CONVENTIONAL

SIGNS AND
SYMBOLS

 Blue Water bodies

Green Vegetation
Red Man made features; Northings and Eastings
Brown Contours, Relief Features

Yellow Cultivated Land

White Uncultivated Land
Black Miscellaneous features, writing names, etc.

GROUPS OF SYMBOLS
Political boundaries
Modes of transport
Water bodies and Modes of
irrigation
Settlements and civic facilities
Vegetation
Miscellaneous features
Heights
Relief features

POLITICAL
BOUNDARIES

Political boundaries
State boundary

District boundary

Tehsil / Taluka boundary

MODES
OF
TRANSPORT

Modes of Transport
Meter Gauge Railway

Metalled Road

Unmetalled Road

Modes of Transport
Cart Track

Pack Track

Foot Path

WATER
BODIES

Water bodies
Perennial Stream

Dry river with sediment

Dry river with sediment

and perennial channel

Water bodies
Spring
Dry / seasonal stream

Perennial Lake
Dry / Seasonal Tank

Modes of irrigation
(Dry) tank with
embankment,
Natural/Man-made
Dam

Canal

Modes of irrigation
Perennial lined well

Perennial Unlined well

Tubewell

Perennial lined well with

brackish water

Brackish

SETTLEMENTS
AND
CIVIC
FEATURES

Settlements
Permanent Hut

Temporary / Abandoned hut

Nucleated Settlement

Dispersed settlement

Places of Worship
Temple

Tomb / Chhatri

Public Service Places

Post Office

Post and Telegraph Office

Dispensary
Police Station
Police Chowky

PO

PTO
Dispensary
PS
Police Chowky

Government Buildings
Dak Bungalow

DB

Inspection Bungalow

IB

Circuit house

CH

Rest House

RH

VEGETATION

Vegetation
Tree

Dense Jungle
Fairly dense mixed jungle
Open Mixed Jungle

Open Scrub

Dense Jungle

Fair dense mixed Jungle

Open Mixed Jungle

Open Scrub

MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Man Made Features

Telephone Line

Self explanatory

Causeway

Small bridge built to

maintain level of road

Fire Line

Clearing made to prevent

forest fires from spreading

Piao

Place where drinking

water is available

Piao

Miscellaneous man made features

Causeway

Fire Line

Piao

Miscellaneous Man Made Features

Lime Kiln

Place where lime is

manufactured

Brick Kiln

Place where bricks are

made

Stone Quarry

Stone mine

.Stone quarry

Miscellaneous Relief Features

Sand Dune

Small hill of mud

Depression

Lowland below the

general level of the land

Broken Ground Feature formed along the river

bank as a result of soil erosion
due to alternating dry and wet
seasons

Miscellaneous Relief Features

Rock Outcrop

Rock protruding out on

the land surface

Rock Outcrop

Sheet Rock

Outcrop of sedimentary
rock

Sheet Rock

Stoney Waste /
Gravel Waste

Weathered rock

Miscellaneous Relief Features

Road Cutting

Made to pass the road

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