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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