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States of India
Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa [6] Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu Lakshadweep
Hyderabad Itanagar Dispur Patna Raipur Panaji Gandhinagar Chandigarh (shared, Union Territory) Shimla Srinagar (summer) Jammu (winter) Ranchi Bangalore Thiruvananthapuram Bhopal Mumbai Imphal Shillong Aizawl Kohima Bhubaneswar Chandigarh (shared, Union Territory) Jaipur Gangtok Chennai Agartala Lucknow Dehradun (interim) Kolkata Page | 1

Union Territories
Port Blair Chandigarh Silvassa Daman Kavaratti

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Union Territories
National Capital Territory of Delhi Pondicherry Longitudes and latitudes Latitude and longitude lines are imaginary grid lines that assign coordinates on the Earth's surface. New Delhi Pondicherry
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Latitude indicates the position north or south of the equator, as an angle to the equatorial plane. This can be from 0 (equator) to 90 north or south (the poles). Latitude lines circle the Earth.

Longitude is the division of the spherical Earth into 360 equal degree segments, as lines connecting the poles. The 0 point is arbitrarily assigned near Greenwich, England, and all other locations in degrees east or west, meeting at 180 (E or W), generally near the International Date Line in the western Pacific Ocean.

The latitude and the longitude of New Delhi the capital of India are 28 36' N and 77 12' E respectively Pop
2011 1,210,193,422 17.6%

Salient features
India occupies 2.4% of the world's land area and supports over 17.5% of the world's population. India has more arable land area than any country except the United States, and more water area than any country except Russia, Canada and the United States. Indian life revolves mostly around agriculture and allied activities in small villages, where the overwhelming majority of Indians live. As per the 2001 census, 72.2% of the population lives in about 638,000 villages and the remaining 27.8% lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations.

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Category Area Population Population growth rate 7th 2nd

Global Ranking

Notes (Reference)
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102nd of 212

as of 2010[6]

Population density 24th of 212 (people per square kilometer of land area)
Male to Female ratio, at birth 12th of 214 as of 2009

as of 2010[6]

Season

Seasons

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) designates four official seasons:

Winter, occurring from December to early April. The year's coldest months are December and January, when temperatures average around 1015 C (5059 F) in the northwest; temperatures rise as one proceeds towards the equator, peaking around 2025 C (6877 F) in mainland India's southeast. Summer or pre-monsoon season, lasting from April to June (April to July in northwestern India). In western and southern regions, the hottest month is April; for northern regions, May is the hottest month. Temperatures average around 3240 C (90 104 F) in most of the interior. Monsoon or rainy season, lasting from June to September. The season is dominated by the humid southwest summer monsoon, which slowly sweeps across the country beginning in late May or early June. Monsoon rains begin to recede from North India at the beginning of October. South India typically receives more rainfall. Post-monsoon season, lasting from October to December. In northwestern India, October and November are usually cloudless. Tamil Nadu receives most of its annual precipitation in the northeast monsoon season.

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The Himalayan states, being more temperate, experience an additional two seasons: autumn and spring. Traditionally, Indians note six seasons, each about two months long. These are the spring (Sanskrit: vasanta), summer (grma), monsoon season (var), early autumn (arada), late autumn (hemanta), and winter (iira). These are based on the astronomical division of the twelve months into six parts. The ancient Hindu calendar also reflects these seasons in its Page | 4 arrangement of months.

RIVER
The most sacred river of India, a dip in its holy waters is a must for Hindus. The river has its source at Gaumakh in the southern Himalayas. Ganges River

Not just the biggest of Indian Rivers, it is also one of the great rivers of South Asia.It originates in Kailas range of the Himalayas. Brahmaputra River

Known as Ganges of South, its the smallest of five Strikingly beautiful and feminine, Narmada is one sacred rivers of India. The origin of this river in of the major rivers of India. It originates in the India is in a spring in the Brahmagiri Mountains in mountain series of 'Maikal'in Madhya Pradesh and is considered is considered the mother and giver Mysore of peace. Kaveri Narmada River

The holy Yamuna originates in Saptarishi Kund, a Meeting place of three Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and glacial lake in the Himalayas and deemed more Saraswati, a dip here takes away all your sins... sacred than the Ganges due to its association with Sangam lord Krishna and his childhood days. Yamuna

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Mahanadi river in India originates from the highlands of Chattisgarh and flows through Orissa to reach The Bay Of Bengal. It is also one of the holy rivers in India. Mahanadi

The Trans Himalayan river originates in Tibetan Plateau & is the longest of five rivers that flow across Pakistan & north India. Satluj

This holy river originates in Kailash Mountain near This Indian river originates in Multani of Betul Mansarovar in Tibet and goes back to the times of District anf flows through central part of the Mahabharata. The famous Indus valley civilization country. It' total basin area covers 2% of the Total prospered because of this river. area of India. Sindhu Tapti

IMPORTANT FOREST
Semi-evergreen Semi-evergreen forests are found in the Western Ghats, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Eastern Himalayas. Such forests have a mixture of the wet evergreen trees and the moist deciduous tress. The forest is dense and is filled with a large variety of trees of both types Pine Pine forests are found in the steep dry slopes of the Shivalik Hills, Western and Central Himalayas, Khasi, Naga, and Manipur Hills. The trees predominantly found in these areas are the chir, oak, rhododendron, and pine. In the lower regions sal, sandan, amla, and laburnum are found. Dry evergreen Dry evergreen forests normally have a prolonged hot and dry season and a cold winter. It generally has evergreen trees with shining leaves that have a varnished look. Some of the more common ones are the pomegranate, olive, and oleander. These forests are found in the Shivalik Hills and foothills of the Himalayas up to a height of 1000 metres.

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Dry This type is found mainly in Lahul, Kinnaur, Sikkim, and other parts of the Himalayas. There are predominantly coniferous trees that are not too tall, along with broad-leaved trees such as the oak, maple, and ash. At higher elevation, fir, juniper, deodar, and chilgoza can be found Moist Moist alpines are found all along the Himalayas and on the higher hills near the Myanmar border. It has a low scrub, dense evergreen forest, consisting mainly of rhododendron and birch. Mosses and ferns cover the ground in patches. This region receives heavy snowfall

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