GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
MAJOR INDIAN RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES
INDIA’S PRINCIPAL LAKES/RESERVOIRS
Location Name State
1. Agartala Dumboar Lake Tripura
2. Alappuzha Lakes of Alappuzha Kerala
3. Chandigarh Sukhna Punjab/Haryana
4. Shillong Ward Lake Meghalaya
5. Srinagar Dal & Nagina Jammu and Kashmir
6. Ooty Oaty Lake Karnataka
7. Udaipur Pichola Lake Rajasthan
INDIA’S PRINCIPAL RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL CENTRES
State Religious/Spiritual Centres
1. Andhra Pradesh Tirupati, Lepakshi, Bhadrachalam
2. Assam Guwahati
3. Bihar Vaishali, Gaya, Bodh Gaya
4. Gujarat Somnath
5. Haryana Kurukshetra
6. Jammu and Kashmir Vaishno Devi
7. Karnataka Badami, Sringeri, Shravanbelgola
8. Kerala Thiruvanathapuram, Guruvayur
9. Madhya Pradesh Ujjain
10. Maharashtra Nasik, Pune
11. Manipur Imphal
12. Orissa Bhubaneshwar, Konark, Puri
13. Punjab Amritsar
14. Rajasthan Bikaner, Jaisalmer
15. Tamil Nadu Kanchipuram, Chidambaram, Madurai, Rameshwaram
16. Uttarakhand Badrinath, Haridwar, Kedarnath, Rishikesh
17. Uttar Pradesh Allahabad, Sarnath, Mathura, Varanasi, Ayodhya
MAJOR HILL STATIONS OF INDIA
State Hill Station
1. Himachal Pradesh Dalhousie, Manali, Shimla, Kullu
2. Jammu and Kashmir Pahalgam, Gulmarg
3. Jharkhand Ranchi
4. Madhya Pradesh Pachmarhi
5. Maharashtra Mahabaleshwar, Malhiran
6. Meghalaya Shillong
7. Rajasthan Mt. Abu
8. Mizoram Aizwal
9. Tamil Nadu Kodaikanal, Conoor, Ootacamund
10. Uttarakhand Mussoorie, Nainital, Almora, Landsdowne
11. West Bengal Darjiling, Kalimpong
INDIAN BEACHES
State/UT Location
1. Goa Panaji
2. Gujarat Koteshwar
3. Karnataka Karwar
4. Kerala Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram
5. Lakshadweep Kavaratti
6. Maharashtra Ganapatipule
7. Orissa Gopalpur
8. Puducherry Pondicherry
9. Tamil Nadu Rameshwaram, Chennai (Marina), Kanyakumari
10. West Bengal Digha, Bakk
INDIAN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES AND THEIR CAPITALS
States/UTs Capital
A. STATES
1. Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad
2. Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar
3. Assam Dispur
4. Bihar Patna
5. Chhattisgarh Raipur
6. Goa Panaji
7. Gujarat Gandhinagar
8. Haryana Chandigarh
9. Himachal Pradesh Shimla
10. Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar
11. Jharkhand Ranchi
12. Karnataka Bangalore
13. Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
14. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
15. Maharashtra Mumbai
16. Manipur Imphal
17. Meghalaya Shillong
18. Mizoram Aizwal
19. Nagaland Kohima
20. Orissa Bhubaneshwar
21. Punjab Chandigarh
22. Rajasthan Jaipur
23. Sikkim Gangtok
24. Tamil Nadu Chennai
25. Tripura Agartala
26. Uttarakhand Dehradun
27. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow
28. West Bengal Kolkata
B. UNION TERRITORIES
1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair
2. Chandigarh Chandigarh
3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa
4. Daman and Diu Daman
5. Lakshadweep Kavaratii
6. Puducherry Pondicherry