The largest Hindu temple area ...........Akshardham(Delhi)
Highest Airport ...............................Leh airport in Ladakh
(3256m /16080ft high)
Largest Auditorium ................... Sri Shanmukhananda hall,Mumbai
Largest Public Sector Bank .............State Bank of India
Largest Botanical Garden .................National Botanical Garden in
kolkata
Longest River bridge ......................Mahatma Gandhi Setu over the
Ganga at Patna (5575m/18286ft)
Longest Sea bridge ...................Anna-Indira Gandhi Bridge
(2.34km long)
Biggest Cantilever Bridge & Busiest Bridge
*RabindraSethu (also called Howrah Bridge,on Hoogli river in Kolkota
(457m/1499ft long.)
Longest Canal .......... Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal(959 km long)
Largest Cave .......... Amarnath
(about 44 km from Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir)
Largest Cave Temple ..... Ellora(Maharashtra)
Oldest Church ............... St.Thomas Church at Palayar in Trichur district
in Kerala built in 52 AD.
Largest Church ............. Se.Cathedral at old Goa, 10 km from Panaji.
Most Populus City .......... Mumbai (nearly 183 lakhs )
Longest Corridor ............ Corridor in Ramanathaswamy Temple
at Rameswaram Tamilnadu (1220M/4002 FT)
Longest Dam ................. Hirakud Dam on Sutlej river in Orissa
(24.4km long and 2.8 km wide
Longest Delta ...............Sunderbans (75000 sq km ) formed by
the Ganga and Brahmaputra in West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Highest gateway ............ Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra,
Built by Akbar (53.5 m/175ft high)
Longest Glacier ............ Siachen Glacier on the Indo - Pak border
(75.6kmlong and 2.8km wide)
Largest Gurudwara ............. Golden temple at Amritsar
Highest Hydel Power station ....... Rongton Hydel Project in Kinnaur
district of Himachal Pradesh
Largest Lake ............... Wular lake,Kashmir
Largest Fresh Water Lake ..... Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh
Largest Library ................. National Library,Kolkata
Oldest Monastery .............. Buddhist Monast situated at an altitude
of 3048m/10000 ft at Tawang in Arunachalpradesh.
Largest Mosque .............. Jama Masjid , Delhi
(built by shah jahan in 1644-58)
Higest Mountain peak .......... Kanchenjunga(Sikkim)(8598 m)
(Originally K2 is the heighest mountain peak in India.But now it isin POK)
Largest Museum .......... Indian Museum ,Kolkata
Largest Planatarium ....... Birla Planetarium,Kolkata
Largest prison ............... Tihar Jail ,Delhi
Largest Desert .............. Thar (rajasthan)
Longest Passenger Train Route ........ Jammu Tawi-Kanyakumari(3730km)
Longest railway bridge ............ Dehri-on-Sone Railway bridge over the
Sone river near Sasaram on Kolkota -Delhi main line
longest Road Bridge ............ Nehru Sethu on Sone river ,Bihar (10,044ft)
Fastest Train ...................Shatabdi Express between New delhi and Bhopal
(it runs 150 kmph from Delhi to Agra;next Agra to Bhopal runs at 140kmph)
Longest railway platform ........... Kharragpur in West Bengal (833m/2733ft)
also world's longest
OLdest Refinary .................. Digboi(Asom) it discovered in 1835
Largest Tribe (ST) ................. Gond
Largest Concentration of Scheduled Tribes......... .Madhya Pradesh
Largest concentration of Scheduled Caste community........Mizoram (in%)
Largest scheduled caste community .........Chamar
Largest concentration of sc ................Uttar Pradesh
Largest concentration of sc(in%) ...........Punjab
Longest River ................. The Ganga 2640km long
(it runs 2525km long in India)
Longest Road ................ Grand Trunk Road from Kolkota to Amritsir
Highest Road .................Road at Khardungla in the Leh-Manali Sector
Largest state in area ....... Rajasthan(3,42,239 sq.km)
Smallest state in area ...... Goa(3,702sq.km)
Most populated State ..... Uttar pradesh (16,60,52,859)
Least populated state ...... Sikkim (5,40,493)
Most Densely populated state ......West Bengal(904sq.km)
Least densely populated State ........ Arunachal Pradesh(13 per sq.km)
tallest Statue ........... Statue of Gomaateswara at Sravanabelagol
karnataka
Largest Union Territory in Area ........ Andaman and Nicobar islands
(8,249 sq.km)
Smallest Union Territory in Area .........Lakshadweep(32 sq.km)
Most populated union Territory..............Delhi(1,37,82,976)
Least Populated Union Territory.............Lakshadweep(60,595)
Highest Waterfall..............Jog Waterfall,(on sharavati river,292mhiegh)
karnataka
Largest Zoo........................Zoological Gardens,Alipur,kolkata
Highest Tower(Minaret)......................Qutub Minar,Delhi
Largest city (Area Wise)....................Kolkata
Largest Residence...........................Rashtrapati Bhavan,New Delhi
Largest Cinema hall ........................Thangam (madurai)
Largest River Bridge .......................Faraka Barrage , Kolkota(7,363.6ft)
Largest desert .............................Thar (Rajasthan )
Biggest Fort ...............................Red Fort ,Delhi
Largest man made lake ......................Govind Sagar (Bhakra,Haryana)
State with highest Cattle Population ......Uttar Pradesh
State having highest literacy rate .......Kerala(90.92%)
Union Territory having highest literacy rate.........Lakshadweep (87.52%)
Highest civilian Award .....................Bharat Ratna
Rainest place ..............................Masinram(Meghalaya)
Maximum forest area ........................Madhya Pradesh
Max.forest area in % .......................Mizoram
Longest nATIONAL Highway ..........NH-7 (varanasi to Kanyakumari)
First rivers inter-linked ..................Ken-Betva (UP-MP)
First 100% literacy District ...............Ernakulam ,Kerala
First 100% e-literacy district .............Malappuram,Kerala
First complete Banking District ............Palakked ,Kerala
First wireless Internet connectivity city.......Mysore ,Karnataka
First I.T district ...................Palakkad, Kerala
Smallest district ...................Yanam in population
(Puduchery)
Busiest airport .......................Mumbai
Longest beach .....................Marina beach,Chennai(13km)
Highest battle field .................Siachen Glacier
Largest Public Sector employees Dep.........Indian Railways(14 lakhs )
Largest river Island .......................Majuli (Brahmaputra river,Asom)
Highest population growth rate Religion ....Muslim(29.3%)
Lowest population growth rate religion .....Sikh (16.9%)
Highest literacy rate religion .............Jain 94.1%)
Lowest literacy rate religion ..............Muslim(59.1%)
Highest female literacy rate ...............Jain (90.6%)
Lowest female literacy rate ................Muslim(50.1%)
Largest animal fair ........................Sonepur mela (near Patna-Bihar)
Higest award ...............................Bharat Ratna
Largest district ...........................Ladakh (Jammu&Kasmir)
Smallest District ..........................Mahe (puduchery)
Largest hospital ...........................BJMEDICAL COLLEGE hospital, ahmdeabad
Largest Ocean island .......................Middle Andaman
Coldest Place ..............................Dras (jammu&Kashmir)
Largest Plateau ............................Deccan Plateau
Oldest University ..........................University of Calcutta 1857
Oldest Zoo ........................TrivandrumZoological gardens,Kerala(1859)
Highest Airport ...............................Leh airport in Ladakh
(3256m /16080ft high)
Largest Auditorium ................... Sri Shanmukhananda hall,Mumbai
Largest Public Sector Bank .............State Bank of India
Largest Botanical Garden .................National Botanical Garden in
kolkata
Longest River bridge ......................Mahatma Gandhi Setu over the
Ganga at Patna (5575m/18286ft)
Longest Sea bridge ...................Anna-Indira Gandhi Bridge
(2.34km long)
Biggest Cantilever Bridge & Busiest Bridge
*RabindraSethu (also called Howrah Bridge,on Hoogli river in Kolkota
(457m/1499ft long.)
Longest Canal .......... Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal(959 km long)
Largest Cave .......... Amarnath
(about 44 km from Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir)
Largest Cave Temple ..... Ellora(Maharashtra)
Oldest Church ............... St.Thomas Church at Palayar in Trichur district
in Kerala built in 52 AD.
Largest Church ............. Se.Cathedral at old Goa, 10 km from Panaji.
Most Populus City .......... Mumbai (nearly 183 lakhs )
Longest Corridor ............ Corridor in Ramanathaswamy Temple
at Rameswaram Tamilnadu (1220M/4002 FT)
Longest Dam ................. Hirakud Dam on Sutlej river in Orissa
(24.4km long and 2.8 km wide
Longest Delta ...............Sunderbans (75000 sq km ) formed by
the Ganga and Brahmaputra in West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Highest gateway ............ Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra,
Built by Akbar (53.5 m/175ft high)
Longest Glacier ............ Siachen Glacier on the Indo - Pak border
(75.6kmlong and 2.8km wide)
Largest Gurudwara ............. Golden temple at Amritsar
Highest Hydel Power station ....... Rongton Hydel Project in Kinnaur
district of Himachal Pradesh
Largest Lake ............... Wular lake,Kashmir
Largest Fresh Water Lake ..... Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh
Largest Library ................. National Library,Kolkata
Oldest Monastery .............. Buddhist Monast situated at an altitude
of 3048m/10000 ft at Tawang in Arunachalpradesh.
Largest Mosque .............. Jama Masjid , Delhi
(built by shah jahan in 1644-58)
Higest Mountain peak .......... Kanchenjunga(Sikkim)(8598 m)
(Originally K2 is the heighest mountain peak in India.But now it isin POK)
Largest Museum .......... Indian Museum ,Kolkata
Largest Planatarium ....... Birla Planetarium,Kolkata
Largest prison ............... Tihar Jail ,Delhi
Largest Desert .............. Thar (rajasthan)
Largest District (in Population ) .... ... Medinipur(west Bengal)
Longest Passenger Train Route ........ Jammu Tawi-Kanyakumari(3730km)
Longest railway bridge ............ Dehri-on-Sone Railway bridge over the
Sone river near Sasaram on Kolkota -Delhi main line
longest Road Bridge ............ Nehru Sethu on Sone river ,Bihar (10,044ft)
Fastest Train ...................Shatabdi Express between New delhi and Bhopal
(it runs 150 kmph from Delhi to Agra;next Agra to Bhopal runs at 140kmph)
Longest railway platform ........... Kharragpur in West Bengal (833m/2733ft)
also world's longest
OLdest Refinary .................. Digboi(Asom) it discovered in 1835
Largest Tribe (ST) ................. Gond
Largest Concentration of Scheduled Tribes......... .Madhya Pradesh
Largest concentration of Scheduled Caste community........Mizoram (in%)
Largest scheduled caste community .........Chamar
Largest concentration of sc ................Uttar Pradesh
Largest concentration of sc(in%) ...........Punjab
Longest River ................. The Ganga 2640km long
(it runs 2525km long in India)
Longest Road ................ Grand Trunk Road from Kolkota to Amritsir
Highest Road .................Road at Khardungla in the Leh-Manali Sector
Largest state in area ....... Rajasthan(3,42,239 sq.km)
Smallest state in area ...... Goa(3,702sq.km)
Most populated State ..... Uttar pradesh (16,60,52,859)
Least populated state ...... Sikkim (5,40,493)
Most Densely populated state ......West Bengal(904sq.km)
Least densely populated State ........ Arunachal Pradesh(13 per sq.km)
tallest Statue ........... Statue of Gomaateswara at Sravanabelagol
karnataka
Largest Union Territory in Area ........ Andaman and Nicobar islands
(8,249 sq.km)
Smallest Union Territory in Area .........Lakshadweep(32 sq.km)
Most populated union Territory..............Delhi(1,37,82,976)
Least Populated Union Territory.............Lakshadweep(60,595)
Highest Waterfall..............Jog Waterfall,(on sharavati river,292mhiegh)
karnataka
Largest Zoo........................Zoological Gardens,Alipur,kolkata
Highest Tower(Minaret)......................Qutub Minar,Delhi
Largest city (Area Wise)....................Kolkata
Largest Residence...........................Rashtrapati Bhavan,New Delhi
Largest Cinema hall ........................Thangam (madurai)
Largest River Bridge .......................Faraka Barrage , Kolkota(7,363.6ft)
Largest desert .............................Thar (Rajasthan )
Biggest Fort ...............................Red Fort ,Delhi
Largest man made lake ......................Govind Sagar (Bhakra,Haryana)
State with highest Cattle Population ......Uttar Pradesh
State having highest literacy rate .......Kerala(90.92%)
Union Territory having highest literacy rate.........Lakshadweep (87.52%)
Highest civilian Award .....................Bharat Ratna
Rainest place ..............................Masinram(Meghalaya)
Maximum forest area ........................Madhya Pradesh
Max.forest area in % .......................Mizoram
Longest nATIONAL Highway ..........NH-7 (varanasi to Kanyakumari)
First rivers inter-linked ..................Ken-Betva (UP-MP)
First 100% literacy District ...............Ernakulam ,Kerala
First 100% e-literacy district .............Malappuram,Kerala
First complete Banking District ............Palakked ,Kerala
First wireless Internet connectivity city.......Mysore ,Karnataka
First I.T district ...................Palakkad, Kerala
Smallest district ...................Yanam in population
(Puduchery)
Busiest airport .......................Mumbai
Longest beach .....................Marina beach,Chennai(13km)
Highest battle field .................Siachen Glacier
Largest Public Sector employees Dep.........Indian Railways(14 lakhs )
Largest river Island .......................Majuli (Brahmaputra river,Asom)
Highest population growth rate Religion ....Muslim(29.3%)
Lowest population growth rate religion .....Sikh (16.9%)
Highest literacy rate religion .............Jain 94.1%)
Lowest literacy rate religion ..............Muslim(59.1%)
Highest female literacy rate ...............Jain (90.6%)
Lowest female literacy rate ................Muslim(50.1%)
Largest animal fair ........................Sonepur mela (near Patna-Bihar)
Higest award ...............................Bharat Ratna
Largest district ...........................Ladakh (Jammu&Kasmir)
Smallest District ..........................Mahe (puduchery)
Largest hospital ...........................BJMEDICAL COLLEGE hospital, ahmdeabad
Largest Ocean island .......................Middle Andaman
Coldest Place ..............................Dras (jammu&Kashmir)
Largest Plateau ............................Deccan Plateau
Oldest University ..........................University of Calcutta 1857
Oldest Zoo ........................TrivandrumZoological gardens,Kerala(1859)
