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The plateau elevation is about 500 m on average. It is composed of black volcanic basalt soil. The chief crop is cotton, however sugarcane, rice and other crops also common.
Several Indian states cover parts of the Deccan: Maharashtra covers most of the northern plateau, and Chhattisgarh the northeast corner. Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh a state in South India, lies between 12°41' and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40'E longitude. It is bounded by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the wes covers the east-central portion of the Deccan, and KarnatakaDate of formation November 1, 1973 Capital Bangalore Official Language Kannada Governor T. Chaturvedi Chief Minister Dharam Singh Area 192,000 kmē Population Total Density 55,868,200 ( 2004) 290. 98/kmē Literacy rate: Total Male Female 58. 34% 50% Urbaniz the west-central and most of the southern portion of the plateau, with the southernmost portion in Tamil NaduState Seal Capital Chennai Language Tamil Governor Surjith Singh Barnala Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa Area 130, 058sq. km Population Total Density 62,110,839 ( 2001) 478/kmē Literacy rate : Total Male Female 73. 55% Tamil Nadu ( , "Land of the Tamils") i. The largest city in the Deccan is HyderabadThere is also Hyderabad, Pakistan, a city in Sindh province in Pakistan. Charminar a major landmark of Hyderabad Hyderabad the 6th largest metropolis of India , is the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh. Also called as Bhagyanagar it is known for its, capital of Andhra Pradesh. Other major cities include BangaloreBangalore Classification City Nicknames Silicon Valley of India, Garden City of India, Pensioners Paradise, Pub City of India Country India State Karnataka District Bangalore Language Kannada Time zone GMT+5:30 Importance Capital of Karnataka Information, the capital of Karnataka, and NagpurNgpur (meaning City of the Snakes is a city located near the geographical center of India, in the state of Maharashtra. Nagpur has a metropolitan population of 2. 4 million ( 1998 est. roughly half of them speak Marathi. It is known throughout the country, PunePune (Poona Classification Metropolitan City Country India State Maharashtra Languages Marathi, English, Hindi and others Time zone GMT +5:30 Importance Eighth largest city in India Population Total 2,691,000 ( 2004) Area 440. 00 km2 Latitude Longitude 18, and Sholapur in Maharashtra.
The Godavari River and its tributaries, including the Indravati , drain most of the northern portion of the plateau, rising in the Western Ghats and draining east towards the Bay of Bengal. The Krishna River and its tributaries, including the Bhima River , which also run from west to east, drain the central portion of the plateau. The southernmost portion of the plateau is drained by the Kavery, which rises in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and bends south to break through the Nilgiri hills into Tamil Nadu, emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
The Deccan is home to many languages and peoples. Marathi, an Indo-Aryan, is the dominant language of the northern plateau. Bhil and Gond peoples live in the hills along the northern and northeastern edges of the plateau. Telugu and Kannada, the predominant languages of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, respectively, are Dravidian languages, as is Tamil to the south. Hyderabad has many Urdu speakers.
The vast volcanic basalt beds of the Deccan were laid down in the massive Deccan Traps eruption, which occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. Some paleontologists speculate that this eruption may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The name Deccan is anglicised form of the Prakrit dakkhin, itself derived from the Sanskrit dakshina, meaning south.
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