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Miscellaneous Facts
Longest, Largest, Tallest, Smallest in India
Bridges, Roads and Rail Route

Dhola Sadiya Bridge on the lohit

Bridge/ River Bridge river, Assam (also known as
Bhupen Hazarika Setu, 9.15km)
Bandra Worli Sea Link on Mahim
Sea bridge
bay, Mumbai (5.6km)
Railway Bridge Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kerala
Vivek Express, Dibrugarh to
Train Route
Kanyakumari (4286 km)
Chenani-Nashri Tunnel (also known
Highway Tunnel as Patnitop Tunnel, 11.2 Km)
on NH44, Jammu & Kashmir
Railway platform Gorakhpur, UP (1355.4m)
Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (11.215
Railway Tunnel
km), Jammu & Kashmir
● NH-44 (Srinagar to Kanyakumari,
LONGEST
3745 KM)
● Previously this highway was
National Highway known as NH-07 and it was starting
from Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and
was ending at Kanyakumari
(Tamilnadu).
Grand Trunk road from Delhi to
Road Kolkata. (2500 km; one of the
oldest roads of Asia).
From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Electric railway line
(1532 km)
Which State has Longest
Uttar Pradesh (752 km)
Highway
Chennai Port Maduravoyal Elevated
longest Elevated Expressway Expressway

Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge (Tamil

Sea Bridge
Nadu)
Road Network (state) Maharashtra (6.08 lakhs km)
LARGEST
Road density (KM per unit
Kerala (5268 km/km2)
Area)
Share of national highway Uttar Pradesh (8483 km)
TALLEST Leh- Manali at Khardungla, (Jammu
Road
(Highest) and Kashmir)
Rabindra Setu (Howrah Bridge),
BIGGEST Cantilever bridge
Kolkata

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Coasts, Borders, States

coastline (State) Gujarat (1600 km)

LONGEST
coastline (South Indian
Andhra Pradesh (974 km)
State)
International Border (State) West Bengal (2509 km)
Arunachal Pradesh (3
State with the maximum
Countries)> West Bengal (3
number of international
Countries) > Sikkim (3
borders
Countries)
State with the maximum
number of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh (8 states)
state
LARGEST
State (Area) Rajasthan (3.42 Lakh km2)
State (Population) Uttar Pradesh (204 million)
State (Population Density) Bihar (1,106 per sq km)
State (Literacy Rate) Kerala (94%)
State (Sex Ratio) Kerala (1084)
State (Population growth
Meghalaya (27.95%)
rate)
State (Most Urbanized) Goa (62%)
Siachen Glacier, Jammu and
TALLEST (HIGHEST) Battlefield
Kashmir
State (Area) Goa (3702 km2)
State (Population) Sikkim (6.1 lakh)

SMALLEST State (Population Density) Arunachal Pradesh (17 people)

State (Literacy Rate) Bihar (63.2%)
State (Sex Ratio) Haryana (879)
State (Population Growth
Sikkim (12.89%)
Rate)
State (Least Urbanized) Himachal Pradesh (10%)

Man Made Structures

Corridor of Ramanathaswamy Temple at

LONGEST Longest Corridor
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu)
Auditorium Sri Shanmukhanand Hall, Mumbai
Mosque Jama Masjid (Delhi)
LARGEST
Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, Tamil
Temple
Nadu
Dome Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur, Karnataka
Planetarium Birla Planetarium, Kolkata
Cave Temple Kailash Temple (Ellora, Maharashtra)

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Museum Indian Museum, Kolkata

Public Sector Bank State Bank of India
Cave Amarnath (J & K)
Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar
Zoo Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata
Animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar)
Port (export and import) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Church Saint Cathedral (Goa)
Largest Monastery Tawang Monastery, Arunachal Pradesh
Tehri Dam on confluence of Bhilangana
Dam and Bhagirathi river,
Uttarakhand (Height 260 m)

TALLEST Gateway Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, UP

(HIGHEST) Statue Gomateshwara, Karnataka
Airport Leh airport, J&K.
Gallantry Award Param Vir Chakra
Civilian Award Bharat Ratna
Bhakra Dam on Satluj river, Himachal
Straight Gravity Dam
Pradesh.

BIGGEST Stadium Yuva Bharti Stadium, Salt Lake, Kolkata

Hotel Oberoi-Sheraton (Mumbai)
Oldest Church - St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
Place of heaviest rainfall- Mawsynram (Meghalaya)

Dam, Lakes and Water Bodies

Indira Gandhi Canal, Rajasthan

Canal
(Source Harike barrage, Punjab).
Beach Marina Beach (Chennai)
Glacier Siachen Glacier, Ladakh , J&K

LONGEST Hirakud Dam on Mahanadi River,

Dam
Odisha (25.8 km)
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar
Man-made lake
(Rihand Dam, 934m), UP.
Vembanad lake , Kerala ( length
lake
96.5 KM)
Tso-Lhamo Lake, Sikkim
TALLEST (HIGHEST) Lake
(Height 5330m)
Tower Pitampura Tower, Delhi
River of South India Godavari

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LARGEST Brackish (Partial Saline)

Chilika Lake, Odisha
water lake
Salt water lake Sambhar lake, Rajasthan
Fresh water lake Wular lake , J&K. ( 260 km2)
Sivaji sager lake on Koyna Dam ,
Artificial Fresh water lake
Maharashtra. (891 km2)
Barrage Farakka Barrage, Ganga
Deepest lake - Gobind Sagar lake on Satluj river, Himachal Pradesh. (depth 163 m )

Natural Resources

Longest River which Flows entirely

Godavari river (1465 km)
in India
LONGEST
River (India) The Ganga (2640 km. long)
Tributary river of India Yamuna (1376 km, tributary of Ganga)
Narmada (Falls in the Arabian sea,1300
Longest river which forms estuary
km)
Thar Desert, North-western India (2
Desert
lakhs km2)
LARGEST
Sundarban Delta (on the mouth of
Delta
Ganga – Brahmaputra River)
State with Maximum Forest Area Madhya Pradesh (94 K km2)
State with the maximum
Mizoram (about 75%)
percentage of Forest area
● Godwin Austin (K2), Karakoram
TALLEST Range, J&K (8611 m)
Mountain peak
(HIGHEST) ● Kangchenjunga (8,598m) highest in
the undisputed territory of India
Waterfall Kunchikal Falls, Varahi river, Karnataka
BIGGEST Most Populous city Mumbai
Majuli island on Brahmaputra River,
Riverine Island
Assam
Deepest River Valley- Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
Deepest Gorge (V shaped valley) By Indus river near bunji or chilas

Continents
● Continents – 7: (Based on Size) Asia, Africa, North America, South America,
Antarctica, Europe, Australia.
● Continent with largest number of countries – Africa.
● Continent without desert – Europe.
● All major civilization like Mesopotamia, Indus valley civilization, Huang Ho
civilization in Asia, apart from Egyptian Civilization in Africa.
Oceans
● Oceans – 4 : (Based on Size) Pacific, Atlantic (south and north), Indian, Artic.
Rivers

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● Largest river - Amazon – South America

● Longest river - Nile – Africa
● Longest tributaries – Madeira
● Most polluted river – Chetrum (Indonesia)
Lakes
● Largest salt water lake – Caspian Sea (Europe).
● Largest fresh water lake – Superior Lake (North America).
● Deepest lake – Baikal (Russia)
● Most saline’s lake – Van lake (Turkey)
Mountains
● Alps, Jurra , Vosges, Balkans, Cambrian – Europe
● Atlas, Lomé, Drakensberg, Kilimanjaro – Africa
● Appalachian, Rockies, Sierra Nevada, Alaska, Makenzie – North America
● Andes, Sierra de Córdoba – South America
● Ural, Caucus – Asia / Europe
Water falls
● Niagara is widest water falls – North America
● Iguassu is largest water falls in number of branch – South America
● Angel is tallest water falls – South America
Miscellaneous
● Only active volcano in Africa – Mountain Elgon 4321 m
● Atacama and Patagonia Stony desert – South America.
● Selvas Rain-forest – South America.
● Divisions of Asia – South Asia (SAARC – including India), South East Asia (ASEAN),
Central Asia, West Asia, East Asia.
● Tasmania – Part of Australia separated by bass strait from mainland
● Pangea – Laurentia land and Gondwanaland
● Laurentia land – Asia, Europe, Greenland, North America.
● Gondwanaland – India, Australia, Africa, Madagascar, S. America
● European Union – 27 nations.
● Euro common currency – 17 nations.
● Antarctica Treaty – 1959.
● Lowest place – Dead Sea
● Hottest place – Death’ valley (North America)

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