FOR GROUP- I INDIAN GEOGRAPHY DATA

              Phani Siddha

@ Super Sixty IAS Academy

                   Hyd

 UPDATE 25/05/2012 -- ADDITION OF MINERAL DATA
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India – 8 deg     4 mins to    37 deg    6 mins North Latitudes
            6 deg 45 mins from Andaman  and Nicobar Islands

            68 deg   7 mins to   97 deg 25 mins East Longitudes

Area 32, 87,263 Sq Kms

North to South 3214 Kms

East to West Distance 2933 Kms

Total Length of Borders is 15200 Kms

Coastline is 6100 Kms, 7516.6Kms if A&N, Lakshadweep Islands is included

Total 572 (247) Islands.. 43 in Arabian Sea and 204 in Bay of Bengal

Aravalli – relict mountain, most oldest fold mt in the world

Highest peak Guru Shikhar 1722 m in Abu Hills

Vindhyan Mt -  A block Mountain.

Natural watershed between North and South

Maikala Range – Mt Amarkantak Highest Peak

Origin of Narmada and Son rivers

RIVER VALLEY PROJECTS

Indus River system –

            Kishenganga project on Kishenganga river a tributary of Indus

            Tulbul – Wular project on Jhelum

            Bhaglihar, Dulhasti, Salal Projects on Chenab

            Thein Dam on Ravi

             Beas Project on Beas River

            Bhakra Nangal on Sutlej

Ganga River Sytem

            Chambal project (Gandhi sagar dam, Rana pratap sagar and Jawahar Sagar/Kota dam on 

            Chambal       river a tributary of Yamuna which is further tributary of Ganga)

Matatila project on Betwa river a tributary of Yamuna which is further tributary of Ganga            

Sharda Sahayak project on Ghagra

            Ramganga project Chuisot Stream on Ramganga River

            Banasagar project on Son

            Rihand Project on Rihand river tributary of Son

            DVC on Damodar river

            Kharkai project on Kharkai river tributary of Subarnarekha

            Hirakud on Mahanadi

            Nizamsagar project on Manjira river tributary of Godavari

Jayakwadi, Bhabli (Maharashtra), SriramSagar (Pochampad) and Indira Sagar (Polavaram) projects, Dowleishwaram Anicut on Godavari

Tungabhadra Dam on Tungabhadra river, Bhima dam on Bhima,  Koyana Dam on Koyana river, Ghatprabha, Malprabha Dams on Ghatprabha, Malprabha rivers  all are tributaries of Krishna

Almatti (Karnataka), Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar Projects, Arthur Cotton Barrage on Krishna

            Mettur, Sivasamudram project s on Kaveri (Cauvery) river

            Sharavati Project (Mahatma Gandhi project) on Sharavati river near Jog Falls

            Kakrapara , Ukai projects on Tapi (Tapti) river

            Sardar Sarovar Project on Narmada

            Tawa Dam on Tawa River a tributary of Narmada

            Mahi project (Jamnalal Bajaj Project) on Mahi river

IMPORTANT CROPS

Rice – West Bengal, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, AP

Wheat – UP, Punjab, Haryana, MP

Jowar  –Mah, Raj, MP, AP,

Bajra – Raj, Guj, AP, Mah

Ragi – Karnataka, T.N, Mah, AP, Orissa,

Barley – UP, Raj, MP, Haryana

Maize – MP, UP, Bihar, Raj

Pulses – MP, UP, Raj,

Sugarcane – UP, Mah, TN, Karnataka, AP

Tea – Assam , WB, TN, kerala

Coffee – Karnataka, Kerala, TN

Rubber – Kerala, TN, Karnataka and A&N

Tobacco – AP, Guj, TN, Karnataka

Potato – UP, WB, Bihar

Groundnut – AP, Guj, TN, Karnataka

Onions – Mah, Guj, Karnataka

Total Food Grain – UP, Punjab, Haryana *Raj

MINERALS

COAL; Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, MP, AP, 

Neyveli in Tamilnadu known for Lignite Coal (Neyveli Lignite Corporation)

PETROLEUM; Maharashtra, Guj, Assam,

OIL REFINERIES; West Coast; Jamnagar, Mumbai, Mangalore, Kochi,

                                    East Coast; Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Haldia

                                        Interior; Digboi, Guwahati, Bongaigaon (Assam), Barauni (Bihar), Mathura (UP), Panipat (Haryana), Bhatinda (Punjab)

MICA; Bihar, AP, Raj

LIMESTONE; MP, Chattisgarh, AP, Karnataka, Raj,Guj

DOLOMITE; Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, MP, Chattisgarh, Guj

ASBESTOS; Raj, AP, Karnataka

GYPSUM; Raj, J&K, TNadu

DIAMONDS; MP, AP, Karnataka, Orissa

URANIUM; Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, Raj, Kerala

THORIUM; AP, Tnadu, Kerala, Bihar, Raj

GOLD; AP, Karnataka, Kerala

COPPER; Jharkhand, MP, AP, Raj, Mah, Karnataka

LEAD & ZINC; Sikkim, AP, Raj, Guj

IRON; Jharkhand, Orissa, Chattisgarh, MP, AP, TNadu, Mah, Goa (Blue Dust Iron Ore),

            Karnataka, Kerala

BAUXITE; Jharkhand, MP, Chattisgarh, Orissa, TN, Guj, Mah, Karnatka