The multiplicity of local roads produces different pattern. These regional patterns are the outcome of various geographical factors such as land forms, water features soil etc. Thus the resultant patterns of road system are :         Linear patterns : Two regional roads Pathalgaon to Manendragarh and Ramanujganj to Bilaspur cross each other in district head quarter Ambikapur. Within this system some diagonal roads have produce radial pattern too.         Tenticular Pattern : This pattern has developed mainly the eastern hill and western high lands, where tenticles at dead end points, which bifurcating from the main roads chiefly end front of the river.         Rib Pattern : This pattern is found in the central plain, a region  where development took places recently and still there are tracts which are under developed.   Road Development :         The region is a big void on the transportation map. In the 1948 Surguja district had total road length of 554 miles (886.40 Kms) and 577.5 miles (924 kms) in 1961. This figure becomes 9854.94 kms in the year 1993-94, Which is 11.2 times that of 1948. This progress is very slow in last 46 years. A growth rate of 195 kms per year on an average is hence recorded.  ROADS DEVELOPMENT Years  B.T.R. Density W.B.M.  Density Total      Density 1947-48 NA  -  NA - 886.4 39.68 1989-90 2464.59 11.03 6902.24 30.90 9360.83 41.91 1991-92 2590.26  14.24 7133 39.20 9723.27 53.43 1993-94 2652.40 14.58 7202.54 39.59 9854.94   54.18   Classification of Roads: On the basis of their function such as a log and short link road of study area have been distinguished into two categories: i.  State Highway No 1.  - Garhwa(Jhar. ) to Padampur(Orissa) via Ramanujganj-Ambikapur–Pathalgaon-Raigargh. ii.State Highway No 10.  -Ranchi(Jhar.) to Deharda(M.P.) via  Ramanujganj-Janakpur-Jainagar-Barthi. iii.State Highway No 14.  -Ranchi(Jhar.) to Pratapgarh(Raj.) via   Jashpur-Ambikapur-Manendragarh & Shahdol. Major District Roads:        R oads connects principal market and business place of the district. They are maintained by state P.W.D. MAJOR DISTRICT ROADS(CLASS-I-B.T.R.) Roads Length of Kms Ambikapur-Pathalgaon      69.8 Ambikapur-Bishrampur-Manendragarh  128.2 Ambikapur-Ramanujganj 108.20 Ambikapur-Katghora-Bilaspur 225.0 Ambikapur-Pratappur-Janakpur  115.84 Bishrampur-Sonhat-Ramgarh 68.4 Beharpur-kelhari              24.0 Gurdol-Berhrpur 9.6 Janakpur-Barol 38.4 Janakpur-Shahdol  16.0 Janakpur-Badwahi        28.8

       The multiplicity of local roads produces different pattern. These regional patterns are the outcome of various geographical factors such as land forms, water features soil etc. Thus the resultant patterns of road system are :

Linear patterns : Two regional roads Pathalgaon to Manendragarh and Ramanujganj to Bilaspur cross each other in district head quarter Ambikapur. Within this system some diagonal roads have produce radial pattern too.

Tenticular Pattern : This pattern has developed mainly the eastern hill and western high lands, where tenticles at dead end points, which bifurcating from the main roads chiefly end front of the river.

Rib Pattern : This pattern is found in the central plain, a region  where development took places recently and still there are tracts which are under developed.