Geography Study Materials For Competitive Exams
Fast Facts - Revision Session
Today we will share a very very important and updated study materials of Geography for various Competitive Exams, Like SSC CGL, Indian Railway, And Other State PSU. We Highly Recommend you to go through this Geography Notes / Materials for Upcoming SSC CGL Shifts to boost your Marks in General Knowledge Section.
Major Points: Point to be Remembered
- 2nd highest no of SC population-West Bengal.
- Highest in absolute term ST in –Madhya Pradesh.
- Highest in absolute term SC in- Uttar Pradesh.
- Highest Christan-Nagaland.
- Highest Hindu-Himachal Pradesh.
- Highest Muslim-Jammu and Uttar Pradesh.
- Tropic of cancer passes through 8 states-Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Paschim Banga, Tripura and Mizoram.
- Indian Standard Meridian passes through Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh.
Fast Facts - Highlighted Points
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Subject
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Area/Length
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Total area of India
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32, 87,263 sq.km.
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% of whole world land in India
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2.21%
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Total area compare to whole world
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0.57%
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Total population compare with world
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17.5%
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Tropic of cancer
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23½°N
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Indian Standard time (Allahabad)
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82°30´ East
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Area of Ganga Plain
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3,57,000 sq.mm.
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Large state n India (Rajasthan)
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3, 42,239 sq.km.
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Small State in India (Goa)
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3,702 sq.km.
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Large Union Territory (Andaman Nicobar)
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8252 sq.km.
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Small Union Territory (Lakshadweep)
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32 sq.km.
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Total coast line (India)
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7516 km.
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Coast line in main land
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6100 km.
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Coast line in ice land
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1416 km.
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Total distance between East to West
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2933 km.
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Total distance between North to South
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3214 km.
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Total length of road network in India
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48.85 lakh km.
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Road Network in India
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Length
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State Highways (India)
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1,42,687 km.
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Rural and other roads
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46,49,461 km.
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National Highways
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92,851 km.
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Avg. Rainfall in India
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109 cm.
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Border Line
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Length
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|
India
and Bangladesh
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4096 km.
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West
Bengal and Bangladesh
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2247 km.
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West
Bengal and Nepal
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90 km.
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West
Bengal and Bhutan
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150 km.
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Extreme points and (Location)
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Location
|
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East
(Kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh)
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97°25´ East longitudes
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West
(Guhar Moti in Gujrat)
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68°7´ East longitudes
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North
(Indira Col Siachen Glaciar)
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36°66´ north latitude.
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South
(Indira Point in Nicobar)
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6°75´ north latitude.
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Source of Irrigation in India
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% of total
Irrigation
|
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Tube
wells
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45
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Canals
(1st Uttar Pradesh)
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26
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Well
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19
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Tanks
( 1st Tamil Nadu)
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3
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Kuhls,Springs
etc.
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7
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Land using Pattern in India
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Percentage
(%)
|
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Cultivated
Land
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43.41
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Forest
area
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21.97
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Fallow
land
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11.45
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Wasteland
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6.29
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Non
Agriculture use area
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6.29
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Cultivated
waste
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4.46
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Meadows
and Pastures
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3.40
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Maintain
Ecological balance the percentage of
India’s forest should be
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33.3
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River (Major Himalayan)
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Length (km)
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Indus
(Tibet, Mansarovar lake)
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2880 (709 km in India)
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Ganga
(Gangotri Glacier)
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2525
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Brahmaputra
(Chemayundung, Tibet)
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2900.
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Peninsula ( East Flowing)
|
Length (km)
|
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Mahanadi
(Chhattisgarh)
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858
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Godavari
(Nasik)
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1465
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Krishna
(Western Ghat, Mahabaleshwar)
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1327
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Cauvery
(Brahmagir range in western ghat)
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805
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Peninsula ( West Flowing)
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Length (km)
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Narmada
(Amarkantak Plateau)
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1057
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Tapti
(Betal dist in M.P.)
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724
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Climate
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Measurement
Unit
|
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Troposphere
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(0-10) km.
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Stratosphere
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(10-50) km.
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Mesosphere
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(50-80) km.
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Thermosphere
or Ionosphere
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(80-130) km.
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Rainfall
in Rajasthan
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Below 50 cm.
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Annual
rainfall above 200 cm over India
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15%
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Monsoon
in south Bengal
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10-15 June.
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Cloud
Burst in Uttarakhand
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In 2014.
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Demography in India
|
Measurement
Unit.
|
|
Total
no of Census up to 2011
|
15th.
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Population
Growth rate
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17.64% in
2011, current 17.85% in 2017.
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Child
sex ratio
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914
Females per1000 males.
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Current
sex ratio in 2017
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945 f/1000
m.
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Literacy
rate
|
Total-74.04%.
Male-82.14%, Female-65.46%.
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Population
Density
|
382 in
2011, now 452 per sq km.
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Highest
Literacy rate-Kerala
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94%
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Lowest
Literacy rate-Bihar
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61.8%
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Highest
population density-Bihar
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1102 per
sq.km.
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Lowest
population density- Arunachal Pradesh.
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17 per
sq.km.
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Highest
percentage in SC-Punjab
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31.9%
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Highest
in % ST-Lakshadweep
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94.8%
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Highest
Female Literacy rate-Kerala
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100%
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Lowest
Female Literacy rate-Bihar
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46.4%
|
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Highest
population-U.P.
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19.9
Crore.
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Lowest
Population-Sikkim
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6.10 Lakh.
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Peaks in India
|
Height (mts.)
|
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Godwin
Austin (K-2)
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8611
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Kanchenjunga
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8586
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