Punjab tops in per capita average motor vechiles

Jaipur, Apr 9: Punjab has topped in ownership of motor vehicles while Rajasthan stands at the ninth position on the per capita average of motor vehicles.

Out of 17 states under a survey, Bihar comes in the last position with an average of 1,298 motor vehicles for a lakh population.

According to offical data released here, Punjab has the highest average of 13,218 motor vehicles for one lakh population followed by Tamilnadu and Gujarat with 12,622 and 12,415 respectively.

Maharashtra comes at the fifth postion while Kerala is at the sixth position followed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh taking the seventh and eigth positions respectively.

Rajasthan with the largest geographical size have an average of 5,908 vechiles per lakh population.

UNI