The total number of vehicles registered in Tamil Nadu in 2025 recorded an increase of nearly 8.4% compared with the previous year. As the adoption of electric vehicles is gaining momentum among road users, registrations of electric vehicles also recorded a significant increase last year.
A perusal of data available on the Vahan dashboard of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) showed nearly 21.18 lakh vehicles were registered last year across 147 Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) and Unit Offices (UOs) spread over 38 districts in the State.
Vehicle registrations were, as usual, higher in urban areas. RTO/UO-wise data showed more than 50,000 vehicles were registered in Tambaram and Poonamallee, while more than 35,000 registrations were recorded in Red Hills, Chennai (North), Sholinganallur and Coimbatore (North).
More than 40% of the total registrations were concentrated in Chennai, Chengalpattu, Coimbatore, Tiruvallur, Madurai and Salem districts. At 11 RTOs/UOs, mostly in rural areas, fewer than 5,000 vehicles were registered.
Of the total vehicles registered, close to 16.4 lakh were two-wheelers, while nearly 4.2 lakh were light, medium and heavy motor vehicles of different categories such as passenger, motor and goods vehicles.
