Tsunami Japan-2011

Raw Video: Tsunami Wave Strikes Japan

Japan Sendai Quake and Tsunami: big photo gallery

Xeni Jardin at 12:00 AM Friday, Mar 11, 2011 

  

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An office building burns in Tokyo after an earthquake March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a four-meter (13-foot) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline, NHK television and witnesses reported. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-meter (32-foot) tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. (photos: REUTERS/Kyodo) 
 

People take shelter as a ceiling collapses in a bookstore during an earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 11, 2011.

A building burns after an earthquake in the Odaiba district of Tokyo.

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan reacts he he feels an earthquake as he attends a committee meeting in the upper house of parliament in Tokyo (REUTERS / Toru Hanai)

Rescue workers hurry to a building following reports of injuries in Tokyo's financial district after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)

Woman wears hard hat and talks on phone after evacuating building in Tokyo's financial district, after earthquake off the coast of northern Japan. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung Hoon)

People stand outside after evacuating buildings in Tokyo's financial district in Tokyo after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan. (REUTERS/Toru Hanai)

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http://www.nowpublic.com/world/japan-tsunami-video-photos-8-9-earthquake-march-11-2011-2765769.html

 

Some Fact About Indian Cities...!!!

1. Golden City - Jaisalmer.

2. Deccan queen - Pune.

3. City of seven islands - Mumbai.

4. Queen of Arabian Sea - Cochin.

5. Queen of Mountains - Mussoorie.

6. Space City - Bangalore.
 
7. Garden city of India - Bangalore.

8. Silicon valley of India - Bangalore.

9. Electronic city of India - Bangalore.

10. Pink city - Jaipur.

11. Sacred river - Ganga.

12. Sorrow of Bengal - Damodar river
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13.Sorrow of Bihar - Kosi river.

14. Gateway of India - Mumbai

15. Hollywood of India - Mumbai.

16. Blue mountains - Nilgiris.

17. City of castles - Kolkata.

18. City of buildings - Kolkata.

19. City of lakes - Srinagar.

20. City of festivals - Madurai.

21. City of Nawabs - Lucknow.

22. City of temples - Varanasi.

23. City of Rallies - Delhi.

24. City of weavers - Panipat.

25. Steel city of India - Jamshedpur.

26. Venice of the east - cochin.

27. Manchester of India/east - Ahmedabad.

26. Manchester of the north - Kanpur.

27. Manchester of the south - Coimbatore.

28. Pittsburg of India - Jameshedpur.

29. Boston of India - Ahmedabad.

30. Garden of spices of India - Kerala.

31. Abode of the God - Prayag.

32. Twin cities - Hyderabad-Sikanderabad.

33. Old Ganga - Godavari.

34. Dakshin Ganga - Godavari.

35. Egg bowls of Asia - Andhra Pradesh.

36. Soya region - Madhya Pradesh.

37. Sun city - Jodhpur.

38. Pearl city - Tuticotir (TN)

39. Temple city - Bhubaneshwar.

40. Bangle city - Hyderabad.

41. White city - Udaipur.

42. Diamond city - Surat.

43. Sandalwood city - Mysore.
44. Orange city - Nagpur.

45. Egg city - Namakkal. (TN).

46. Lake city - Udaipur.

47. City of dawn - Auroville (Puducherry).

48. City of blood - Tezpur. (Assam, Teza in sanskrit means blood).

49. City of golden temple - Amritsar.

50. Silk city - Bhoodhan Pochampally (Andhra Pradesh).

Note - Request all to cross verify the info as the sources I collected them from may have made mistakes..

IMPORTANT WHO'S WHO..???

Chief Ministers

State	Chief Minister
Andhra Pradesh	Shri Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (External website that opens in a new window)
Arunachal Pradesh	Shri Dorjee Khandu (External website that opens in a new window)
Assam	Shri Tarun Gogoi (External website that opens in a new window)
Bihar	Shri Nitish Kumar (External website that opens in a new window)
Chhattisgarh	Dr. Raman Singh (External website that opens in a new window)
Delhi	Smt Sheila Dikshit (External website that opens in a new window)
Goa	Shri Digambar Kamat (External website that opens in a new window)
Gujarat	Shri Narendra Modi (External website that opens in a new window)
Haryana	Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda (External website that opens in a new window)
Himachal Pradesh	Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal (External website that opens in a new window)
Jammu and Kashmir	Shri Omar Abdullah (External website that opens in a new window)
Jharkhand	Shri Arjun Munda (External website that opens in a new window)
Karnataka	Shri B. S. Yeddyurappa (External website that opens in a new window)
Kerala	Shri V. S. Achuthanandan (External website that opens in a new window)
Madhya Pradesh	Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan (External website that opens in a new window)
Maharashtra	Shri Prithviraj Chavan (External website that opens in a new window)
Manipur	Shri Okram Ibobi Singh (External website that opens in a new window)
Meghalaya	Dr. Mukul Sangma (External website that opens in a new window)
Mizoram	Shri Pu Lalthanhawla (External website that opens in a new window)
Nagaland	Shri Neiphiu Rio (External website that opens in a new window)
Orissa	Shri Naveen Patnaik (External website that opens in a new window)
Puducherry	Thiru. V. Vaithilingam (External website that opens in a new window)
Punjab	Shri Parkash Singh Badal (External website that opens in a new window)
Rajasthan	Shri Ashok Gehlot (External website that opens in a new window)
Sikkim	Shri Pawan Chamling (External website that opens in a new window)
Tamil Nadu	Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi (External website that opens in a new window)
Tripura	Shri Manik Sarkar (External website that opens in a new window)
Uttar Pradesh	Kumari Mayawati (External website that opens in a new window)
Uttarakhand	Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal (External website that opens in a new window)
West Bengal	Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Lt. Governors & Administrators

State	Lt. Governors & Administrators
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Lt. Gen. (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Lieutenant Governor) (External website that opens in a new window)
Chandigarh	Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator) (External website that opens in a new window)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Shri Satya Gopal, IAS (Administrator) (External website that opens in a new window)
Daman and Diu	Shri Satya Gopal, IAS (Administrator) (External website that opens in a new window)
Delhi	Shri Tejendra Khanna (Lieutenant Governor) (External website that opens in a new window)
Lakshadweep (UT)	Shri J.K. Dadoo (External website that opens in a new window)
Puducherry (UT)	Shri Iqbal Singh

Chiefs of Defence Forces

• Chief of Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik, PVSM , VSM, ADC
• Chief of Army Staff: General Vijay Kumar Singh, PVSM , AVSM, YSM, ADC
• Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Nirmal Verma, PVSM , AVSM, ADC
• Chief of Integrated Defence Staff: Air Marshal Suresh Chand Mukul, PVSM , AVSM, VM, VSM

CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

Hon'ble Mr. Justice - S.H. Kapadia

Governors

State	Governor
Andhra Pradesh	Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan (External website that opens in a new window)
Arunachal Pradesh	General (Rtd.) J.J. Singh (External website that opens in a new window)
Assam	Shri Janaki Ballav Pattanaik (External website that opens in a new window)
Bihar	Shri Devanand Konwar (External website that opens in a new window)
Chhattisgarh	Shri Shekhar Dutt (External website that opens in a new window)
Goa	Dr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu (External website that opens in a new window)
Gujarat	Dr. Kamla Beniwal (External website that opens in a new window)
Haryana	Shri Jagannath Pahadia (External website that opens in a new window)
Himachal Pradesh	Smt. Urmila Singh (External website that opens in a new window)
Jammu and Kashmir	Shri N. N. Vohra (External website that opens in a new window)
Jharkhand	Shri M.O.H Farook (External website that opens in a new window)
Karnataka	Shri H.R. Bhardwaj (External website that opens in a new window)
Kerala	Shri R.S. Gavai (External website that opens in a new window)
Madhya Pradesh	Shri Rameshwar Thakur (External website that opens in a new window)
Maharashtra	Shri Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (External website that opens in a new window)
Manipur	Shri Gurbachan Jagat (External website that opens in a new window)
Meghalaya	Shri Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary (External website that opens in a new window)
Mizoram	Lt. Gen. (Retd.) M.M. Lakhera, PVSM,AVSM,VSM (External website that opens in a new window)
Nagaland	Shri. Nikhil Kumar (External website that opens in a new window)
Orissa	Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (External website that opens in a new window)
Punjab	Shri Shivraj Patil (External website that opens in a new window)
Rajasthan	Shri Shivraj Patil, Governor of Punjab (Additional Charge) (External website that opens in a new window)
Sikkim	Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh (External website that opens in a new window)
Tamil Nadu	Shri Surjit Singh Barnala (External website that opens in a new window)
Tripura	Shri Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil (External website that opens in a new window)
Uttar Pradesh	Shri B.L. Joshi (External website that opens in a new window)
Uttarakhand	Smt. Margaret Alva (External website that opens in a new window)
West Bengal	Shri M.K. Narayanan

                         
                      Information gathered fro govt. of india portal.

INDIA AT A GLANCE

INDIA AT A GLANCE

Area 

Area of India : 3,287,240 Sq km.*

Largest State	Rajasthan	342,239 Sq km
Smallest State	Goa	3,702 Sq km
Largest Union Territory	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	8,249 Sq km
Smallest Union Territory	Lakshadweep	32 Sq km
Largest District	Kachchh (Gujarat)	45,652 Sq km
Smallest District	Mahe ( Pondicherry )	9 Sq km
* The area figure exclude 78,114 sq. km. under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, 5,180 sq. km. Illegally handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km. under the illegal occupation of China in Ladakh district.

Administrative Divisions

No. of States	28
No. of Union Territories	7
No. of Districts	593
No. of Sub-districts	5,463
No. of CD Blocks	3,799
No. of Urban Agglomerations / Towns	4,378
No. of Urban Agglomerations	384
No. of Towns	5,161
No. of Inhabited Villages	593,731
No. of Uninhabited Villages	44,656

Population

 

Persons	1,028,737,436
Males	532,223,090
Females	496,514,346

 

Highest / Lowest Population :
State with Highest Population	Uttar Pradesh	166,197,921
State with Lowest Population	Sikkim	540,851
UT with Highest Population	Delhi	13,850,507
UT with Lowest Population	Lakshadweep	60,650
District with Highest Population	Medinipur (West Bengal)	9,610,788
District with Lowest Population	Yanam (Pondicherry)	31,394

Institutional and Houseless Population

		Percentage to
		Persons	Total Population (%)
Houseless Population	Total	1,943,766	1.00
	Rural	1,165,167	0.85
	Urban	778,599	1.39
Institutional Population	Total	7,802,866	4.03
	Rural	4,044,152	2.94
	Urban	3,758,714	6.73

 

Population Density

		Persons / Sq. Km
	India	325
State with Highest Population Density	West Bengal	903
State with Lowest Population Density	Arunachal Pradesh	13
UT with Highest Population Density	Delhi	9,340
UT with Lowest Population Density	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	43
District with Highest Population Density	North East (Delhi)	29,468
District with Lowest Population Density	Lahul & Spiti (Himachal Pradesh)	2

Rural-Urban Distribution

Rural - Urban Distribution Population (%) Rural 742,490,639 72.2% Urban 286,119,689 27.8% State with highest proportion of Urban Population Goa 49.76 State with lowest proportion of Urban Population Himachal Pradesh 9.30 UT with highest proportion of Urban Population Delhi 93.18 UT with lowest proportion of Urban Population Dadra & Nagar Haveli 22.89

Broad Age Groups

Age Groups	Persons	Males	Females
6 years and below	163,819,614	84,999,203	78,820,411
Proportion to total population (%)	15.9	16.0	15.9
7 to 14 years	199,791,198	104,488,119	95,303,079
Proportion to total population (%)	19.4	19.6	19.2
15 to 59 years	585,638,723	303,400,561	282,238,162
Proportion to total population (%)	56.9	57.0	56.9
60 years and above	76,622,321	37,768,327	38,853,994
Proportion to total population (%)	7.5	7.1	7.8
Age Not Stated	2,738,472	1,500,562	1,237,910
Proportion to total population (%)	0.3	0.3	0.3

 

Variation in population since 1901

Year	Total	Rural	Urban
1901	238,396,327	212,544,454	25,851,873
1911	252,093,390	226,151,757	25,941,633
1921	251,321,213	223,235,043	28,086,170
1931	278,977,238	245,521,249	33,455,989
1941	318,660,580	274,507,283	44,153,297
1951	361,088,090	298,644,381	62,443,709
1961	439,234,771	360,298,168	78,936,603
1971	548,159,652	439,045,675	109,113,977
1981	683,329,097	523,866,550	159,462,547
1991	846,302,688	628,691,676	217,611,012
2001*	1,028,737,436	742,490,639	286,119,689
Note: * The total population and rural population include estimated population of 127,108 for Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. India’s population without the estimated population of these areas is 1,028,610,328 (532,156,772 males and 496,453,556 females)

Number of Literates & Literacy Rate

		Persons	Males	Females
Total	No. of literates	560,687,797	336,533,716	224,154,081
	Literacy rate	64.8%	75.3%	53.7%
Rural	No. of literates	361,870,817	223,551,641	138,319,176
	Literacy rate	58.7%	70.7%	46.1%
Urban	No. of literates	198,816,980	112,982,075	85,834,905
	Literacy rate	79.9%	86.3%	72.9%
Persons (%)			Males (%)	Females (%)
State with Highest Literacy Rate		Kerala (90.9)	Kerala (94.2)	Kerala (87.7)
State with Lowest Literacy Rate		Bihar (47.0)	Bihar (59.7)	Bihar (33.1)
UT with Highest Literacy Rate		Lakshadweep (86.7)	Lakshadweep (92.5)	Lakshadweep (80.5)
UT with Lowest Literacy Rate		Dadra & Nagar Haveli (57.6)	Dadra & Nagar Haveli (71.2)	Dadra & Nagar Haveli (40.2)
District with Highest Literacy Rate		Aizwal, Mizoram   (96.5)	Mahe, Pondicherry (97.6)	Aizwal, Mizoram  (96.26)
District with Lowest Literacy Rate		Dantewada Chhattisgarh (30.17)	Dantewada Chhattisgarh (39.75)	Shrawasti UP (7.7)

Number of Districts by Sex-wise Literacy Rate :
Literacy Rate	Males	Females
Up to 25.00 %	--	18
25.01 % to 50.00 %	22	243
50.01% to 75.00 %	244	287
Above 75 %	327	45
Total :	593	593

Work Participation Rate 

Total Workers	Number	Rate (%)
Persons	402,234,724	39.1
Males	275,014,476	51.7
Females	127,220,248	25.6
Main Workers
Persons	313,004,983	30.4
Males	240,147,813	45.1
Females	72,857,170	14.7
Marginal Workers
Persons	89,229,741	8.7
Males	34,866,663	6.6
Females	54,363,078	11

Religious Composition

Religious Composition	Population *	(%)
Hindus	827,578,868	80.5
Muslims	138,188,240	13.4
Christians	24,080,016	2.3
Sikhs	19,215,730	1.9
Buddhists	7,955,207	0.8
Jains	4,225,053	0.4
Other Religions & Persuasions	6,639,626	0.6
Religion not stated	727,588	0.1
Total *	1,028,610,328	100.0

Note : * Excludes figures of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul sub-districts of Senapati district of Manipur state.

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
Scheduled Castes :	166,635,700	16.2%
Scheduled Tribes :	84,326,240	8.2%

Scheduled Castes
State with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Punjab ( 28.9 %)
State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Mizoram ( 0.03 %)
UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Chandigarh (17.5%)
UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes	D & N Haveli (1.9% )
District with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Koch-Bihar (50.1%)
District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Lawngtlai Mizoram (0.01%)
Scheduled Tribes
State with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Mizoram ( 94.5 % )
State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Goa (0.04 %)
UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Lakshadweep (94.5 %)
UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	A & N Islands (8.3 %)
District with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Sarchhip, Mizoram ( 98.1%)
District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Hathras, Uttar Pradesh (0.01%)

Sex Ratio

	Sex ratio (females per thousand males)
	India	933
	Rural	946
	Urban	900
State with Highest Female Sex Ratio	Kerala	1,058
State with Lowest Female Sex Ratio	Haryana	861
UT with Highest Female Sex Ratio	Pondicherry	1,001
UT with Lowest Female Sex Ratio	Daman & Diu	710
District with Highest Female Sex Ratio	Mahe (Pondicherry)	1,147
District with Lowest Female Sex Ratio	Daman (Daman & Diu)	591

Source:

Census Data-2001