1. MY COUNTRY INDIA

2. UNIQUE BLEND OFCUSTOMS ANDTRADITIONS IN INDIA INDIA has a unique blend of customs, traditions, religions and languages. Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam co-exist here in harmony. This wonderful blend makes INDIA a favourite destination for tourists. There are many tourist attractions here, such as, historical monuments, natural beauty and entertainments like 3. INDIA STATISTICS- STATES (PART 1) S STATE CAPITALLITERACYNO.%1. Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad60.502.Arunachal PradeshItanagar54.303. AssamDispur 63.304.BiharPatna 47.005.ChhattisgarhRaipur6.Goa Panaji 82.007. GujaratGandhinagar69.108.Haryana Chandigarh 67.909.Himachal PradeshShimla 76.5010.Jammu And Srinagar55.50Kashmir 4. INDIA STATISTICS-STATES (PART 2) S STATECAPITALLITERACYNO. %1.Maharashtra Mumbai76.902.ManipurImphal 70.503. MeghalayaShillong62.604.MizoramAizawl 88.805.NagalandKohima66.606. Orissa Bhubaneshwar63.107. PunjabChandigarh 69.70 Rajasthan Jaipur 60.409. Sikkim Gangtok 68.8010.Tamil Nadu Chennai 73.5011.TripuraAgartala73.2012. UttarakhandDehra Dun71.6013. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 56.30 5. INDIA STATISTICS-UNIONTERRITORIES SUnion Capital LiteracyNOTerritories % .1.Andaman And Port Blair 81.30 Nicobar Islands2. Chandigarh Chandiga 81.94rh3. Dadra And NagarSilvassa 57.63Haveli4.Daman And DiuDaman 78.205.Lakshadweep Kavaratti86.666. National Capital New81.70 6. INDIA STATISTICS COUNTRY NAME - INDIA CAPITAL - NEW DELHI AREA (SQ. KM) - 32,87,240 POPULATION - 1,028,737,436 LITERACY (%) - 64.80 DENSITY (PERSONS PER SQ. KM)- 313 LIFE EXPECTANCY - 63 CURRENCY - INDIAN RUPEEGDP PER CAPITA ($) - 2,600 7. INDIA-FACTS Latitudinal location National Fruit - 8.4N -37.6N Mango Longitudinal location Highest Peak - K2 / 68.7E -97.25 EGodwin Austin Status Sovereign, Democratic Republic Highest Waterfall Location - SouthJog Falls central region in AsiaLargest Lagoon Area-wise 7th largest Chilika Lake country in the worldBiggest Fresh water Population-wise 2nd Lake Wular Lake largest country in theSalt water Lake world Sambhar Salt Lake National Animal Tiger National Bird Peacock 8. INDIA-PLACES OF TOURISM Dal Lake SrinagarFort Gwalior Golden Temple Jagannath Rath Yatra Amritsar Puri Red Fort Delhi Gateway of India Hawa Mahal JaipurMumbai Taj Mahal - Agra Charminar Hyderabad Kedarnath Temple Vidhana Soudha UttarakhandBengaluru Shillong Meghalaya Snake Boat Race Heora Bridge - Kolkata AlappuzhaMamallapuram A monument at theGovernment Park Puducherry 9. INDIA-CLIMATE ANDNATURAL HAZARDSTYPES OF CLIMATEDANGERS TO Highland INDIA Humid subtropical Droughts Semi-arid Hot desert Arid Cold desert Tropical wet and dry Floods Tropical wetCyclones Tsunami 10. INDIA-GEOLOGY AND SOILS TYPES OF GEOLOGYTYPES OF SOILS Quaternary Recent Red soils TertiaryRed and Yellow soils Deccan TrapsLaterite soils MesozoicSub - montane soils Upper PalaeozoicDesert soils (Gondwana)Grey and Brown soils Lower PalaeozoicBlack soils Upper Proterozoic Mountain soils (Vindhyan) Alluvail soils Lower Proterozoic (Cuddapah)Skeletal soils ArchaeanGlacier soils 11. INDIA-LAND USE ANDNATURAL VEGETATIONTYPES OFTYPES OFLAND USE NATURAL VEGETATION ArableMountain Forest vegetation Non-agricultural Tropical moist usedeciduous forestTropical dry Plantationdeciduous forest Scrub and grassThorn forest Unproductive 12. INDIA-MINERALSMETALLIC MINERALS MINERAL FUELSBauxiteChromite CoalfieldsCopper Gas fieldsGold LigniteIron oreLead And ZincOilfieldsManganeseSilverTungston 13. INDIA-MINERALS(NON-METALLICMINERALS) Asbestos Gypsum BarytesKaolin Clay Limestone DiamondMagnesite DolomiteMica Feldspar Fireclay Phosphates GranitePyrites Graphite QuartzSaltUranium 14. INDIA-IRRIGATION ANDFOREST SOURCES OF TYPES OF FORESTIRRIGATION Tropical evergreen Canal irrigationforest Tank irrigation Tropical deciduous Well irrigation forestMAJOR IRRIGATION Tropical thorn forestPROJECTSub-tropical Godavaribroadleaved forest TawaSub-tropical dry Ranvirevergreen forest Krishna Sub-tropical pine forest Rana Pratap Sagar Mountane wet temperate forest Himalayan temperate forest 15. INDIA-DRAINAGE BASINS 1 Brahmani11 Narmada 2 Brahmaputra 12 Penneru 3 Ganga 13 Ponnaiyar 4 Godavari14 Sabarmati 5 Indus 15 Subarnarekha 6 Kaveri 7 Krishna 16 Surma 8 Luni17 Tapi 9 Mahanadi18 Vaigai 10 Mahi 19 West coast drainage 20 Others 16. INDIA-WILDLIFENATIONAL PARKS WILDLIFE Dudhwa SANCTUARIES DesertRamnagar Sariska Rupi Bhawa Indravati Kawal Van Vihar Yaval Satpura Karlapat Sanjay Gandhi Koyna Gir Chandoli Corbett Sohagbarwa Panna Khangchandzhong ar Wild Ass 17. INDIA-FOOD CROPS ANDCASH CROPSFOOD CROPS CASH CROPSRice SugarcaneWheatCoconutBajraCottonJowarJute TeaMaize CoffeeBarley TobaccoRagi RubberPulses Oilseeds Spices Fruits 18. INDIA-POWER PROJECTS CONVENTIONAL ALTERNATIVE POWER PROJECTS POWER AtomicPROJECTS GasBiogas HydelGeo-Thermal ThermalSolarTidal(experiment)Wind 19. INDIA-INDUSTRIESAGRICULTUREENGINEERING BASEDBASED CashewnutAircraft building Cotton Automobile JuteCables and wires PaperFood processing Rubber goodsand beverage Silk and other fabricsLocomotive SugarMachinery, tools Tobaccoand parts Vegetable oils Ship building 20. INDIA-INDUSTRIES MINERAL BASED OTHERS Aluminium Asbestos Chemicals Brass and copper Drugs and Cement pharmaceutical Ceramics and s glass Fertilizer Electronics and Iron and steel electric PetroleumequipmentLeather andleather goods 21. INDIA-AIRPORTS INTERNATIONALDOMESTIC AIRPORTS Delhi Uttar Pradesh AIRPORTS Amritsar - Punjab Srinagar Jammu and Kolkata West Bengal Kashmir Hyderabad AndhraChandigarh Punjab Pradesh Chennai Tamil NaduLucknow Uttar Thiruvananthapuram -Pradesh KeralaJodhpur Rajasthan Bengaluru - Karnataka Allahabad Uttar Guwahati - AssamPradesh Ahmadabad Gujarat Gwalior Madhya Mumbai - MaharashtraPradesh Nagpur Maharashtra Ranchi Jharkhand 22. INDIA-TOURISMPILGRIM CENTRES HISTORICAL CENTRES Amarnath JammuSrinagar - Jammu and and Kashmir Kashmir Sravasti Uttar Leh - Jammu and Pradesh Kashmir Mathura Uttar Ajanta - Maharashtra Pradesh Ellora - Maharashtra Madurai Tamil NaduJaisalmer - Rajasthan Mahabaleshwar - Agra - Uttar Pradesh MumbaiFatehpur Sikri - Uttar Gaya - BiharPradesh Sanchi - Madhya Kochi - Tamil Nadu Pradesh Rajkot - Gujarat Pushkar - Rajasthan Gangtok - Sikkim 23. INDIA-TOURISMHILL STATIONS Gulmarg - Jammu Aizawl - and Kashmir Mizoram Mount Abu - Chikalda - Rajasthan Maharashtra Dehra Dun - Uttarakhand Almora - Shimla - Himachal Uttarakhand Pradesh Pirmed - Kerala Amboli -Dalhousie - Maharashtra Jammu and Rajgir - Bihar Kashmir 24. INDIA-TOURISMRECREATION CENTRES BEACH LAKETithal - Gujarat Srinagar - Jammu andMurud -KashmirMaharashtraBhopal - Madhya PradeshGoa - Goa Shivaji Sagar -Puducherry - Tamil MaharashtraNadu Agartala - TripuraKarwar - Udaipur - RajasthanKarnatakaPalampet - AndhraVishakhapatnam - PradeshAndhra Pradesh Rohtak - HaryanaChennai - TamilNadu 25. INDIA-TOURISMRECREATION CENTRESMAJOR TOURIST SKIING CENTREGulmarg - Delhi - Uttar Jammu and Pradesh Kashmir Mumbai - Maharashtra Kullu - Himachal Bengaluru - Karnataka Pradesh Chennai - Tamil Nadu 26. INDIA-TOURISMRECREATION CENTRES(OTHER RECREATION CENTRES) Leh - Jammu and Kashmir Kumbhal - Rajasthan Madhubani - Bihar Ziro - Arunachal Pradesh Kohima - Nagaland Amarkantak - Chhattisgarh Bhilai - Chhattisgarh Jalgaon - Maharashtra Ahmadabad - Gujarat