Being located beside Mumbai, one has a very tough challenge of keeping up and exceeding Mumbai’s developments and progress made during the past years. Thane, however, is doing more than enough to be competitive with its almost twin city. What once was known as an underdeveloped sister city compared to Mumbai is now outshining it in several key areas, and developing quite fast into a new city with neat and well-made infrastructure.

Geography of Thane

Thane is located just adjacent of Mumbai, and the only thing separating the suburbs of Mumbai from Thane is a meager roadway. It’s one of the main reasons that Thane has always been overshadowed by its bigger counterpart, because of the bigger size of Mumbai. But Thane is also great in its own right, and with the hills surrounding the periphery of the city, the area is very nice to visit for tourists. The city is divided neatly into two halves by Thane Creek, a river system running straight from the Arabian Sea. The two halves are still connected however, with two bridges for automobiles and one for the railway system.

Demographics of the City

Most of the residents in the city of Thane come from Maharashtrian backgrounds, and the native Marathi tongue is the most widely used language in the city. Much like sister city Mumbai, a cosmopolitan atmosphere prevails in Thane, although that has been the case only for recent years. Before that, the city was considered more laid-back area than Mumbai, but the people coming out of Mumbai and into Thane because of housing considerations has expanded the city and made the city progress faster than it would normally have.

A city with one million four hundred thousand residents is the industrial and business center for the whole state of Punjab. That is, perhaps, the reason why Ludhiana has become the largest city in the state, and one of the important administrative centers in the state activities as well. It’s also a favored location because of its close proximity to New Delhi, with road transport and railway travel connecting the two cities. A mixture of different cultures has made the atmosphere in the city unique in its own right.

Geography and Climate

The location of Ludhiana is in the very center of the state of Punjab, and the city has an elevation level averaging two hundred forty meters above sea level. The Sutlej river separates the city from another sister district, and the direction that it flows has also made a natural borderline on the northern side of the city. The total area of the city is quite large, as it covers almost four thousand square km of land area.

Once regarded as a paradise in the Mahabharata, the epic tale of India holds as its cultural treasure, Agra. Hence, it is now a bustling city, and home to several buildings constructed in the Mughal Era, most notably the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, both classified under UNESCO World Heritage status. The Taj Mahal alone is recognizable to most people in the world, particularly the ones who’ve heard of it as a labor of love and one of the most famous buildings on earth, as well as being an architectural masterpiece for all time.

Climate and Geography

The Yamuna River banks are where the city of Agra is located. It is approximately situated more than two hundred kilometers from the country’s capital New Delhi. The average elevation of the city is at one hundred seventy meters above sea level, and it’s surrounded by other cities on all sides as well. It’s the third biggest city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, with one million eight hundred thousand residents.

Inhabited by one million eight hundred thousand people on the southern portion of the River Ganges, the city of Patna is actually one of the oldest cities in the world, and going back to before it became a city, it was already inhabited well before that as well. Patna is also the capital of Bihar. Aside from this, it is also where three different rivers meet, forming a large body of water which from the city looks more like a sea. The city is of significant historical and religious importance. Currently, it is also important that the realm of education is present for the students in the state.

Climate and Geography

Three rivers surround the city of Patna. The main river would be the Ganges River, though most locals call it Ganga. The other two rivers are the Sone and Punpun rivers. The river Gandak also bisects the Ganges at the northern portion of Patna, making the city have four rivers nearby or just within a short distance from the city limits. The Ganga has a bridge crossing it from the city, and it is reputed to be the longest in the world, particularly when it comes to river-crossing bridges.