387.24 km in Kerala with a national average of 75.42 km.
(ii) The density of road is high in most of the northern states and major southern states.
(iii) It is low in the Himalayan region, north-eastern region, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

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