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INDIA - SIZE AND LOCATION

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INDIA –SIZE
&LOCATION
28 STATES
8 UNION
TERRITORIES
1. LATITUDINAL EXTENT –8'9 N-37'6 N
2. LONGITUDINAL EXTENT – 68'7 E –
97'25 E
3. TROPIC OF CANCER – 23'30'N
4. SIZE – 3.28 MILLION SQUARE KM.
5. LAND BOUNDARY –15,200 KM
6. COASTLINE INCLUDING-ANDAMAN
AND NICOBAR AND LAKSHADWEEP
– 7,516.6 KM
7. NORTH TO SOUTH – 3214 KM
8. EAST TO WEST – 2933 KM
9. STANDARD MERIDIAN OF INDIA –
PASSES THROUGH MIRZAPUR
(82'30 E)
INDIA'S NEIGHBOURS
➢ INDIA SHARES ITS LAND
BOUNDARIES WITH
❑ PAKISTAN AND
AFGHANISTAN IN THE
NORTHWEST ,
❑ CHINA(TIBET),NEPAL AND
BHUTAN IN THE NORTH
❑ MYANMAR AND
BANGLADESH IN THE EAST.
❑ SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES
IN THE SOUTH
❖SRI LANKA IS
SEPARATED BY A
NARROW
CHANNEL OF
SEA FORMED BY
THE PALK
STRAIT AND
THE GULF OF
MANNAR.
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