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Size and Location of India

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Location of India:

Entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.
Between latitudes 8°4’N and 37°6’N and longitudes 68°7’E and 97°25’E. Southern boundary extends up to 6°45′ N latitude in the Bay of Bengal.
Tropic of Cancer (23° 30’N) divides India into almost two equal parts.

Size of India:

2.4% of the total geographical area of the world.
7th largest country in the world by area.
Land frontiers of India measure – 15,200 km.
Total length of the coastline – 7,516.6 km.
Standard Meridian of India – 82°30’E (Passes through Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh).
Latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India – About 29 degrees.
North to south – 3,214 km .
East to west – 2,933 km.
Northern most point – Indira Col in Jammu and Kashmir
Southernmost point – Indira Point, situated in Campbell bay in Great Nicobar Island.
Easternmost point of India – Kibithu in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Westernmost point of India – Guhar Moti in the Kutch district of Gujarat.

Neighbors of India:

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
Longest boundary with Bangladesh

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