Gahmar is largest village in India and Other Interesting Facts(link)

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Villages were there before cities.Villages are basic units of settlements in India. Gahmar is largest village in India, situated in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. It has a population of 25,000, roughly more than Countries like Bermuda. It is in fact largest village in world today.

According to the 2011 census of India, 68.84% of Indians live in Total 640,867 different villages.

Uttar pradesh has most number of villages in country.The state has more than 1 Lac villages.

Bihar has highest number of villages per square Km. It is having approximately 2 village in a 3 sq. km. area.

Ha village in Arunachal Pradesh is smallest named village in india, and Jangal Mehfuja Mehduda Nain Gujran Tihra village in Himachal Pradesh is longest named village in India.

List of States/UT with Number of Villages in Them
Andaman & nicobar islands – (558 Villages)

Andhra pradesh – (28236 Villages)

Arunachal pradesh – (5589 Villages)

Assam – (24925 Villages)

Bihar – (44937 Villages)

Chandigarh – (11 Villages)

Chhattisgarh – (20179 Villages)

Dadra & nagar haveli – (69 Villages)

Daman & diu – (24 Villages)

Delhi – (221 Villages)

Goa – (396 Villages)

Gujarat – (18511 Villages)

Haryana – (6929 Villages)

Himachal pradesh – (20700 Villages)

Jammu & kashmir – (6681 Villages)

Jharkhand – (32582 Villages)

Karnataka – (29535 Villages)

Kerala – (1494 Villages)

Lakshadweep – (26 Villages)

Madhya pradesh – (55101 Villages)

Maharashtra – (43942 Villages)

Manipur – (2611 Villages)

Meghalaya – (6850 Villages)

Mizoram – (829 Villages)

Nagaland – (1001 Villages)

Odisha – (51527 Villages)

Puducherry – (94 Villages)

Punjab – (12714 Villages)

Rajasthan – (44822 Villages)

Sikkim – (451 Villages)

Tamil nadu – (16368 Villages)

Tripura – (900 Villages)

Uttar pradesh – (107105 Villages)

Uttarakhand – (16852 Villages)

West bengal – (41014 Villages)

Source:  Villages in India

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Rajeev gandhi the computer man of india

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

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Rajeev Gandhi A visionary leader…..
Man behind computers in India Man behind computers in India
• Rajiv Gandhi during his Prime Minister ship brings a total change in the Indian communication system and his revolutionary steps changed the Indian communication and Information Technology totally. Prior to Rajiv Gandhi’s era neither the Indian people nor the Indian Government was aware or accustomed with the concept called information technology. It is pertinent to mention that Rajiv Gandhi perhaps would not be able to take the steps without the assistance of Dr. Shyam Pitroda who was originally from Orissa.
• That when computer was first introduced in India I was a student of school and to me it was like a typewriter placed before a television set. That when Rajiv Gandhi’s mother Smt Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984 at that time only Indian National Television’s (National Doordarshan) broadcasting. All India Radios transmission and local news papers information…

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Gurgaon Glossaries: Prasad Shetty, Rupali Gupte and Prasad Khandolkar

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

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This guest post byPRASAD SHETTY, RUPALI GUPTEandPRASAD KHANDOLKARis research work in progress for Sarai Reader 09 @ Devi Arts Foundation, Gurgaon

When a new city settles, new systems are made, new vocabularies get invented, new relations are formed, new methods are devised, new networks are forged, new enterprises are produced, and new life is led to settle the ruffles. This work is a compilation of such systems, vocabularies, relations, methods, enterprises and networks that get formed to shape and settle the city.

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‘Change of Land Use’ is a town planning provision that is generally a part of town planning acts of various states across India. This provision allows land use changes in the statutory plan. This provision is made to allow governments to respond to unforeseen requirements of the future, where some lands need to be used differently from the planned use.

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Tech That Predicts Farm Disasters(Pilot stage)

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

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Farming in India is a brutal business. mKrishi makes it a little easier, by giving farmers predictive data about how to save their farms–and their lives.

The farmers are given mobile phones with built-in cameras and specialized software to send photos of their crops and queries to experts. Sensor networks and a weather station in the village provide relevant data that’s sent to a database. Experts can access farmer’s queries through a web application, factoring in the weather and sensor data and send replies through the expert console software, which the farmer receives as either a text or voice message

The system also employs innovative predictive crop disease forecasting. Data from the sensors powers disease prediction models; if the risk index exceeds a certain threshold, it triggers the farmer’s phone automatically, warning them to take preventative measures. It’s an approach that won the team the MIT Technology Review Grand Challenge…

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