Tata Motors on Thursday reported a 40.64 per cent increase in its total vehicle sales during November, 2011, at 76,823 units.

The company had sold 54,622 units in the same month last year.

The homegrown firm’s total passenger vehicles sales in the domestic market stood at 27,737 units in November, up 80.81 per cent from 15,340 units in the same month last year, Tata Motors said in a statement.

The company’s small car Nano’s sales stood at 6,401 units during the month compared to 509 units in the year-ago period, recording an over 12-fold jump.

The ‘Indica’ range reported a sales of 10,926 units against 5,716 units in the year-ago period, up 91.15 per cent, Tata Motors said.

In addition, the ‘Indigo’ family recorded sales of 6,213 units, up 3.39 per cent in comparison to 6,009 units in the same month last year. Sales of ‘Sumo’, ‘Safari’ and ‘Aria’ grew by 35.13 per cent to 4,197 units compared to 3,106 units in the corresponding period last year.

In the commercial vehicles segment, the company sold 44,737 units in the domestic market during the month under review compared to 35,079 units in the period last year, an increase of 27.53 per cent.

Light commercial vehicle sales during the month amounted to 28,673 units, a growth of 40.72 per cent over 20,376 units in the same month last year. The medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales stood at 16,046 units, a growth of 9.13 per cent compared to 14,703 units in November, 2010.

The company’s exports increased by 3.47 per cent to 4,349 units last month from 4,203 units in the same month last year, it added.