INDIA SIZE AND LOCATION

INDIASIZE & LOCATION

Location

India is lying entirely in the Northern hemisphere

The land extends between latitudes 8°4’N and 37°6’N and longitudes 68°7’E and 97°25’E. The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30’N)
divides India into almost two equal parts.

Size

India’s total area accounts for about 2.4% of the total geographical area of the world. Thus, it is the 7th largest country in the
world, by its size. India has a land boundary of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland is 7,516.6 km
including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep.

India is bounded by the mountains in the northwest, north and northeast. South of about 22° north latitude, it begins to taper and
extends towards the Indian Ocean, dividing it into two seas, the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on its east. Time
along the Standard Meridian of India (82°30’E) passing through Mirzapur (in Uttar Pradesh) is taken as the standard time for
India.

India has 28 states and eight Union Territories. 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

THE MOST EXTREME POINTS OF INDIA

The northernmost point in India is Indira Col. It is located in the UT of. Ladhak Indira Col is a mountain pass on the Indira
Ridge in the Siachen Glacier in Karakoram Mountains.

The disputed easternmost point in India is found at Kibithu. Kibithu is a town in the district of Anjaw in Arunachal Pradesh
state of India. It lies at the junction between India, Myanmar, and China.

Indira Point, located in the Nicobar District of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is the southernmost point of India. Formerly
known as Pygmalion Point, it was renamed after Indira Gandhi on October 10, 1985.

The southernmost Point in mainland India is Cape Comorin,. Also known as KanyaKumari, it is located in the KanyaKumari
District of Tamil Nadu.

Sir Creek is the westernmost point of India. It is located in Kutch, near Guhar Moti village in the Indus Delta in the state of
Gujarat.

NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES OF INDIA – CAPITAL & STATE-UTS BORDERS
Neighbouring

Country

Capital

The Indian State/UTs which share Border

Afghanistan

Kabul

Ladakh (PoK)

Bangladesh

Dhaka

West Bengal, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Assam

Bhutan

Thimphu

West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh & Assam

China

Beijing

Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal

Pradesh

Myanmar

Yangon

Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur

Nepal

Kathmandu

Bihar, Uttarakhand, UP, Sikkim and West Bengal

Pakistan

Islamabad

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat

Sri Lanka

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

(Legislative Capital)

Columbo (Executive Capital)

It is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar

Maldives

Male

It lies in the south-west part of India Ocean below the

Lakshadweep Island.

Multiple Choice

India is located in which continent?

• a) Asia

• b) Europe

• c) Africa

• 
  d) North America

Multiple Choice

Which two countries share the longest border with India?

• a) China and Nepal

• b) Pakistan and Afghanistan

• c) Bangladesh and Bhutan

• 
  d) China and Pakistan

Multiple Choice

The total land border of India is approximately:

• a) 15,200 kilometers

• b) 7,500 kilometers

• c) 9,000 kilometers

• 
  d) 11,000 kilometers

Multiple Choice

The Tropic of Cancer passes through which Indian states?

• a) Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Mizoram

• b) Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Assam

• c) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and West Bengal

• 
  d) Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Arunachal Pradesh