Location of India in World Scale Map:
The country lies wholly in the northern
and eastern hemispheres.
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| India - location of states and Union Territories |
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India is Lying between latitude 8˚4’ N
to 37˚6’ N and from longitude 68˚4’ E to 97˚25’ E, the country is divided into
almost equal parts by the Tropic of Cancer (Passing from Jabalpur in MP).
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The Union of India is the
seventh largest country in the world covering an area of 32,87,590 square
kilometres (Accounts for 2.4% of the total world
area and 16% of the population) and
it is an important country of south Asia.
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South Asia has a total
area of about 4.488 million sq. km out of which India has the largest area
(3.287 sq. km). It occupies 73.2 % of total area.
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It is 4 times largest
than Pakistan which is second largest in South Asia. India is 12 times largest
that UK and 8 times largest than Japan.
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The mainland stretches
from latitude 8o4' north to 37o6' north and from
longitude 68o7' east to 97o25' east of Greenwhich. The
latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the country is almost same in degrees
i.e. about 30 degrees.
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The southernmost point in
Indian Territory, (in Great Nicobar Islands) is the Indira Point (6o45’),
while Kanyakumari, also known as Cape Comorin, is the southernmost point of
Indian mainland. The country thus lies wholly in the northern and eastern
hemispheres.
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The 82o30' E
longitude is taken as Standard Time Meridian of India, as it passes through the
middle of India (from Naini, near Allahabad.) Hence Naini, Near Allahabad is
the Standard Time of India.
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The country is of a vast
size and measures about 3,214 kilometers from north to south and about 2,933
kilometers from west to east.
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Indian Standard Time:-
GMT +05:30
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Telephone Country Code:-
+91
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Coastline:- 7,516.6 km
encompassing the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman & Nicobar
Islands. Mainland India has a coastline of 6,100
km.
·
Plains: 43.3%, Plateaus: 27.7%, Hills:
18.6%, Mtns: 10.7%.
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In the South, on the eastern side, the
Gulf of Mannar & the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka.
· Total land neighbours: 7 (Pakistan,
Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar).
List of Indian states that are
attached with the International Boundaries.
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Name of neighbour country
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Name of state of India
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Pakistan
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Jammu and Kashmir,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat.
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China
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Jammu and Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunchal Pradesh.
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Nepal
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Bihar, Uttarakhand,
Up, Sikkim, West Bengal.
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Bangladesh
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West Bengal,
Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripua, Assam.
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Bhutan
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West Bengal Sikkim,
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam.
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Myanmar
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Arunachal Pradesh,
Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram
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Afghanistan
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Jammu and Kashmir
(Pakistan-occupied area.)
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Andaman
& Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal & Lakshadweep, minicoy &
Amindive Islands in the Arabian Sea.
Facts about States of India
·
Uttar Pradesh borders maximum number of
states- 8 (Eight): Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, MP,
Chhatisgath, Jharkhand and Bihar.
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Tropic of Cancer passes through 8
(Eight) States: Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal,
Tripura and Mizoram.
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Indian Standard Meridian (82˚30’E
meridian) passes through UP, MP, Chhatisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
Important Facts at a
glance
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Territorial
Sea
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12 nm
(nautical miles)
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Contiguous
Zone
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24 nm
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Exclusive
economic Zone
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200 nm
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Continental
Shelf
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200 nm or
to the edge of the continental margin
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Longest
River
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Ganga
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Largest
Lake
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Lake
Chilka
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Highest
Point
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Mt. K2 (8611 m)
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Highest
Point of Himalaya
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Kanchan
Junga (8,598 m)
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Lowest
Point
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Kuttanad
(-2.2 m)
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Northernmost
Point
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Siachen
Glacier near Karakoram
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Southernmost
Point
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Indira
Point, Great Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
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Southernmost
Point of India (Mainland)
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Cape
Comorin (Kanya Kumari)
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Westernmost
Point
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West of
Ghuar Mota, Gujarat
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Easternmost
Point
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Kibithu,
Arunachal Pradesh
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Highest
Altitude
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Kanchenjunga,
Sikkim
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Lowest
Altitude
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Kuttanad
(Kerala)
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