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• India has a long coastline of 7,516.6 km with 12 major and 187, notified minor or
intermediate ports.
• The major ports handle 95 per cent of India’s foreign trade.
Map Work
Sea Ports in India (pg. no- 89)
Ports on the western coast Ports on the eastern coast
• Kandla port • Tuticorin port
• Mumbai port • Chen nai port
• The Jawaharlal Nehru port • Vishakhapatnam port
• Marmagao port • Paradwip port
• New Mangalore port • Kolkata port
• Haldia port
