Superlative |
Location |
Biggest Cantilever Bridge & Busiest Bridge |
Rabindra Sethu (also called Howrah Bridge on Hooghly river in Kolkata(457m/1499ft long.) |
Biggest Fort |
Red Fort ,Delhi |
Biggest stadium |
Salt Lake Stadium, in Bengali called Yuva Bharati (Kolkata, West Bengal); capacity: 120,000 |
Busiest airport |
Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi |
Coldest Place |
Dras, Jammu & Kashmir |
Fastest Train |
Shatabdi Express between New Delhi and Bhopal (it runs 150 kmph from Delhi to Agra; next Agra to Bhopal runs at 140kmph) |
First complete Banking District |
Palakkad ,Kerala |
First district with 100% e-literacy |
Malappuram, Kerala |
First District with 100% literacy |
Ernakulam, Kerala |
First I.T district |
Palakkad, Kerala |
First inter-linked rivers |
Ken-Betwa (UP-MP) |
First wireless Internet connectivity city |
Mysore ,Karnataka |
Highest Airport |
Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport, Leh airport in Ladakh(3256m /16080ft high) |
Highest battle field |
Siachen Glacier |
Highest civilian Award |
Bharat Ratna |
Highest dam |
Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River, near Tehri, Uttarakhand. Height: 260.5 m (855 ft); Length: 575 m (1,886 ft) |
Highest female literacy rate |
Jain (90.6%) |
Highest gallantry award |
Param Vir Chakra |
Highest gateway |
Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, Built by Akbar (53.5 m/175ft high) |
Highest Hydel Power station |
Rongton Hydel Project in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh |
Highest literacy rate religion |
Jain 94.1%) |
Highest Mountain peak |
Kanchenjunga(Sikkim)(8598 m)(Initially K2 was the highest mountain peak in India. But now it is in POK) |
Highest population growth rate Religion |
Muslim(29.3%) |
Highest precipitation |
Mawsynram, Meghalaya |
Highest Road |
Road at Khardung in the Leh-Manali Sector |
Highest Tower(Minaret) |
Qutb Minar, Delhi |
Highest Waterfall |
Jog Waterfalls,(on Sharavathi river,292 metres) Karnataka |
Largest Auditorium |
Sri Shanmukhananda hall, Mumbai |
Largest animal fair |
Sonepur Mela, Patna, Bihar. |
Largest Botanical Garden |
National Botanical Garden, Kolkata |
Largest Cave |
Amarnath (about 44 km from Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir) |
Largest Cave Temple |
Ellora Temples, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. |
Largest Church |
Se. Cathedral at old Goa, 10 km from Panaji. |
Largest Cinema hall |
Thangam (Madurai) |
Largest city (Area Wise) |
Kolkata |
Largest Concentration of Scheduled Tribes |
Madhya Pradesh |
Largest concentration of Scheduled Caste population |
Uttar Pradesh has the largest Scheduled Caste population |
Largest Delta |
Sunderbans (75,000 sq. km) formed by the Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers in West Bengal and Bangladesh. |
Largest Desert |
Thar or Great Indian Desert, Rajasthan. |
Largest district |
Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir |
Largest District (Population) |
Medinipur(west Bengal) |
Largest dome |
Gol Gumbaz , Bijapur, Karnataka, Diameter : 44.0 m |
Largest Fresh Water Lake |
Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh |
Largest Gurudwara |
Golden temple, Amritsar, Punjab |
Largest Lake |
Wular lake, Jammu & Kashmir |
Largest Library |
National Library, Kolkata |
Largest manmade lake |
Govind Sagar, Bhakra, Haryana |
Largest Mosque |
Jama Masjid , Delhi(built by shah jahan in 1644-58) |
Largest Museum |
Indian Museum, Kolkata |
Largest Ocean island |
Middle Andaman |
Largest Planetarium |
Birla Planetarium, Kolkata |
Largest Plateau |
Deccan Plateau |
Largest prison |
Tihar Jail ,Delhi |
Largest Public Sector Bank |
State Bank of India |
Largest Public Sector employer |
Indian Railways |
Largest Residence |
Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi |
Largest River Bridge |
Farakka Barrage , Kolkata(7,363.6ft) |
Largest river Island |
Majuli, Brahmaputra river, Asom |
Largest scheduled caste community |
Chamar |
Largest state in area |
Rajasthan(3,42,239 sq.km) |
Largest Tribe (ST) |
Gond |
Largest Union Territory in Area |
Andaman and Nicobar islands(8,249 sq.km) |
Largest Zoo |
Zoological Gardens, Alipore, Kolkata |
Least densely populated State |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Least populated state |
Sikkim (607,688: 2011 census) |
Least Populated Union Territory |
Lakshadweep(64,429) |
Longest beach |
Marina beach, Chennai(13km) |
Longest Canal |
Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal(959 km long) |
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. |
Longest Glacier |
Siachen Glacier on the Indo - Pak border(75.6kmlong and 2.8km wide) |
Longest national Highway |
NH-7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari) |
Longest Passenger Train Route |
Jammu Tawi-Kanyakumari(3730km) |
Longest railway bridge |
Dehri-on-Sone Railway bridge over the Sone river near Sasaram on Kolkata -Delhi main line |
Longest railway platform |
Kharagpur in West Bengal (833m/2733ft) also world's longest |
Longest River |
The Ganga 2640km long(it runs 2525km long in India) |
Longest River bridge |
Bandra–Worli Sea Link(5,600m/18,400 ft.), Mahim bay, Mumbai. Previously it was Mahatma Gandhi Setu over the Ganga at Patna (5575m/18286ft) |
Longest Road |
Grand Trunk Road from Kolkata to Amritsar |
Longest Road Bridge |
Nehru Sethu on Son river ,Bihar (10,044ft) |
Longest Sea bridge |
Anna-Indira Gandhi Bridge, connecting the island of Rameswaram with Mandapam in Tamil Nadu(2.34km long) |
Lowest female literacy rate |
Muslim |
Lowest literacy rate religion |
Muslim |
Lowest population growth rate religion |
Sikh |
Maximum forest area |
Madhya Pradesh |
Maximum forest area in % |
Mizoram |
Most Densely populated state |
West Bengal(904sq.km) |
Most populated State |
Uttar Pradesh (199,281,477: 2011 census) |
Most populated union Territory |
Delhi (16,753,235) |
Most Populous City |
Mumbai (nearly 183 lakhs ) |
Oldest Refinery |
Digboi(Asom) it discovered in 1835 |
Oldest Church |
St. Thomas Church at Palayar in Trichur district in Kerala built in 52 AD. |
Oldest Monastery |
Buddhist Monastery situated at an altitude of 3048m/10000 ft at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. |
Oldest observatory |
Jantar Mantar, Delhi |
Oldest University |
University of Calcutta 1857 |
Oldest Zoo |
Trivandrum Zoological gardens, Kerala(1859) |
Smallest District |
Mahe, Puducherry |
Smallest district |
Yanam in population, Puducherry |
Smallest state in area |
Goa(3,702sq.km) |
Smallest Union Territory in Area |
Lakshadweep(32 sq.km) |
State having highest literacy rate |
Kerala |
State with highest Cattle Population |
Uttar Pradesh |
Tallest Statue |
Statue of Gomateswara at Sravanabelagola, Karnataka |
The largest Hindu temple area |
Akshardham, Delhi |
Union Territory having highest literacy rate |
Lakshadweep |