INDIA SIZE AND LOCATION

INDIA – SIZE AND

LOCATION

Learning outcome

Identify the location of India in the Indian subcontinent

• Northern

hemisphere

• The Tropic of

Cancer (23° 30'N)

• 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 the
country into
almost two equal
parts

@ Area of 3.28 million square km, t 2.4 per cent of
the total geographical area of the world.

@ India is the seventh largest country of the world

@ Land boundary of about 15,200 km

@ Coastline is 7,516.6 km

@ The Standard Meridian of India (82°30'E)

States and union territories of India

► India is a federal union comprising

28 states and 8 union territories

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2. Chandigarh

3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Die

4. Delhi

5. Jammu and Kashmir

6. Ladakh

7. Lakshadweep

8. Puducherry

► (i) The island groups of India lying in the Arabian Sea and the Bay

of Bengal.

► (ii) The countries constituting Indian subcontinent.

► (iii) The States through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.

► (iv) The northernmost latitude in degrees.

► (v) The southernmost latitude of the Indian mainland in degrees.

► (vi) The eastern and the western-most longitude in degrees.

► (vii) The place situated on the three seas.

► (viii) The strait separating Sri Lanka from India.

► (ix) The Union Territories of India.

PHYSICAL
FEATURES OF
INDIA

(1) The Himalayan Mountains
(2) The Northern Plains
(3) The Peninsular Plateau
(4) The Indian Desert
(5) The Coastal Plains
(6) The Islands