Superlatives of India (Largest and Longest)

Superlatives of India (Largest and  Longest) General Knowledge India is a land of geographical and cultural diversity, home to many record-breaking landmarks. Here are some key largest and longest superlatives important for UPSC, SSC, RRB, Railway, Bank Exams, and other competitive exams:

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	Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad
Busiest airport	Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi
Coldest Place	Siachen Glacier
Fastest Train	Vande Bharat Express – Train 18 (22439), 180
First complete Banking District	Palakkad ,Kerala
First district with 100% e-literacy	Malappuram, Kerala
First I.T district	Palakkad, Kerala
First inter-linked rivers	Ken-Betwa (UP-MP)
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.
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	Kunchikal Falls
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 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	Kachchh district of Gujarat
Largest District (Population)	Thane district of Maharashtra
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 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 Mahanadi 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 Passenger Train Route	Kanyakumari- Dibrugarh Vivek Superfast Express is a special train that travels all the way from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
Longest railway bridge	Bogibeel Bridge
Longest railway platform	Sri Siddhaarooda railway station in Hubballi in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Longest River	The Ganga 2640km long(it runs 2525km long in India)
Longest Road	NH 44 Srinagar to Kanyakumari
Longest Road Bridge	The Dhola-Sadiya Bridge, officially known as Bhupen Hazarika Bridge, is a beam bridge in India, connecting the northeast states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
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	Bihar
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 Unity 182 m (597 ft.)
The largest Hindu temple  area	Akshardham, Delhi
Union Territory having highest literacy rate	Lakshadweep

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