New Delhi, May 13 -- Walking remains the preferred mode of travel to office for over 45 million people out of the 200 million Indians who were surveyed, according to the Indian Census 2011.

For short distances - 0 to 1 kilometre - walking is the preferred choice. To put this in perspective, the total distance covered by the 20 million people who like to walk to work is equal to walking to the moon and back 30 times.

More than 14 million people said they preferred to walk 2-5 kilometres to their workplace. But the number halved to 7 million as the distance to office increased to 6-10 km.

Yet, among all the modes of transport reported by the Census, walking remained the preferred choice, followed by motorised two-wheelers like motorcycl...