[GKmojo] Miscellaneous File 1

List of International Airports in India

Name of the Airport City State

Rajiv Gandhi International

Airport Hyderabad Telangana

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee

International Airport Amristar Punjab

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi

International Airport Guwahati Assam

Biju Patnaik International

Airport Bhubaneshwar Odisha

Indira Gandhi International

Airport New Delhi Delhi

Veer Savarkar International Andaman and

Airport Port Blair Nicobar Islands

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

International Airport Ahmedabad Gujarat

Kempegowda International
Airport Bengaluru Karnataka

Raja Bhoj Airport Bhopal Madhya Pradesh

Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport Indore Madhya Pradesh

Chhatrapati Shivaji
International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nagpur Maharashtra

www.gkmojo.com Page 1
International Airport

Zaruki International Airport Shillong Meghalaya

Civil Aerodrome Coimbatore Tamil Nadu

Chaudhary Charan Singh

Airport Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

Lal Bahadur Shastri

International Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

International Airport Kolkata West Bengal

Census 2011 Highlights

The 15th Census of India and the seventh Census of Independent India-2011
was started on 1st April 2010 with President Pratibha Patil being the first
citizen to be enumerated, followed by Vice President Hamid Ansari.

The estimated cost of the Census was 22 Billion Rupees. The motto of census
2011 was 'Our Census, Our future'.

Census 2011 is the 15 Census of India since 1872. Census 2011 was held in two
phases:
i. Houselisting & Housing Census: (April to September 2010)
ii. Population Enumeration (9th to 28 February 2011)

The population of the country as per the provisional figures of Census 2011 is
1210.19 million of which 623.7 million (51.54%) are males and 586.46 million
(48.46%) are females.

The major highlights of the Census 2011 (Provisional figures) are as

under:

i. The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the
decade 2001-2011. Total number of district 640.

ii. Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most populous State in the
country followed by Maharashtra with 112 million.
www.gkmojo.com Page 2
The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most populous States have
declined during 2001-2011 compared to 1991-2001:

Five largest Populous State of the Country

1. Uttar Pradesh 19,95,81,477
2. Maharashtra 11,23,72,972
3. Bihar 10,38,04,637
4. West Bengal 9,13,47,736
5. Andhra Pradesh 8,46,65,533
Highest Populous State - Uttar Pradesh

Five least Populous State of the Country

1. Lakshadweep 64,429
2. Daman & Diu 2,42,911
3. D & N Haveli 3,42,853
4. A & N islands 3,79,944
5. Sikkim 6,07,688
Least Populous UT - Lakshadweep, Sikkim is the least
populous state.

Density of Population (person per sq km)

Density of Population in 382
India

Highest Density in State Delhi (11297)

Lowest Density in State Arunachal Pradesh (17)

Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males)

Sex ratio in India 940
Child (0-6 years) sex ratio 914
Highest sex ratio in state Kerala (1084)
Lowest sex ratio in UTs Daman & Diu (618)

Highest child (0-6) sex ratio in Mizoram (971)

state
Lowest child (0-6) sex ratio in Haryana (830)
state

www.gkmojo.com Page 3
 Literacy Rate in India
Total Person Literacy 74%
Rate

Males 82.14%
Females 65.46%

Highest Literacy Rate in state Kerala - 93.11%,

Lowest Literacy Rate in state Bihar - 63.82%.

Note:
i. this is the highest sex ratio recorded since Census 1971 and a shade lower
than 1961. Increase in sex ratio is observed in 29 States/UTs.

ii. Literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent in
2011 showing an increase of 9.21 percentage points.

iii. 100% Literacy District – Palakkad (Kerala)

100% Banking State – Kerala
100% Banking District – Palakkad (Kerala)

iv. As per census 2011 population density was higher in Bihar followed by
west Bengal.

v. State having the highest fertility rate in India: Meghalaya

Important Facts about India

1. Area- 32, 87,263 sq-km (2.4% of world area)

2. Population-1.271 billion (17.5% of world population)
3. India shares international land boundary with 7 countries namely-
Pakistan, china, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar.

www.gkmojo.com Page 4
4. India is separated from srilanka by pak-strait
5. Longest boundary line with Bangladesh
6. Shortest boundary line with Afghanistan
7. Radcliff is the international boundary line between India and Pakistan.
8. Mac-Mohan line--- between India and china
10. India's largest frontier- 15,200 kms
11. India's north to south distance-3,214 kms
12. India's east to west distance---2,933 kms
13. Total coastline length-7516.6kms (including islands)
14. India's mainland coastline length-6100kms (9 states)
15. India has 29 states and 7 UT'S
16. Largest state-Rajasthan
17. Smallest state-Goa
18. Most populous state- Uttar Pradesh
19. Least populous state- Sikkim
20. Largest UT- Andaman and nicobar islands
21. Smallest UT -Lakshadweep
22. India is 7th largest country in the world
23. 2nd populous country in the world
24. National bird of India- peacock
25. National animal of India- tiger
26. National flower-lotus
27. National fruit- mango
28. National song- Vande Mataram
29. National game- hockey
30. National tree- banyan
31. National emblem- the lion capital of Ashoka at Sarnath
32. State having largest coastline: Gujarat

All the best by GKmojo

www.gkmojo.com Page 5