AFCAT: Cities and Nicknames & Minerals

Indian Cities Name State Nicknames of Indian Cities

Jaipur Rajasthan Pink City

Silk City of India

Surat Telangana
Diamond City of India

Blue City
Jodhpur Rajasthan
Sun City

Akola Maharashtra Cotton City of India

Bhagalpur Bihar Silk City

City of Lakes
Udaipur Rajasthan
White City

Alappuzha Kerala Venice of the East

Dibrugarh Assam Tea City of India

Manchester of India
Ahmedabad Gujarat Boston of India
INDIA’S first world heritage city

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh City of Nawabs

The Land of Litchi

Muzaffarpur Bihar
Sweet City

Kanpur Uttar Pradesh The Leather City

City of Seven Islands

Mumbai Maharashtra Gateway of India
Financial Capital of India

Pune Maharashtra Deccan Queen

Nagpur Maharashtra Orange City

Nashik Maharashtra Wine Capital of India

Garden City of India

Bengaluru Karnataka Silicon Valley of India
Science City

Rome of the East

Mangalore Karnataka Gateway of Karnataka
Cradle of Indian Banking

Coorg Karnataka Scotland of India

Mysore Karnataka Sandalwood City

City of Joy
Kolkata West Bengal
City of Palaces

Asansol West Bengal Land of Black Diamond

City of Destiny
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
Goa of the East

Hyderabad Telangana City of Pearls

Kochi Kerala Queen of Arabian Sea

Kozhikode (Calicut) Kerala City of Spices

Thrissur (Trichur) Kerala Gold Capital of India

Kollam Kerala Cashew Capital of the World

City of Festivals
Madurai Tamil Nadu
Athens of the East
 Detroit of Asia
Gate Way Of South India
Chennai Tamil Nadu Banking Capital of India
India’s health capital
Electronic Manufacturing Hub in India

Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Manchester of South India

Pondicherry Puducherry Paris of the East

Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Switzerland of India

Steel City of India

Jamshedpur Jharkhand
Pittsburgh of India

Panipat Haryana City of weavers

Bhubaneswar Odisha Temple City of India

Shillong Meghalaya Scotland of East

Durgapur WestBengal Ruhr of India

Hyderabad, Secunderabad – Twin City

Jaisalmer Rajasthan Golden City

Mineral Distribution in India

The minerals are concentrated in India in three broad belts:

1 North-Eastern Plateau Region- It includes the Chotanagpur area, Odisha, West Bengal, and parts of Chhattisgarh.
2 South-Western Plateau Region- It includes Karnataka Goa, and areas contiguous to Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
3 North-Western Region- It includes areas of Aravali in Rajasthan and parts of Gujarat and also minerals that are associated
with the Dharwar system of rocks.

State-Wise Distribution Of Minerals In India

Mineral Mineral Distribution in India

Manganese Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, and Rajasthan

Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Karnataka, geographic area,

Copper
Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand

Odisha Jharkhand belt, Durg Bastar Chandrapur belt, Bellary-

Iron
Chitradurga-Chikmagalur-Tumkur belt,

Gold Karnataka, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and

Limestone
Tamil Nadu.

Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Maharashtra, Bihar, and

Mica
Jharkhand

Gypsum Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and Gujarat