Difference between South India and North India
India is known all over the world for its beautiful topography. The country is divided into two parts known as South India and North India.
Rates of Growth
The economic growth is much stronger in south Indian states than it is in the north Indian states. Northern India has not seen equal growth rates because some states like Delhi and Punjab have higher growth rates than the others. Although southern India didn't experience great economic growth rates immediately after independence, it stabilized its growth rates after thirty years of independence. It has higher growth rate than the national average. It has lesser income inequalities too.
Political Scenario
The political scene is also quite different in the southern states as compared to the northern states. The northern states are ruled by larger economic parties like the Congress whereas southern states are ruled by local parties. The southern regions are not as fertile as compared to the Northern regions. Although the largest contributor of this regional domestic product in these regions is agriculture, the fertility of land is not as high as that in northern India. In fact, at 1.9, the fertility in these regions is at the lowest levels.
Composition
Southern India includes different states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. Northern India consists of a larger number of states like Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
Languages
There's a vast amount of difference in the languages spoken in these regions. The languages spoken in North India consist of Indo-aryan languages. It also consists of several ethnic groups like Jats, Gujjars, Brahmins and Banjas. South India does not have such divisions as those seen in North India where Hindi and other kinds of languages like Punjabi are spoken predominantly. But, in southern India, every state has a distinct language like Tamil, Tulu, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Also, south Indians are not as fluent in Hindi and rely on English as a the main secondary language.
Summary
Difference between topography
- If you are thinking of visiting any of these regions for exploiting the natural landscape of India, then Southern India will offer you more in terms of beaches and temples. On the other hand, Northern India has mountains in regions like Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Cuisines
-Now, southern India also does not have much to offer in terms of cuisines. One can gorge on sea food and the typical South Indian dishes of idly and dosa. But, north India has enough to offer in terms of cuisines from mughlai, continental, italian and chinese. It has no dearth of places offering South Indian cuisines. Temperature
-The temperature in southern India is warm and humid throughout the year. But, variable weather happens in northern India where winter season extends from December to January and its warm for the rest of the year. Economy
-South India has more penetration of the IT sector whereas such penetration has still not happened in northern India.
