Physical Economic and Human Geography of India
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Indian Geography: A Complete Study Material
Introduction
o Basic Concepts in Geography
o The Universe
o The Solar System
o Latitudes, Longitudes and Standard Time
o Inside our Earth
o Our Changing Earth
o Composition of Air
o Water
o Our Changing view of the Universe
o Location and its Neighbour
o Frontiers of India
o Administrative divisions of India: States and Union Territories
o Physical Division
o Geological Structure of India
o Classification of the Indian Rocks
o Trans-Himalayas Mountain Region or Tibet Himalayan Region
o The Eastern or Purvanchal Hills
o The Aravali Mountain Range
o The Peninsular Plateau
o The Great Plains of India
o Structural division of Plains
o Indian Desert
o The Western Ghats Mountain Range
o The Eastern Ghats Mountain Range
o The Western Ghats Coastal Plain
o The Eastern Coastal Plains
o The Island Groups
o Important Passes in India
Climate, Soil & Vegetation
Drainage System/River/Lake
Economic Geography
– Industrial Regions in India
– Mineral belts in India
– Power Resources of India
– Coal Resources of India
– Petroleum and Natural Gas
– Atomic Minerals
– Means of Electrical Energy Production in India
– Atomic Energy
– Non-Conventional Sources of Energy
– Industries in India
– Industrial Development in India
– Iron and Steel Industry
– Shipping Industry
– Aluminium Industries in India
– Cement Industry
– Chemical fertilizer Industry in India
– Petro-Chemical Industry in India
– Engineering Industry
– Pharmaceutical Industries in India
– Agro-Based Industries in India
– Forest-based Industry
– Transport and Communication
– Road Transport
– Rail Transport
– Water Transport
– Air Transportation
– Oil and Gas Pipelines
– Personal Communication System
– Mass Communication System
Human Geography
– Human Resources
– Human Development
– Human Settlement
– Rural Settlement
– Indicators of Development
– Composition of Indian population
– Urban Settlements in India
– Urbanization in India
– Functional Classification of Towns
– Dichotomy of Human Geography
– Human Development Index in India
– Racial Groups of India
– Schedule Tribes in India
– Schedule Castes in India
– Population Policies of India
– Human Migration
