NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual infrastructure output growth accelerated to a two-month high of 5.8 percent in August, government data showed on Tuesday, helped by a jump in steel and coal production.

The output expanded 2.7 percent year-on-year in July.

The sector, which comprises coal, crude oil, oil refining, natural gas, steel, cement, electricity and fertilisers, accounts for 37.9 percent of India's industrial output.

(Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; editing by Malini Menon)