Category : UPSC
Mineral Resources
Aluminium - Kerala Antimony - Antimony deposits are found in Punjab and Karnataka. Asbestos - Karnataka and Rajasthan. Barytes (Barium Sulphate) - Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Manbhum and Singhbhum districts of Jharkhand. Bauxite - Ranchi and Palamau districts of Jharkhand, Belgaum, Jharia and Thana districts of Maharashtra, Balaghat, Jabalpur, Mandya and Bilaspur districts of Chhattisgarh. Beryllium Sands - Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kashmir and Bihar. Cement - Katni (M.P), Lakheri (Rajasthan), Jabalpur (M.P.), Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Jhinikapani (Singhbhum district of Jharkhand), Surajpur (Haryana). China Clay - Rajmahal Hills, Singhbhum (district of Jharkhand), Kerala. Chromite - Singhbhum and Bhagalpur (Jharkhand), Ratnagiri, Salem (Tamil Nadu), Karnataka, Keonjhar (Odisha),Ladakh (Kashmir). Coal - Raniganj (West Bengal), Jharia, Bokaro (Jharkhand), Giri- dih, Karanpur, Panch Valley and Chanda (M.P), Singareni (Andhra Pradesh) and Mukum (Assam). Cobalt - Rajasthan and Kerala. Copper - Jharkhand (Singhbhum and Barajamda), Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan (Khetri). Diamond - Diamond mines are found in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, Raipur district of Chhattisgarh. Feldspar - Burdwan (West Bengal), Rewa (M.P), Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Alwar and Ajmer. Gold - Kolar gold-fields (Karnataka). Graphite - Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha and Kerala. Gypsum - Bikaner and Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Iron Ore - Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Chhattisgarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj (Odisha). Lac - West Bengal. Lead - Zawar in Udaipur and at the Banjavi mines in Jaipur. Lignite - Neyveli in South Arcot district (Tamil Nadu). Limestone - Singareni and Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Panchmahals (Gujarat), Balaghat, Bhandara, Chhindwara, Nagpur, Indore, Vishakhapatnam, Sandur (Tamil Nadu). Manganese, - Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Marble - Jaipur (Rajasthan). Mica Koderma in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, Monghyr (Bihar), Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. Monazite Sands - Found in abundance in Travancore Coast (Kerala). Nitre - Bihar, U.R, Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Petroleum Digboi, Badarpur, Musimpur and Patharia fields of Assan- Pitchblende - Gaya (Bihar). Red Stone - Jodhpur [Rajasthan). salt - Sambhar Lake (Rajasthan}, and is also obtained from ocean water in Rann of Kutch, on the north-western and south-eastern littoral (sea-shore) of India. Saltpetre - Punjab, U.P. and Bihar. Silmanite - Khasi Hills (Assam), Rewa (M.P). silver - Goldfields (Karnataka), Singhbhum and Manbhum (Jharkhand), Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. Tungsten - Bihar, Nagpur (Maharashtra) and Marwan Uranium - Bihar, Zinc - Zawar mines in Udaipur (Rajasthan). Zircon - Beach sands of Kerala and Cape Comorin. |
Census 2011
MOST POPULATED METROS |
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1 |
Mumbai |
18,414,288 |
2 |
Delhi |
16,314,838 |
3 |
Kolkata |
14,112,536 |
4 |
Chennai |
8,696,010 |
5 |
Bangalore |
8,499,399 |
TOP GROWTH RATE |
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1 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
55.88 % |
2 |
Daman and Diu |
53.76 % |
3 |
Puducherry |
28.08 % |
4 |
Meghalaya |
27.95 % |
5 |
ArunachalPradesh |
26.03 % |
TOP LITERATE STATES |
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1 |
Kerala |
94.00% |
2 |
Lakshadweep |
91.85% |
3 |
Mizoram |
91.33% |
4 |
Goa |
88.70 % |
5 |
Tripura |
87.22 % |
BEST SEX RATIO |
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1 |
Kerala |
1084 |
2 |
Puducherry |
1037 |
3 |
Tamil Nadu |
996 |
4 |
Andhra Pradesh |
993 |
5 |
Manipur |
992 |
Indian Population Census 2011 covered a number of parameters during the survey like population, growth rate in population, rate of literacy, density of population, sex ratio and child sex ratio (0-6 years).
HIGH POPULATION |
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1 |
Uttar Pradesh |
199,812,341 |
2 |
Maharashtra |
112,374,333 |
3 |
Bihar |
104,099,452 |
4 |
West Bengal |
91,276,115 |
5 |
Andhra Pradesh |
84,580,777 |
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