Physical and economic factors have influenced the distribution pattern of the Indian Railways
\nnetwork in the following ways:
\ni. Northern Plain: Level land, high population density and rich agricultural resources have
\nfavoured development of railways in these plains. However, a large number of river requiring
\nconstruction of bridges across their wide river beds posed some obstacles.
\nii. Peninsular region and the Himalayan region: it is a hilly terrain. The railway tracks are laid
\nthrough low hills, gaps or tunnels. So, it is very difficult to lay the railway lines. The Himalayan
\nmountainous regions too are not favourable for the construction of railway line due to high relief,
\nsparse population and lack of economic opportunities.
\niii. Desert of Rajasthan: on the sandy plain of western Rajasthan too, it is very difficult to lay
\nrailway lines which has hindered the development of railways.
\niv. Swamps of Gujarat, forested tracts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand;
\nthese are also not suitable for the development of railways.
\nv. The contiguous stretch of Sahyadri could be crossed only through gaps or passes. Although the
\nKonkan railway along the west coast has been developed but it has also faced a number of
\nproblems such as sinking of track in some stretches and landslides
\nvi. Any other relevant point<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question : Examine the factors that influence the distribution pattern of the railway network in India The correct answer is- Physical and economic factors have influenced the distribution pattern of the Indian Railways network in the following ways: i. Northern Plain: Level land, high population density and rich agricultural resources have favoured development of railways […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21842,"featured_media":130936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-131236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-education"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21842"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131237,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131236\/revisions\/131237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}