Indian Geography

Over 97 per cent of total recoverable reserves of chromite have been found in Odisha. Orissa is the leading producing State of chromite, accounting for 99% of the total production.

There are 48 tiger reserves in India which are governed by Project Tiger which is administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the largest tiger reserve in India. The reserve spreads over five districts, Nalgonda District, Mahbubnagar district, Kurnool District, Prakasam District and Guntur District.
The total area of the tiger reserve is 3,568 km2 (1,378 sq mi). The core area of this reserve is 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi).

* Ennore port located in Tamil Nadu became the first poet in India to become a Public company.

* Ennore port or the kamarajar Port in Chennai is the twelfth major port in India and as mentioned above first port to become a public company.

* India has 12 Major ports that handle a large volume of traffic. These are Chennai Port, Cochin Port, Jawahar Lal Nehru Port, Kamarajar Port, Kandla Port, Kolkata and Haldia Port, V.O Chidambaranar Port, Mormugao Port, Mumbai Port, New Mangalore Port, Paradip Port, and Vishakhapatnam Port.

* The port was declared as a major port under the Indian Ports Act, 1908 in March 1999 and incorporated as Ennore Port Limited under the Companies Act, 1956 in October 1999.

India is the seventh-largest country in the world. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km and a coastline of 7,517 km.

The eastern coast of India is also known as Coromandel Coast. It lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.

Eastern most longitude of our country is 97° 25' East and the Western most longitude of our country is 68° 7' East. The Easternmost longitude lies in the state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Western most longitude lies in the state of Gujarat.