UP Special Geography Day 3 | Minerals, Industries, Irrigation, Population + PYQ | UPPSC 2026

🚀 Join Telegram for FREE PDFs, Daily Targets & Updates: 👉 https://t.me/sovereign_ias 📸 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sovereignia... ——— ⚠️ 29-Day Geography Sprint — Day 24 is HERE! UP Special Geography: Minerals, Industries, Irrigation, Population & Transport COMPLETE Revision for UPPSC Prelims 2026! 👉 Haven't watched Day 23? Watch here: [Day 23 link] ✅ DAY 24 of the 29-Day Geography Sprint — UP Special Geography: Minerals, Industries, Irrigation, Population & Transport COMPLETE ——— 🔥 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: ✅ Minerals & Industries — Types, distribution & major industrial cities with PYQ focus ✅ Irrigation — Canal, well & tank irrigation; major projects decoded with trap questions ✅ Population — Census data, density, sex ratio & urban agglomerations ✅ Transport & Smart Cities — Road, rail, air & UP's Smart Cities for UPPSC Prelims ——— 📚 TOPICS COVERED: 📌 MINERALS OF UP: ✅ Metallic Minerals — Copper (Sonbhadra), Bauxite, Iron ore ✅ Non-Metallic Minerals — Limestone, Rock salt, Silica sand, Dolomite ✅ Energy Minerals — Coal (Singrauli), Oil & Gas (Ganga basin) ✅ Minor Minerals — Sand, gravel, stone; major quarrying districts 📌 INDUSTRIES OF UP: ✅ Agro-based Industries — Sugar, textile, vegetable oil; UP as largest sugar producer ✅ Sugar Industry — Major districts: Gorakhpur, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar belt ✅ Textile Industry — Kanpur, Varanasi (silk), Moradabad (brassware) ✅ Leather Industry — Agra, Kanpur; major export hub ✅ Glass Industry — Firozabad; largest glass industry cluster ✅ Carpet Industry — Bhadohi, Mirzapur; world's largest carpet belt ✅ IT & Electronics — Noida, Greater Noida; IT corridor ✅ Defence Industries — Ordnance Factory Kanpur, HEC Hardwar ✅ UP Industrial Corridors — DMIC, Bundelkhand Industrial Corridor 📌 IRRIGATION OF UP: ✅ Irrigation Sources — Canal, Tubewell & Tank irrigation ✅ Canal Irrigation — Upper Ganga Canal, Lower Ganga Canal, Sharda Canal ✅ Tubewell Irrigation — Most dominant; Western UP ✅ Major Projects — Saryu Nahar Pariyojana, Arjun Sahayak Project ✅ Irrigation Statistics — % of irrigated land; UP vs national average 📌 POPULATION OF UP: ✅ Population Size — Most populous state; Census 2011 data ✅ Population Density — District-wise; most & least dense districts ✅ Sex Ratio & Literacy — State & district level data ✅ Urban Agglomerations — Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Ghaziabad ✅ Scheduled Castes & Tribes — % in UP; major tribal groups 📌 TRANSPORT & SMART CITIES: ✅ Road Transport — NH network; UP Expressways: Agra-Lucknow, Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Gorakhpur Link ✅ Railway Transport — Railway zones in UP: NCR, NER, NR; major junctions ✅ Air Transport — Major airports: Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Prayagraj, Kushinagar ✅ Waterways — NW-1 (Ganga): Allahabad to Haldia ✅ Smart Cities in UP — Agra, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Saharanpur, Aligarh ✅ Key PYQ Topics & Quick Revision ——— ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:0:00 — Introduction & 29-Day Sprint Overview 1:30 — Today's Topics (6 Sections Overview) 1:58 — 🟤 SECTION 1: Minerals of Uttar Pradesh ↳ Coal (Singrauli) | Limestone | Rock Phosphate (Lalitpur) | Silica Sand ↳ Sonbhadra — Energy Capital | Narora Atomic Power Station (Bulandshahr) ↳ Thermal Power Stations: Singrauli, Obra, Anpara, Paricha 16:41 — 🟢 SECTION 2: Industries of Uttar Pradesh ↳ Sugar | Leather & Footwear (Kanpur/Agra) | Carpet (Bhadohi) | Glass Bangles (Firozabad) ↳ Brassware (Moradabad) | Handloom | Defence Corridor (6 nodes) | MSME Sector 22:22 — 🔵 SECTION 3: Irrigation in Uttar Pradesh ↳ Sources: Tubewells (~67%), Canals, Wells ↳ Upper Ganga Canal | Lower Ganga Canal | Sharda Canal | Eastern Yamuna Canal ↳ Saryu Nahar Pariyojana | Arjun Sahayak Project 28:10 — 🟡 SECTION 4: Population & Census 2011 ↳ Total Population 19.98 Cr (#1 Most Populous) | Population Density ↳ Literacy Rate | Sex Ratio | Urban Agglomerations ↳ District Extremes: Most/Least Populous, Highest/Lowest Literacy 33:50 — 🟠 SECTION 5: Transport & Infrastructure ↳ Expressways: Yamuna, Agra-Lucknow, Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Ganga ↳ Railway Zones: NCR (Delhi), NER (Gorakhpur), NR (Delhi) ↳ Airports: Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Jewar ↳ Smart Cities in UP (17 Total: 10 Central + 7 State) 43:01 — 🔴 SECTION 6: PYQ Drill — UPPSC 2012–2025 ↳ ODOP Questions | Narora NPP | Hydroelectricity | Canal Systems | Population Stats