This book is a complete guide that serves as an effective source of information on almost all socio-economic aspects prevailing in the country. All parameters have been covered to an amazing detail and form a unique source of knowledge for readers from all walks of life.

This book is a single source of information providing interesting statistics on various aspects of the economy; land, demography, agriculture, industry, infrastructure, housing, health & nutrition, education, labour & workforce, polity, travel & tourism, sports, media, market, crime & law and miscellaneous.

The work highlights amazing facts in a manner never laid before. A list of Top 10 has been conceived that includes ranking on certain specific parameters. Top 10 of India will satiate the urge of every reader to reach out to the most interesting pieces of information which otherwise would require browsing through many texts of this nature. Access to such facts and figures had never been made so easy.

Top 10 of India makes available the most recent data on the present socio-economic aspects. The various facts will sweep many persisting notions among the common man with factual data culled out from the most reliable sources.

The data on districts is its most unique feature. One such tabulation as per the Census 2001 brings out suburban Mumbai as the district with the highest literate population in absolute terms, and Aizwal with the highest literacy rate of 96.64 percent. Another list for the year 2003 scores North–West Delhi over Patna in the number of attempts to commit murder. Among the metropolitan cities Delhi recorded the highest number of auto theft incidents in 2003 and highest number of road traffic accidents in 2002.

The reader is bound to enjoy the available pool of data in this publication, its expanse and variety. The list of richest Indians in 2005 quotes the wealth of Azim Premji of Wipro at the top followed by Ambanis of Reliance industries and Sunil Mittal of Bharti Tele-Ventures. The sources reveal Maharashtra as the state with the highest power generation followed by Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat in the first two quarters of the current financial year (2005-06). Among the major oil refineries in the country in 2004-05, Reliance Petroleum Ltd. at Jamnagar is the largest refining capacity. As per data for 2005, Chennai is projected as the telecom circle with the highest teledensity. As on December 2005, Karnataka records the highest number of Wi-Fi locations in the country followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The State Bank of India accounts for the highest number of fraud cases as on June, 2005 with Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank following it. As on December 2005, the phase I and II of the metro rail project of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. is projected to involve the highest investment among the upcoming projects in the country.

Facts have never been available in such a comprehensive manner as here. The Top 10 of India is sure to become an indispensable collection of interesting information for every knowledge seeker..