INDIA FACTS

INDIA FACTS

Uttar Pradesh border maximum number of states:- 8 (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar)
Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 (Eight) states:- Gujara, Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.
India standard Meridian (82030’ E meridian) passes through UP, MP, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh

Following are the India Area and Boundaries details :-

• India stretches 3,214 km from N to S & 2933 km from E to W.
• Area:- 32,87,263 sq. km. Accounts for 2.4 % of total world area and 16 % of the population
• Mainland India has a coastline of 6,100 km. Including the Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar, the coastline measures about 7516. km
• In India, total land mass is

1.   Plains : - 43.3 %

2.   Plateaus :- 27.7 %

3.   Hills :- 18.6 %

4.   Mountains:- 10.7 %

• In the south, on the eastern side, the Gulf of Mannar & the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka
• Total land neighbours of India are 7 . These are

1.   Pakistan

2.   Afghanistan

3.   China

4.   Nepal

5.   Sri Lanka

6.   Bhutan

7.   Bangladesh and

8.   Myanmar

• India’s Islands include the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bangal & Lakshadweep, Minocy & Amindive Islands in the Arabian Sea

Bordering Pakistan	Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujrat
Bordering China	Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh
Bordering Nepal	Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal
Bordering Bangladesh	West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and Asom
Bordering Bhutan	West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Asom
Bordering Myanmar	Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram
Bordering Afghanistan	Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan-Occupied Area)

Following are the important rivers of India

Name	Origin From	Fall into	Length (km)
Ganges	Combined Sources	Bay of Bengal	2525
Satluj	Mansarovar Rakas Lakes	Chenab	1050
Indus	Near Mansarovar Lake	Arabian Sea	2880
Ravi	Kullu Hills near Rohtang Pass	Chenab	720
Beas	Near Rohtang Pass	Satluj	470
Jhelum	Verinag in Kashmir	Chenab	725
Yamuna	Yamunotri	Ganga	1375
Chambal	M.P.	Yamuna	1050
Ghagra	Matsatung Glacier	Ganga	1080
Kosi	Near Gosain Dham Park	Ganga	730
Betwa	Vindhyanchal	Yamuna	480
Son	Amarkantak	Ganga	780
Brahmaputra	Near Mansarovar Lake	Bay of Bengal	2900
Narmada	Amarkantak	Gulf of Khambat	1057
Tapti	Betul Distt. Of MP	Gulf of Khambat	724
Mahanadi	Raipur Distt. In Chattisgarh	Bay of Bengal	858
Luni	Aravallis	Rann of kuchchh	450
Ghaggar	Himalayas	Near Fatehabad	494
Sabarmati	Aravallis	Gulf of Khambat	416
Krishna	Western ghats	Bay of Bengal	1327
Godavari	Nasik distt. In Maharashtra	Bay of Bengal	1465
Cauvery	Brahmagir Range of Western Ghats	Bay of Bengal	805
Tungabhadra	Western Ghats	Krishna River	640

About India: Capital of India is New Delhi.

India is a federal union of states comprising 28 states and 7 union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.

• The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located.
• The legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes.
• The judicial capital is the location of the state or territorial High Courts of India.
• The date mentioned in the table refers to when the city became the capital of the state or territory
• In the table S and W refers to the Summer and Winter sessions respectively.
• The administrative capital is considered to be the main capital of the state.
• In the absence of the legislative capital means that it is administered by the Central Government.

States and their Capitals
State	Administrative Capital	Legislative Capital	Judicial Capital	Since
Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	1956
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Itanagar	Guwahati	1972
Assam	Dispur (Former Capital: Shilong(1874-1972))	Dispur	Guwahati	1972
Bihar	Patna	Patna	Patna	1936
Chhattisgarh	Raipur	Raipur	Bilaspur	2000
Goa	Panji	Porvorim	Mumbai	1961
Gujarat	Gandhinagar(Formal Capital: Ahmedabad(1960-1970))	Gandhinagar	Ahmedabad	1970
Haryana	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1966
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	Shimla	Shimla	1948
Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar(S),Jammu(W)	Srinagar(S),Jammu(W)	Srinagar	1948
Jharkhand	Ranchi	Ranchi	Ranchi	2000
Karnataka	Bangaluru	Bangaluru	Bangaluru	1956
Kerala	Thiruvanantha-Puram (Former Capital: Kochi(1949-1956))	T'puram	Ernakulam	1956
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Bhopal	Jabalpur	1956
Maharashtra	Mumbai	Mumbai	Mumbai	1818
Manipur	Imphal	Imphal	Guwahati	1947
Meghalaya	Shillong	Shillong	Guwahati	1970
Mizoram	Aizwal	Aizwal	Guwahati	1972
Nagaland	Kohima	Kohima	Guwahati	1963
Orrisa	Bhubaneshwar (Former Capital: Cuttak (1936-1948))	Bhubaneshwar	Cuttack	1948
Punjab	Chandigarh (Former Capital: Lahore(1936-1947) & Shimla(1947-1966))	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1966
Rajasthan	Jaipur	Jaipur	Jodhpur	1948
Sikkim	Gangtok	Gangtok	Gangtok	1975
Tamil Nadu	Chennai	Chennai	Chennai	1956
Tripura	Agartala	Agartala	Guwahati	1956
Uttarakhand	Dehradun	Dehradun	Nainital	2000
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	Lucknow	Allahabad	1937
West Bengal	Kolkata	Kolkata	Kolkata	1905
Union Territories
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair	--	Kolkata	1956
Chandigarh	Chandigarh	--	Chandigarh	1966
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Silvasaa	--	Mumbai	1961
Daman and Diu	Daman	--	Mumbai	1987
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	--	Ernakulam	1956
National Capital Territory of Delhi	N.Delhi	--	--	--
Ponducherry	Ponducherry	Ponducherry	Chennai	1954

Highest Award	Bharat Ratna
Highest Gallantry Award	Param Vir Chakra
Longest River in India	The Ganges
Longest Tributary river of India	Yamuna
Largest Lake	Wular Lake, Kashmir
Largest Lake (Saline Water)	Chilka Lake, Orrisa
Largest Man-Made Lake	Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Largest Fresh Water Lake	Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
Highest Lake	Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
Highest Lake	Devatal (Gharhwal)
Highest Peak	Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters) Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal
Largest Populated City	Mumbai
Largest State(Area)	Rajasthan
Largest State(Population)	Uttar Pradesh
Highest rainfall	Cherrapunhi (426 inches per annum)
Highest Watefall	Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Mysore
State wise largest area under forest	Madhya Pradesh
Largest Delta	Sunderbans Delta
Largest River without Delta	Narmada and Tapti
Longest Cantilever Span bridge	Howrah Bridge
Longest River Bridge	Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Biggest Cave temple	Ellora
Longest Road	Grand Trunk Road
Highest Road	Road at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)
Biggest Mosque	Jama Masjid at Delhi
Highest Gateway	Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)
Tallest Statue	Statue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka
Largest Public Sector Bank	State Bank of India
Longest Canal	Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
Largest Dome	Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Largest Zoo	Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)
Largest Museum	India Museum at Kolkata
Longest Dam	Hirakud Dam (Orrisa)
Highest Dam	Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft )
Highest Tower	Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)
Largest Desert	Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest District	Kutch district
Fastest Train	Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal
State with longest coastline	Gujarat
State with longest coastline of South India	Andhra Pradesh
Longest Electric Railway Line	From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Longest Railway Route	From Assam to Kanyakumari
Longest Railway Platform	Kharagpur (W. Bengal)
Highest Railway Station	Ghum (W. Bengal)
Longest Platform	Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world
Longest Tunnel	Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
Longest Highway	NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
Smallest State (Population)	Sikkim
Smallest State (Area)	Goa
Largest State (Area)	Rajasthan
Largest State (Population)	Uttar Pradesh
Densest Populated State	West Bengal
Largest Cave	Amarnath (J&K)
Largest Cave Temple	Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)
Largest Animal Fair	Sonepur (Bihar)
Largest Auditorium	Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Biggest Hotel	Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)
Largest Port	Mumbai
Largest Gurudwara	Golden Temple, Amritsar
Deepest River Valley	Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
Largest Church	Saint Cathedral (Goa)
Oldest Church	St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
Longest River	Ganga (2640 km long)
Longest Beach	Marina Beach, Chennai
Highest Battle Field	Siachin Glacier
Highest Airport	Leh (Laddakh)
Biggest Stadium	Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
Largest River Island	Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)
Largest Planetarium	Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)