FACTS ABOUT INDIA

2.4% of world’s area and 1/6th of the world’s population Total coastline length is 7517KmGujarat has the longest coastline . Longest River is Ganges/Ganga Literacy - Kerala (Most- 93.91%) Bihar (least- 63.8%)

India’s Literacy -74% Population Density- Bihar(Highest),

Arunachal Pradesh(Lowest) Largest State- Rajasthan Smallest State- Goa Most populous- UP Least populous- Goa

Largest Lake- lake Chilika (Orissa) Largest Freshwater Lake- Lake Kolleru (AP) Largest lake in the world- Lake Superior Largest Sea in the world - South China

Sea Largest Ocean in the world- –Pacific

Ocean

Largest delta in the world- - Sunder bans (India and Bangladesh)

Longest Dam in India- Hirakud (Odisha) Highest Dam in India- Tehri Dam

INDIA’S INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY

Bangladesh(4053 km) China(3380km) Afghanistan(88km- least)

INDIAN RIVERS

Ganga – Largest Godavari- 2nd largest Narmada- 3rd largest Cauvery is the only South Indian river

ideal for angling/sport fishing

RAILWAYS

Second largest in Asia and fourth largest in the world

First train- Mumbai to Thane, 1853 First electric train- Deccan Queen

(1929) Longest Route- Vivek Express 1. Kanyakumari - Dibrugarh (4278 km) 2. Trivandrum- Tinsukia (4150 km)

Indian Railway has 16 Zones and 68 divisions.

Each Zone is headed by a Zonal General Manager and Division by Divisional Manager.

Kerala has 2 divisions- Trivandrum and Palakkad, coming under South Zone.

TRAINS

Duronto Rajdhani Shatabdi and Jan Shatabdi Mail/Superfast Express Express

ROADS

Total length- 33 lakh Km NH constitutes 2% of length and 40%

of the traffic. Longest National Highway- NH44 Kanyakumari- Varanasi (2369 km) Shortest NH- NH47 A (6km) NH at highest elevation- NH 1D Srinagar - Kargil - Leh

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

Calicut Cochin Trivandrum Bangalore Chennai Coimbatore Tiruchirapalli

Mangalore Rajiv Gandhi, Hyderabad Goa Biju Patnaik International,

Bhubaneswar Sardar Vallabhai Patel International,

Ahmadabad Dr.Babsaheb Ambedkar International,

Nagpur Chhatrapati Shivaji International,

Mumbai

Jaipur Indira Gandhi International, Delhi Chaudhary Charan Singh

International, Lucknow Lal Bahadur Shastri international,

Varanasi Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International,

Amritsar Netaji Subash Chandra Bose

International, Kolkata

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International,Guwahati

Tulihal International, Imphal

AIRLINES OPERATING IN INDIA

Services are scheduled and non-scheduled

1734 scheduled a week MAJOR POINTS OF ENTRY* are – New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, B’lore,

Hyderabad SECONDARY POINTS OF ENTRY are- Goa, Kolkata, Malabar Coast

SERVICES TO MIDDLE EAST

Emirates- 185 Air Arabia- 111 Oman Air- 98 Qatar Airways-95 Sri Lankan- 84

SERVICES TO EUROPE

British Airways, Lufthansa- 46 each Air France- 20 Virgin Atlantic, Turkish- 14 each

SERVICES TO EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA Malaysian Airlines - 70 Singapore Airlines -56 Thai Airways - 56 Air Asia - 53 Tiger Airways - 42 Cathay Pacific - 35

CONTD

Singapore Airlines from B’lore, Hyd, Mumbai, Chennai

Tiger Airways from Chennai, Kochi, Hyd, B’lore

Jet Airways and Air India express are other options.

SERVICES TO SOUTH EAST ASIAMALAYSIA Air Asia connects Kuala Lumpur to

New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Trichy

THAILAND Air India Express, Air India, Jet

Airways, Thai Airways are the options.

CONTD

Silk Air offers regular Hyd-Singapore flights

Indigo connects to Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai, Muscat

Singapore airlines fly to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai

SERVICES TO UNITED STATES

United Airlines offer non –stop daily service from Delhi to Newark

Air India offers non-stop service from Delhi to New York- JFK and to Newark from Mumbai

Airlines from Middle East and Europe connect to US via their hubs.

EXAMPLES

DEL-CDG-JFK (AIR FRANCE) DEL-AUH-JFK (ETIHAD) DEL-FRA-LHR-EWR (LUFTHANSA)

FLAG CARRIER/NATIONAL CARRIER

A transportation company such as an airline or shipping company locally registered in a country and enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by the government for international operations.

NATIONAL CARRIERS

Australia – Qantas Bahrain - Gulf Air Bhutan - Druk Air Canada - Air Canada Denmark, Sweden, Norway - Scandinavian Airlines Finland - Finn Air

CONTD

Germany - Lufthansa Iceland - Iceland Air Israel - El Al Italy - Alitalia Japan - Japan Airlines Jordan - Royal Jordan Kuwait - Kuwait Airways

Maldives - Maldivian Nepal - Nepal Airlines NZ - Air New Zealand Oman - Oman Air Pakistan -Pak International Qatar - Qatar Airways Russia - Aeroflot Saudi Arabia - Saudi

CONTD

Spain - Iberia UAE - Etihad Airways, Emirates

CULTURAL

Agra Fort Ajanta Caves Buddhist Monuments , Sanchi Champaneer- Pavadh Archaeological

Park  CST Terminus Churches and Convents of Goa  Elephanta Caves

Ellora Caves Fatepur Sikri Great Living Chola Temples Group of Monuments at Hampi Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Group of Monuments at Pattadakkal Hill Forts of Rajasthan

Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi Khajuraho Group of Monuments Mahabodhi Temple Complex, Bodh

Gaya  Mountain Railways of India Qutab Minar Complex, Delhi Red Fort, Delhi

Rock shelters of Bhimbetka Sun Temple Konark Taj Mahal, Agra Jantar Mantar, Jaipur 

NATURAL

Kaziranga NP, Asom Keoladeo NP , Rajastan Manas WLS , Asom Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers NPs Sunderbans NP Western Ghats