All three types

of roads

Magenta colour:
Brown colour
Yellow Colour:
 Roads according to importance

National National State State District District

Highway Highway Highway Highway Road Road
( Double ( Double ( Double
Carriage) Carriage) Carriage)
Sign Meaning Sign Meaning

Roadways According to importance Pack track

District Road Foot path

State highways Foot path with a bridge

National Highways Pack track with pass

National Highways Cart Track

Expressways Unmetalled Road

National
Highway:

Single
carriage
Double carriage Double
carriage:
A road with a
dividing strip
between the
traffic in
opposite
directions and
usually two or
more lanes in
each direction.
State highway: Double carriage

Double carriage
District Road
District
road with a
distance
stone:
.
A
Road with
Embankment
Unmetalled Road
Unmetalled
road.

Also termed
as Kacchha
Road
Cart
Track
NON
MOTARABL
E IN RAINY
SEASON
Graveled
unmetalled
Road:
Stones or
gravel are
laid to
avoid it
getting
muddy or
dusty.
Foot path is
generally
formed by
the foot
movement of
people.
Foot path formed by the foot movement of people. Also Open Scrub
Pack track formed by the foot movement of animals.
 Open Scrub:
It is a type of
vegetation.
2. Sheep rearing
is an occupation
at such places.

It also indicates
hot and dry
climate with
scanty rainfall in
a region
Open Scrub: Sheep rearing is an occupation at such places.
A
Railway
Track
With
Embankment
CUTTING
WITH TUNNEL

FOR A
BROAD GAUGE
Cutting
with
Tunnel
A pylon : This one
is for carrying the
heavy
laod/electricity
1. Earthen
Embankment.
2, Masonry
embankment.
3. A road LIKE
structure with
embankment not
for the public
transport.
It is a road
like structure
on a dam but
its not for the
general public
transport.
A covered tank:

These are covered

in order to prevent
evaporation and
contamination of
water.
Diggi is a tanks
near a farm where
water from the
canal is stored.

This water is for

irrigation purpose
Diggi:
It is a small water tank constructed
near a farm by the farmer to store
water from the canal which he uses.
This stored water will be used when
there is no supply of water from the
canal.
Overhead Tank
Sand dunes
with
depressions
International State State Taluk Subdivision Forest
Boundary Boundary boundary: boundary boundary boundary
Demarcated Un
demarcated
Maharashtra
Gujarat Border

Demarcated
boundary
 All these symbols are now appear in BLACK colour

Temple Chhatri Church Mosque Idgah Tomb Graves

.

Chhatri:
A structure
built on the
house of
noblemen.
Chhatri is
commonly
used to depict
the elements
of pride and
honor in the
Jat, Maratha
and Rajput
architecture.
Rest Circuit Hospital Veterinar Dispensar Post Police
House house: ( For y y Office Station
Or A place of human Hospital A primary
Inspectio tax beings) ( For Health
n collection (Ayurvedi Animals) Center
Bungalow during c
British May be
Era written)
Police
Chauki:
Veterinary
Hospital
Dispensary:

primary
health
center
Water Channel: It
is indicated in a
topographic map
with a blue line in
a river.
Rocky knob.
Causeway:
It is a raised
metaled road
over a stream
or river to
cross them
when they are
flooded.
Perennial
Tank.
Trevor's tank
at Mt. Abu.
Dry tank .
It indicates
hot and dry
climate.
Antiquities:
The ancient
past,
especially the
period of
classical and
other human
civilizations
Rock
outcrop is
the structure
formed when
a piece of
rock juts out
from the
main rock.
It is due to
weathering
and extreme
hot
conditions.
The rocks are
found here in
Layers.
A stone
Quarry..
Temporary hut
and Permanent
hut
Unlined
Well: These
are usually
seasonal
and not
much deep.
B

(Brackish)

Salty Well
water
Disappearing
Drainage
Pattern
BROKEN
GROUND
Fire Line is
cleared
patch of
forest where
trees are cut
in order to
avoid the
spread of

length varies
from 5 to 15
m.
Fire Line: A cleared
patch of forest to
avoid the spread of
fire in the forest
Brick Kiln:
Backing causes
hardening of
bricks.

dissolve in water
Trellised
drainage pattern
Dendritic
drainage
pattern
Radial drainage pattern:
The streams
flow away from the
center in all
directions.
Disappeari
ng
Drainage
Pattern
Intermittent Stream
Falls 7 m

Falls 7 m.
The height of waterfall
is 7 m
Nakhi
Talao
Jain
Temple
in
Mt. Abu