1 km navigable by large vessels

Pipelines: crude oil 3,497 km; petroleum products 1,703 km; natural
gas 902 km (1989)

Ports: Bombay, Calcutta, Cochin, Haldia, Kandla, Madras, Mormugao, New
Mangalore, Pondicherry, Port Blair (Andaman Islands), Tuticorin,
Vishakhapatnam

Merchant marine:
total: 299 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,288,902 GRT/10,454,178
DWT
ships by type: bulk 114, cargo 78, chemical tanker 9, combination bulk
2, combination ore/oil 5, container 10, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil
tanker 68, passenger-cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea
passenger 1

Airports:
total: 352
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 11
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 48
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 85
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 72
with paved runways under 914 m: 81
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 7
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 46

@India:Communications

Telephone system: NA telephones; 5 telephones/1,000 persons; domestic
telephone system is poor; long-distance telephoning has been improved
by a domestic satellite system which also carries TV
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: 3 INTELSAT (Indian Ocean) earth stations and submarine
cables to Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 96, FM 4, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 274 (government controlled)
televisions: NA

@India:Defense Forces

Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, various security or paramilitary
forces (includes Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, and Coast Guard)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 253,134,487; males fit for
military service 148,814,104; males reach military age (17) annually
9,461,907 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $7.8 billion, 2.8% of
GDP (FY94/95)

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INDIAN OCEAN

@Indian Ocean:Geography

Location: body of water between Africa, Antarctica, Asia, and
Australia

Map references: World

Area:
total area: 73.6 million sq km
comparative area: slightly less than eight times the size of the US;
third-largest ocean (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but
larger than the Arctic Ocean)
note: includes Arabian Sea, Bass Straight, Bay of Bengal, Great
Australian Bight, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Strait of
Malacc