West Bengal Vehicle Registrations January 2026: 1,21,090 Units, +24.6% YoY
Full Vahan registration report for West Bengal in January 2026 — total volume, year-on-year and month-on-month change, where the state ranks nationally, and the segment and fuel mix behind the number.
West Bengal in January 2026
1,21,090 vehicles were registered in West Bengal in January 2026. Volume rose sharply 24.6% against January 2025 and fell back 8.1% against December. Its best month on record remains October 2025 at 1,49,908.
That made West Bengal the 8th largest vehicle market in India in January 2026, behind Rajasthan on 1,53,414 and ahead of Bihar on 1,19,167.
That is 4.3% of every vehicle registered in the country that month, +0.22pp against January 2025.
Across 2026 to date — the 1 months of the year that have closed — West Bengal has registered 1,21,090 vehicles, +24.6% on the same months of 2025.
West Bengal monthly registrations
Every calendar year on record, month by month. The running month is left off the line until it closes.
What West Bengal buys
76.4% of everything registered in West Bengal in 2026 is two-wheelers, and the state accounts for 4.7% of that segment nationally. Against the national mix, West Bengal skews towards two-wheelers — +5.64pp more of its book than India as a whole.
This split is the calendar year to date. Vahan publishes a state's registrations by month, and a state's registrations by vehicle class, but never the two together — so the volumes here cover 2026 rather than January 2026 alone. There is no manufacturer-by-state table anywhere in the source, which is why no page here claims to know which brand leads in West Bengal.
West Bengal by segment, 2026
Calendar year to date — exact, but with no month axis.
| Segment | 2026 units | Share of state | Share of segment | vs national mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Wheelers | 7,18,866 | 76.4% | 4.7% | +5.64pp |
| Three-Wheelers | 83,311 | 8.8% | 8.3% | +4.24pp |
| Cars & UVs | 78,325 | 8.3% | 2.4% | −6.90pp |
| Goods Carriers | 25,226 | 2.7% | 3.5% | −0.65pp |
| Tractors | 17,431 | 1.9% | 2.2% | −1.74pp |
| Taxis & Cabs | 11,796 | 1.3% | 3.9% | −0.14pp |
| Buses | 3,741 | 0.4% | 3.9% | −0.04pp |
| Other | 2,822 | 0.3% | 1.9% | −0.40pp |
"Share of segment" is this state against every other state in the same segment. "vs national mix" is how much more (or less) of this state's book the segment is than it is of India's.
What West Bengal runs on
11.9% of West Bengal's 2026 registrations are battery electric — 1,12,141 vehicles, against a national average of 10.4%. A year earlier the state was at 7.8%. CNG and LPG account for 1.7% here against 5.6% nationally.
Fuel, like segment, is published against the state for the whole calendar year rather than by month, so these shares are 2026 to date. Hybrids are counted separately from battery electrics.
| Fuel | 2026 units | Share in state | Share in India | vs 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 7,47,322 | 79.4% | 71.7% | −4.24pp |
| Diesel | 57,403 | 6.1% | 10.6% | +0.24pp |
| CNG / LPG | 16,422 | 1.7% | 5.6% | −0.16pp |
| Electric | 1,12,141 | 11.9% | 10.4% | +4.06pp |
| Hybrid | 7,913 | 0.8% | 1.4% | +0.07pp |
| Other | 317 | 0.0% | 0.3% | +0.02pp |
Every state, January 2026
Registrations by state for January 2026, exact and directly comparable — this is the one state table on the desk that has a real month axis behind it, so the year-on-year column compares the same month a year earlier rather than a part year against a whole one.
| # | State | Jan 2026 | Share of India | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 3,68,399 | 12.9% | +17.7% |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 3,42,624 | 12.0% | +18.2% |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu | 2,59,452 | 9.1% | +23.6% |
| 4 | Gujarat | 2,09,440 | 7.4% | +27.0% |
| 5 | Karnataka | 1,96,611 | 6.9% | +14.4% |
| 6 | Madhya Pradesh | 1,63,871 | 5.8% | +18.5% |
| 7 | Rajasthan | 1,53,414 | 5.4% | +20.1% |
| 8 | West Bengal | 1,21,090 | 4.3% | +24.6% |
| 9 | Bihar | 1,19,167 | 4.2% | +28.7% |
| 10 | Haryana | 1,03,663 | 3.6% | +3.9% |
| 11 | Telangana | 94,878 | 3.3% | +7.0% |
| 12 | Kerala | 92,384 | 3.2% | +24.2% |
| 13 | Odisha | 87,223 | 3.1% | +24.8% |
| 14 | Delhi | 85,347 | 3.0% | +13.7% |
| 15 | Punjab | 81,997 | 2.9% | +28.2% |
West Bengal month by month
The last 15 months on record for West Bengal. The running month is left without a year-on-year figure.
| Month | Registrations | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 (live) | 17,359 | — |
| August 2026 | 90,026 | +15.6% |
| July 2026 | 1,22,846 | +35.0% |
| June 2026 | 1,28,870 | +27.2% |
| May 2026 | 1,18,134 | +8.1% |
| April 2026 | 1,10,945 | +0.4% |
| March 2026 | 1,18,508 | +24.7% |
| February 2026 | 1,13,740 | +29.8% |
| January 2026 | 1,21,090 | +24.6% |
| December 2025 | 1,31,766 | +32.7% |
| November 2025 | 1,44,995 | +14.2% |
| October 2025 | 1,49,908 | +31.6% |
| September 2025 | 90,047 | +1.4% |
| August 2025 | 77,848 | −10.3% |
| July 2025 | 90,968 | −20.5% |
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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.
