GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

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

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

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 Energy resources: Distribution, utilization and conservation 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

Factors Affecting Agriculture

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

land capability

agro-and social forestry

agro-climatic regions

green revolution

9.00
Unit IV: 
Industry:

Evolution of industries

Factors affecting location of industries: major industrial regions, major industries: iron and steel, agro based, petro chemical  cotton textile.

Industrial development and their changing pattern

9.00
Unit V: 
Transport

Road, railway, waterways, airways and pipeline networks and their importance

Essential Readings: 
  • Deshpande C.D. : Indian-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.
References: 
  • Deshpande C.D. : Indian-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: 
2019-2020