FACTS ABOUT INDIA

2.4% of worlds area and 1/6th of the worlds population Total coastline length is 7517Km, Gujarat has the longest coastline . Longest River - Ganges/Ganga Literacy - Kerala (Most- 93.91%); Bihar (least- 63.8%)

 India -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 LakeLake 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

INDIAS 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
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)

 IR 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 kms 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 International 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 nonscheduled 1734 scheduled a week MAJOR POINTS OF ENTRY* are New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Blore, Hyderabad SECONDARY POINTS OF ENTRY areGoa, Kolkata, Malabar Coast

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

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

EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA

Malaysian Airlines - 70 Singapore Airlines -56 Thai Airways - 56 Air Asia - 53 Tiger Airways - 42 Cathay Pacific - 35

 Singapore Airlines from Blore, Hyd, Mumbai, Chennai Tiger Airways from Chennai, Kochi, Hyd, Blore Jet Airways and Air India express are other options.

SOUTH EAST ASIA

MALAYSIA 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.

 Silk Air offers regular Hyd-Singapore flights Indigo connects to Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai, Muscat Singapore airlines fly to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai

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

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

Maldives Nepal NZ Oman Pakistan Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia

- Maldivian - Nepal Airlines - Air New Zealand - Oman Air -Pak International - Qatar Airways - Aeroflot - Saudi

 Spain UAE

- Iberia - 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

 Humayuns 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