Pragnya IAS · Map 33 · People & economy
India: cotton, woollen & silk textile industries map study
Connect each textile region to its raw material, climate and historical market.
STUDY NOTE 1
Cotton’s twin hearts
Mumbai–Ahmedabad grew on Deccan cotton, humid coastal air and port access; the industry later spread to Coimbatore, Madurai and Kanpur. Cotton prefers black-soil tracts and non-dry spinning air.
STUDY NOTE 2
Silk geography
Karnataka (Mysuru, Ramanagara) leads mulberry silk; Assam produces muga and eri; Bhagalpur (Bihar) is the tussar centre.
STUDY NOTE 3
Woollen follows the north
Woollen mills cluster in Punjab (Ludhiana), Haryana and UP, using imported and Himalayan wool near winter-wear markets.
Map reading task
Map two centres each for cotton, silk and woollen textiles and write the raw-material link for each.
Map key · Reference locations
What does this india: cotton, woollen & silk textile industries lesson explain?
Mumbai–Ahmedabad grew on Deccan cotton, humid coastal air and port access; the industry later spread to Coimbatore, Madurai and Kanpur. Cotton prefers black-soil tracts and non-dry spinning air.
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