INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Khetri is situated at the foothills of the Aravalli Range, which hosts copper mineralization, giving rise to a 80 km long metallogenetic province from Singhana in the north to Raghunathgarh in the south, popularly known as Khetri Copper Belt.

Detailed explanation-2: -Khetri Nagar, well known for its Copper Project, was built by and is under the control of Hindustan Copper Limited, a public sector undertaking under the Government of India. Khetri Nagar is also known as ‘Copper’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Khetri region is known for copper since the Indus valley civilizations. Copper is the first metal discovered by human beings. There are so many things made by copper found in the Indus civilization. Khetri is located in Jhunjhunu of the district of Rajasthan.

Detailed explanation-4: -The major copper mines are the Khetri copper belt in Rajasthan, Singhbhum copper belt in Jharkhand and Malanjkhand copper belt in Madhya Pradesh which are mined by HCL; Singhbhum belt is mined by M/s Indian Copper Complex.