Which state of India has the longest mainland coastline?

Which state of India has the longest mainland coastline? Correct Answer Gujarat

• Gujrat has the longest mainland coastline in India having a length of 1214.7 Km.
• India has a land boundary of about 15,200 km whereas the total length of the coastline of the mainland, including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, is 7,516.6 km, of this the mainland coastline length is 5422.6 kilometers whereas Island territories coastline length is 2094 kilometers.
• The States/UTs having coastlines are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman and Diu, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal. Island territories having coastlines are – Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands.
• Andhra Pradesh has the second-longest mainland coastline with a total length of 974 kilometers and with 906.9 kilometer-long coastline, Tamil Nadu is the third biggest mainland coastline state.

Additional Information

• The Important ports of Gujarat are – Alang, Kandla, Mandavi, Okha, Porbandar, Veraval, Jafarabad, Pipavav, Bhavnagar, Dahej, Magadalla, Hazira, Mandvi (Surat), Mundra and Maroli.
• Among them, Kandla is the Major port in Gujarat which is also the largest port of India, when measured by the volume of cargo handled.
• The Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai is the largest container port in India handling around half of the containers of all major ports and is also known by the name  Nhava Sheva.