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Contains basic Information about India.Presented in a simple manner.
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FACTS ABOUT INDIA
2.4% of world’s area and 1/6th of the world’s population Total coastline length is 7517KmGujarat has the longest coastline . Longest River is Ganges/Ganga Literacy - Kerala (Most- 93.91%) Bihar (least- 63.8%)
India’s Literacy -74% Population Density- Bihar(Highest),
Arunachal Pradesh(Lowest) Largest State- Rajasthan Smallest State- Goa Most populous- UP Least populous- Goa
Largest Lake- lake Chilika (Orissa) Largest Freshwater Lake- Lake Kolleru (AP) Largest lake in the world- Lake Superior Largest Sea in the world - South China
Sea Largest Ocean in the world- –Pacific
Ocean
Largest delta in the world- - Sunder bans (India and Bangladesh)
Longest Dam in India- Hirakud (Odisha) Highest Dam in India- Tehri Dam
INDIA’S INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY
Bangladesh(4053 km) China(3380km) Afghanistan(88km- least)
INDIAN RIVERS
Ganga – Largest Godavari- 2nd largest Narmada- 3rd largest Cauvery is the only South Indian river
ideal for angling/sport fishing
RAILWAYS
Second largest in Asia and fourth largest in the world
First train- Mumbai to Thane, 1853 First electric train- Deccan Queen
(1929) Longest Route- Vivek Express 1. Kanyakumari - Dibrugarh (4278 km) 2. Trivandrum- Tinsukia (4150 km)
Indian Railway has 16 Zones and 68 divisions.
Each Zone is headed by a Zonal General Manager and Division by Divisional Manager.
Kerala has 2 divisions- Trivandrum and Palakkad, coming under South Zone.
TRAINS
Duronto Rajdhani Shatabdi and Jan Shatabdi Mail/Superfast Express Express
ROADS
Total length- 33 lakh Km NH constitutes 2% of length and 40%
of the traffic. Longest National Highway- NH44 Kanyakumari- Varanasi (2369 km) Shortest NH- NH47 A (6km) NH at highest elevation- NH 1D Srinagar - Kargil - Leh
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
Calicut Cochin Trivandrum Bangalore Chennai Coimbatore Tiruchirapalli
Mangalore Rajiv Gandhi, Hyderabad Goa Biju Patnaik International,
Bhubaneswar Sardar Vallabhai Patel International,
Ahmadabad Dr.Babsaheb Ambedkar International,
Nagpur Chhatrapati Shivaji International,
Mumbai
Jaipur Indira Gandhi International, Delhi Chaudhary Charan Singh
International, Lucknow Lal Bahadur Shastri international,
Varanasi Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International,
Amritsar Netaji Subash Chandra Bose
International, Kolkata
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International,Guwahati
Tulihal International, Imphal
AIRLINES OPERATING IN INDIA
Services are scheduled and non-scheduled
1734 scheduled a week MAJOR POINTS OF ENTRY* are – New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, B’lore,
Hyderabad SECONDARY POINTS OF ENTRY are- Goa, Kolkata, Malabar Coast
SERVICES TO MIDDLE EAST
Emirates- 185 Air Arabia- 111 Oman Air- 98 Qatar Airways-95 Sri Lankan- 84
SERVICES TO EUROPE
British Airways, Lufthansa- 46 each Air France- 20 Virgin Atlantic, Turkish- 14 each
SERVICES TO EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA Malaysian Airlines - 70 Singapore Airlines -56 Thai Airways - 56 Air Asia - 53 Tiger Airways - 42 Cathay Pacific - 35
CONTD
Singapore Airlines from B’lore, Hyd, Mumbai, Chennai
Tiger Airways from Chennai, Kochi, Hyd, B’lore
Jet Airways and Air India express are other options.
SERVICES TO SOUTH EAST ASIAMALAYSIA Air Asia connects Kuala Lumpur to
New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Trichy
THAILAND Air India Express, Air India, Jet
Airways, Thai Airways are the options.
CONTD
Silk Air offers regular Hyd-Singapore flights
Indigo connects to Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai, Muscat
Singapore airlines fly to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai
SERVICES TO UNITED STATES
United Airlines offer non –stop daily service from Delhi to Newark
Air India offers non-stop service from Delhi to New York- JFK and to Newark from Mumbai
Airlines from Middle East and Europe connect to US via their hubs.
EXAMPLES
DEL-CDG-JFK (AIR FRANCE) DEL-AUH-JFK (ETIHAD) DEL-FRA-LHR-EWR (LUFTHANSA)
FLAG CARRIER/NATIONAL CARRIER
A transportation company such as an airline or shipping company locally registered in a country and enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by the government for international operations.
NATIONAL CARRIERS
Australia – Qantas Bahrain - Gulf Air Bhutan - Druk Air Canada - Air Canada Denmark, Sweden, Norway - Scandinavian Airlines Finland - Finn Air
CONTD
Germany - Lufthansa Iceland - Iceland Air Israel - El Al Italy - Alitalia Japan - Japan Airlines Jordan - Royal Jordan Kuwait - Kuwait Airways
Maldives - Maldivian Nepal - Nepal Airlines NZ - Air New Zealand Oman - Oman Air Pakistan -Pak International Qatar - Qatar Airways Russia - Aeroflot Saudi Arabia - Saudi
CONTD
Spain - Iberia UAE - Etihad Airways, Emirates
CULTURAL
Agra Fort Ajanta Caves Buddhist Monuments , Sanchi Champaneer- Pavadh Archaeological
Park CST Terminus Churches and Convents of Goa Elephanta Caves
Ellora Caves Fatepur Sikri Great Living Chola Temples Group of Monuments at Hampi Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Group of Monuments at Pattadakkal Hill Forts of Rajasthan
Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi Khajuraho Group of Monuments Mahabodhi Temple Complex, Bodh
Gaya Mountain Railways of India Qutab Minar Complex, Delhi Red Fort, Delhi
Rock shelters of Bhimbetka Sun Temple Konark Taj Mahal, Agra Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
NATURAL
Kaziranga NP, Asom Keoladeo NP , Rajastan Manas WLS , Asom Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers NPs Sunderbans NP Western Ghats