Coastal States of India with coastal length

Coastal States of India with coastal length 

Introduction

• India has 9 coastal states and 4 union territories.
• Out of these 4 union territories 2 are located in mainland India while remaining 2 are islands.
• The mainland coastal Union Territories of India are –

1. Puducherry,

2. Daman & Diu

• The island Union territories that forms significant Indian coastline are –

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2. Lakshadweep islands

Coastal Length of States & UTs

(in decreasing order of coastline)

1. Gujarat – 1214.7 Km

2. Andhra Pradesh – 973.7 Km

3. Tamil Nadu – 906.9 Km

4. Maharashtra – 652.6 Km

5. Kerala – 569.7 Km

6. Odisha – 476.4 Km

7. Karnataka – 280 Km

8. Goa (with Daman & Diu) – 160.5 Km

9. West Bengal – 157.5 Km

10. Puducherry – 30.6 Km (UT)

11. Andaman & Nicobar Islands – 1962 Km (UT)

12. Lakshadweep Islands – 132 Km (UT)

• With the sum of coastal length of all these states and union territories, the total coastal length of India becomes 7516.6 Km.
• India has 18th longest total coastal length among all world countries.
• The coastal length of mainland India (except Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep islands) is 5422.6 Km.
• The coastal length of all islands taken together is 2094 Km.

List of Coastal States of India

State with longest Coastline – Gujarat
Coastal length	1214.7 Km
15 Ports	Alang, Kandla, Mandavi, Okha, Porbandar,  Veraval, Jafarabad, Pipavav, Bhavnagar, Dahej, Magadalla, Hazira, Mandvi (Surat), Mundra and  Maroli
16 Coastal districts	Coastal districts  from north to south  are – Kachchh, Morvi, Jamnagar, Dwarka,  Porbandar, Junagadh, Somnath, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Ahmadabad,  Anand, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat,  Navsari, Valsad

State with second long Coastline –  Andhra Pradesh
Coastal length	973.7 Km
6 Ports	Visakhapatnam Port,  Kakinada port  and Machlipatnam  port.  Minor ports are  Krishnapatnam port,  Gangavaram port,  Rawa port of  East Godavari district etc.
9 Coastal districts	Coastal districts  from north to  south are –  Srikakulam,  Vizainagram,  Vishakhapatnam,  East Godavari,  West Godavari,  Krishna, Guntur,  Prakasam, and  Nellore

State with third long Coastline –  Tamil Nadu
Coastal length	906.9 Km
5 Ports	Chennai port and  Tuticorin Port Trust.  Minor ports include –  Ennore port,  Nagapattinam port,  Thirukkuvalai port
10 Coastal districts	Coastal districts  from north to south are  – Tiruvallur,  Kanchipuram,  Viluppuram,  Cuddalore,  Nagapattinam,  Thanjavur,  Pudukkottai,  Ramanathpura m, Thoothukudi and  Kanyakumari

State with fourth long Coastline –  Maharastra
Coastal length	652.6 Km
8 Ports	Jawaharlal Nehru Port,  Mumbai Port Trust,  Dharamtar Port,  Mora port,  Redi Port,  Jaitapur, and Rewas port
6 Coastal districts	Coastal districts from  north to south are –  Palghar,  Mumbai suburban,  Mumbai city,  Raigarh,  Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg

State with fifth long Coastline –  Kerala
Coastal length	569.7 Km
6 Ports	Cochin port,  Kanhangad port,  Kollam port,  Kottayam port,  Kalichanadukkam port,  Vizhinjam international sea port
9 Coastal districts	Coastal districts from  north to south are –  Kasaragod, Kannur,  Kozhikode, Mapappuram,  Thrissur, Ernakulam,  Alappuzha, Kollam,  Thiruvananthpuram

State with sixth long Coastline –  Odisha
Coastal length	476.4 Km
6 Ports	Paradip is the  major port of Odisha.  Other smaller ports are  Astaranga, Kirtania port  and Dhamra port
9 Coastal districts	Coastal districts from  north to south are – Baleshwar, Bhadrak,  Kendrapara,  Jagatsinghpur,  Puri and Ganjam

State with seventh long Coastline –  Karnataka
Coastal length	280 Km
9 Ports	Old Mangalore Port,  Belekeri Port,  Tadri port,  Honnavar port,  Bhatkal port,  Kundapura port,  Hangarakatta port, Malpe port and  Padubidri port
3 Coastal districts	Coastal districts from  north to south are –  Uttar Kannada,  Udupi and  Dakshin Kannada

State with eighth long Coastline –  Goa
Coastal length	160.5 km
1 Major Ports	Marmugao
2 Coastal districts	Coastal districts from  north to south are –  North Goa, South Goa

State with smallest Coastline –  West Bengal
Coastal length	157.5 Km
6 Ports	Kolkata port,  Haldia port,  Kulpi port,  Farakka port,  Sagar port,  Tajpur port
3 Coastal districts	Coastal districts  from north to south  are –  North 24 Parganas,  South 24 Parganas,  Purba Medinipur