Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Geography of India Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1: Location, Physiography and Climate

• 1 Location, Extent, and Significance
• 2 Physiography and Rivers
• 3 Characteristics of Climate

Module 2: Soils and Vegetation

• 1 Types and Distribution of Soil
• 2 Types and Distribution of Natural Vegetation
• 3 Conservation of Soils and, Natural Vegetation

Module 3: Population, Agriculture and Fishing

• 1 Growth and Distribution of Population
• 2 Types of Agriculture
• 3 Types and Distribution of Fisheries

Module 4: Industries and Transport

• 1 Industrial Regions
• 2 Patterns of Transport Network – Road and Water
• 3 Patterns of Transport Network – Railway and Air

Text Books

• 1 Hussain Majid (2014, 5th edition): Geography of India, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Ltd, Uttar Pradesh.
• 2 Khullar, D.R. (2014): India: A Comprehensive Geography; Kalyani Publishers
• 3 Savindra Singh (2006): Physical Geography of India; Pravalika Publications, Allahabad.
• 4 Tiwari, R. C. (2016): Geography of India; Pravalika Publications, Allahabad.

Reference Books

• 1 Bharucha, F.R. (1983): A textbook of the plant geography of India, Oxford University Press, Bombay.
• 2 Deshpande C.D. (1992): India: A Regional Interpretation, Northern Book Centre, New Delhi.
• 3 Dikshit, K.R.(1991): Environment, Forest Ecology and man in the Western Ghats- The Case of Mahabaleshwar Plateau, Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
• 4 Forest Survey of India: State Forests Reports, Dehradun.
• 5 Miller, R.W. et al. (1995): Soil in Our Environment, Prentice Hall, U.S.A.
• 6 Raychaudhuri, S.P.(1958): Soils of India, ICAR, New Delhi
• 7 Robinson, F (ed.) (1989): The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Cambridge University Press.
• 8 Sharma T.C. (2013) Economic Geography of India; Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
• 9 Shinde P.; Pednekar H. et.al. (2010): Introduction to Geography, Sheth Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
• 10 Shinde P.; Pednekar H. et.al. (2011): Economic Geography of India, SYBA paper II Sheth Publishers, Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
• 11 Singh, R.L. (1971): India-A Regional Geography, National Geographical Society of India, Varanasi.
• 12 Tirth, R. (1996): Geography of India, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.