Vehicle Sales H2 FY 2024-25: Hero MotoCorp Leads, 1,48,06,028 Units, Up 6.2% YoY
Every vehicle registered in India over H2 FY 2024-25 — October 2024 to March 2025. The second half of the financial year, October to March. Month-by-month volumes, the manufacturer leaderboard, what India actually registered segment by segment, and the same window in every earlier year on record.
Vehicle sales month by month, H2 FY 2024-25
The Indian vehicle market registered 1,48,06,028 vehicles in H2 FY 2024-25. Volumes rose 6.2% against the 1,39,41,832 logged over the same 6 months of H2 FY 2023-24.
November was the strongest month of the period at 33,55,020 vehicles and December the quietest at 18,52,029, an average of 24,67,671 a month. 3 of those 6 months grew on the same month a year earlier.
November catches the tail of Diwali deliveries; whether it looks strong or weak depends largely on the festive calendar.
H2 FY 2024-25 ran from October 2024 to March 2025 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of H2 FY 2023-24.
Vehicle registrations by month — H2 FY 2024-25 vs H2 FY 2023-24
Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.
Every completed month of H2 FY 2024-25, with the matching month of H2 FY 2023-24 beside it.
| Month | H2 FY 2024-25 units | H2 FY 2023-24 units | YoY | Share of period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 29,56,540 | 22,25,618 | +32.8% | 20.0% |
| November 2024 | 33,55,020 | 29,84,781 | +12.4% | 22.7% |
| December 2024 | 18,52,029 | 21,05,288 | −12.0% | 12.5% |
| January 2025 | 24,10,557 | 22,47,856 | +7.2% | 16.3% |
| February 2025 | 19,97,131 | 21,42,870 | −6.8% | 13.5% |
| March 2025 | 22,34,751 | 22,35,419 | +0.0% | 15.1% |
Each month links through to its own full report.
Which manufacturer sold the most, H2 FY 2024-25
Hero MotoCorp led the period with 31,13,704 registrations, up 3.0% on H2 FY 2023-24. Honda 2W (HMSI) follows on 27,21,009, 3,92,695 behind — a gap of 1.14x.
The fastest riser in the top 15 was Toyota Kirloskar, up 31.2% to 1,59,217, while Ola Electric was down 31.5% at 1,46,623.
Top manufacturers by registrations — H2 FY 2024-25
Total registrations across every vehicle type each manufacturer sells.
Exact registrations over October 2024 to March 2025, with the change against H2 FY 2023-24.
| # | Manufacturer | H2 FY 2024-25 units | Share | vs H2 FY 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hero MotoCorp | 31,13,704 | 21.03% | +3.0% |
| 2 | Honda 2W (HMSI) | 27,21,009 | 18.38% | +10.3% |
| 3 | TVS Motor | 18,95,626 | 12.80% | +12.8% |
| 4 | Bajaj Auto | 14,70,698 | 9.93% | +0.8% |
| 5 | Maruti Suzuki | 9,76,344 | 6.59% | +6.3% |
| 6 | Suzuki 2W | 5,39,578 | 3.64% | +13.0% |
| 7 | Royal Enfield | 4,96,084 | 3.35% | +16.2% |
| 8 | Mahindra | 4,43,902 | 3.00% | +15.8% |
| 9 | Yamaha India | 3,42,219 | 2.31% | +0.0% |
| 10 | Hyundai | 3,12,146 | 2.11% | +3.4% |
| 11 | Tata Motors (PV) | 2,71,298 | 1.83% | +0.3% |
| 12 | Tata Motors | 1,81,751 | 1.23% | −7.6% |
| 13 | Toyota Kirloskar | 1,59,217 | 1.08% | +31.2% |
| 14 | Ola Electric | 1,46,623 | 0.99% | −31.5% |
| 15 | Kia India | 1,38,506 | 0.94% | +9.5% |
What India registered in H2 FY 2024-25
Two-wheelers dominate every Indian registration total, and H2 FY 2024-25 is no exception: two-wheelers alone accounted for 72.1% of the 1,48,06,028 vehicles registered across the period.
Buses grew fastest at +17.4%, and goods carriers slowest at −0.8%.
Market composition — H2 FY 2024-25
Share of every vehicle registered in the period.
Exact segment volumes over October 2024 to March 2025.
| Segment | H2 FY 2024-25 units | Share | vs H2 FY 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Wheelers | 1,06,81,195 | 72.14% | +6.4% |
| Cars & UVs | 21,88,075 | 14.78% | +7.8% |
| Three-Wheelers | 6,46,555 | 4.37% | +2.1% |
| Tractors | 4,84,199 | 3.27% | +6.1% |
| Goods Carriers | 4,62,891 | 3.13% | −0.8% |
| Taxis & Cabs | 1,66,677 | 1.13% | +5.9% |
| Other classes | 1,24,454 | 0.84% | +7.9% |
| Buses | 51,982 | 0.35% | +17.4% |
Fuel mix, H2 FY 2024-25
Battery-electric vehicles were 7.5% of every registration in H2 FY 2024-25, against 7.0% in H2 FY 2023-24. That is 11,11,021 electric vehicles across all segments.
Fuel labels come straight from Vahan and the split below covers the whole market over October 2024 to March 2025 — petrol includes the E20 ethanol blend, which is now the single largest label in the database.
Registrations by fuel — H2 FY 2024-25
Every vehicle registered in the period, by fuel.
Exact fuel volumes over October 2024 to March 2025.
| Fuel | H2 FY 2024-25 units | Share | vs H2 FY 2023-24 | Share move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 1,11,94,639 | 75.61% | +4.2% | −1.44pp |
| Diesel | 14,81,016 | 10.00% | +5.7% | −0.05pp |
| Electric | 11,11,021 | 7.50% | +14.2% | +0.52pp |
| CNG / LPG | 7,79,804 | 5.27% | +26.7% | +0.85pp |
| Hybrid | 1,95,698 | 1.32% | +16.6% | +0.12pp |
| Other | 43,850 | 0.30% | +5.3% | 0.00pp |
Every H2 on record
Across the 2 completed windows in our Vahan record, vehicle registrations went from 1,48,06,028 in H2 FY 2024-25 to 1,79,62,970 in H2 FY 2025-26, up 21.3% over the stretch.
Vehicle registrations by half year
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| Period | Months | Units | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2 FY 2025-26 | 6 | 1,79,62,970 | +21.3% |
| H2 FY 2024-25 | 6 | 1,48,06,028 | +6.2% |
Each row compares only the months that window holds, so a part period is never set against a full one.
Where the demand was, H2 FY 2024-25
Uttar Pradesh registered the most vehicles of any state in H2 FY 2024-25 — 20,94,612, 14.1% of the national total.
The top five states together account for 45.8% of every vehicle registered in the period.
Top states by registrations — H2 FY 2024-25
All vehicle types, exact for the period.
| # | State | Units | Share | vs H2 FY 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 20,94,612 | 14.1% | +10.6% |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 16,81,922 | 11.4% | +14.5% |
| 3 | Gujarat | 10,71,419 | 7.2% | +7.6% |
| 4 | Madhya Pradesh | 9,66,262 | 6.5% | +8.6% |
| 5 | Tamil Nadu | 9,64,742 | 6.5% | −2.1% |
| 6 | Karnataka | 9,59,049 | 6.5% | −1.1% |
| 7 | Rajasthan | 9,20,597 | 6.2% | +2.4% |
| 8 | Bihar | 7,24,434 | 4.9% | +3.1% |
| 9 | West Bengal | 6,19,945 | 4.2% | +10.5% |
| 10 | Haryana | 5,61,168 | 3.8% | +16.8% |
| 11 | Telangana | 5,21,194 | 3.5% | −0.7% |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | 4,72,153 | 3.2% | −3.9% |
| 13 | Odisha | 4,46,288 | 3.0% | −1.9% |
| 14 | Chhattisgarh | 4,17,144 | 2.8% | +16.4% |
| 15 | Delhi | 4,01,840 | 2.7% | +10.7% |
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Source. Every figure is a vehicle registration, taken daily from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways' Vahan 4 dashboard (vahan.parivahan.gov.in) — the same source FADA and the industry use for retail data. Registrations are not the wholesale dispatch numbers manufacturers announce each month. "EV" means battery electric (Vahan fuels PURE EV and ELECTRIC(BOV)); hybrids are counted separately. Information only, not investment advice.
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