GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

Paper Code: 
GEO 301
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. This paper helps the student to have a regional study of India- learning its Physiography, drainage, climate, agriculture scenario, industrial trends and transport.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

PAPER CODE

Paper Title

GEO 301

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

(Theory)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students will be able to:

 

CO15: Students will get an introduction to the main regions of India with the knowledge of resources, drainage, climate and its impact and mainland and transport network analysis.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration,

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz,

Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Physical Setting:

Location of India in the world context

Physiography

Drainage

Climate: Seasons, Mechanism of Indian monsoons,

Climatic regions

Soil types and their distribution

Natural vegetation

9.00
Unit II: 
Resources:

Mineral and Power resources: Distribution and production of bauxite ore, copper, iron ore, lead and zinc, coal, petroleum and natural gas

Livestock resources, Water and Marine Resources, water conservation

9.00
Unit III: 
Agriculture:

Infrastructure : Irrigation, institutional factors–land holdings and land reforms

land capability

green revolution

agro-climatic regions

9.00
Unit IV: 
Industries:

Evolution of industries and Factors affecting location of industries

major industries: iron and steel, agro based, petro chemical, cotton textile.

major industrial regions

Industrial development and their changing pattern 

9.00
Unit V: 
Transport

Roads, railways, waterways, airways and pipeline networks and their importance

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Deshpande C.D. :India-A Regional Interpretation, Northern book Centre, New Delhi. 1992.
  • Mitra, A : Levels of Regional Development India Census of India, Vol. I, Part I-A (i) and (ii) New Delhi, 1967.
  • Routray, J.K. : Geography of Regional Disparity, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1993.
  • Singh, R.L. (ed.) : India A Regional Geography. National Geographical Society. India, Varanasi, 1971.

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021