Political geography of India & Facts

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Main article:States and territories of India
India is divided into twenty-eight states (further subdivided into districts) and seven union territories.

Administrative divisions of India, including 28 states and 7 union territories.





States:

Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal


Union Territories:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu
Lakshadweep
National Capital Territory of Delhi
Puducherry

Some Facts about India:

1) Most of India's estimated 5.4 billion barrels in oil reserves are located in the Mumbai High, upper Assam, Cambay, the Krishna-Godavari and Cauvery basins.

2) India possesses about seventeen trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Orissa.

3) Uranium is mined in Andhra Pradesh.

4) India has 400 medium-to-high enthalpy thermal springs for producing geothermal energy in seven "provinces" — the Himalayas, Sohana, Cambay, the Narmada-Tapti delta, the Godavari delta and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (specifically the volcanic Barren Island.)

5) India is the world's biggest producer of mica blocks and mica splittings.

6) India ranks second amongst the world's largest producers of barites and chromites. The Pleistocene system is rich in minerals.

7) India is the third-largest coal producer in the world and ranks fourth in the production of iron ore.

8) It is the fifth-largest producer of bauxite and crude steel, the seventh-largest of manganese ore and the eighth-largest of aluminium.

9)India has significant sources of titanium ore, diamonds and limestone.

10) India possesses 24% of the world's known and economically-viable thorium, which is mined along shores of Kerala.

11) Gold had been mined in the now-defunct Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka.