India's Hero Honda April sales up 4.9 pct yr/yr

MUMBAI, May 3 (Reuters) - India's top motorcycle maker, Hero Honda Motors Ltd. (HROH.BO), sold 262,544 two-wheelers in April, up 4.9 percent from 250,366 units sold a year earlier.

Japan's Honda Motor Co. (7267.T) owns 26 percent in Hero Honda.

The company said sales for January-April were 1.11 million units. It did not give a comparable figure for the same period a year earlier.

((Reporting by Hiral Vora, editing by John Mair; Reuters Messaging: hiral.vora.reuters.com@reuters.net; +91-22-6636 9244)) Keywords: HEROHONDA SALES/

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