India: resources, agriculture, industry and transport
Industrial location and industrial regions of India
Concepts to cover
- Factors of industrial location: raw material, power, market, labour, transport, capital, policy; agglomeration
- Iron and steel plants and their inputs: Jamshedpur, Bhilai, Rourkela, Durgapur, Bokaro, Bhadravati, Salem, Visakhapatnam
- Cotton (Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore), jute (Hooghly), silk and woollen industries
- Sugar, cement, fertiliser, aluminium (Korba, Renukoot, Hirakud) and petrochemical industries
- Automobile, electronics and information technology hubs
- Major industrial regions of India
Where to study
Contemporary India II, Class X, chapter 6: Manufacturing Industries (Reprint 2026-27)
- ch. 6, Manufacturing Industries, p. 1-13 (book pages 58-70)
- ch. 6, Importance of Manufacturing, p. 1 (book page 58)
- ch. 6, Factors responsible for their location, p. 5 (book page 62)
- ch. 6, Iron and Steel Industry, p. 3-5 (book pages 60-62)
- ch. 6, Textile Industry, p. 2-3 (book pages 59-60)
- ch. 6, Jute Textiles, p. 3-4 (book pages 60-61)
- ch. 6, Sugar Industry, p. 5 (book page 62)
- ch. 6, Aluminium, p. 7 (book page 64)
- ch. 6, Cement, p. 8 (book page 65)
- ch. 6, Automobile Industry, p. 7-8 (book pages 64-65)
- ch. 6, Information Technology, p. 8-9 (book pages 65-66)
Geography of India · Majid Husain
- ch. 11, Industries