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In a revealing nationwide survey on vehicle ownership, Odisha ranks near the bottom with only 2.7% of households owning a car, well below the national average of 7.5%.
Even two-wheeler penetration in the state remains concerningly low, with just 43.5% of households owning a motorcycle or scooter, compared to the all-India average of 49.5%. The data was revealed in the last conducted National Family Health Survey-5.
This positions Odisha alongside states like Bihar (2% car ownership, 27.2% bike ownership) and West Bengal (2.8% car, 28.5% bike) as part of a cluster where economic limitations and poor transport infrastructure deepl...