Indian Geography - Size and Location - One Liner

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Area

Area of India: 32,87,263 km²
India is the 7th largest country in the world (in Area).
Distance from West to East of India: 2933 km
Distance from North to South of India: 3214 km
India’s total area is 2.4% of the total Geographical area of the world.
Land Boundary or Terrestrial Boundary of India: 15,200 km
Coastal Boundary of Mainland India: 6100 km
Coastal Boundary of India including Lakshadweep and Andman & Nicobar Island: 7516 km

Location

India lies in Northern Hemisphere.
The main land extends between: 8°4’N and 37°6’N Latitudes
And 68°7’E and 97°25’E Longitudes
“Tropic of Cancer” (23.5 degrees) divides India into almost 2 equal parts.
Standard Time Meridian of India passes through 82˚5′ E longitude (Mirzapur, near Allahabad)
Northern Point of India: Indira Col, near Ladakh
Southern Point of India(Mainland): Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Southernmost Point of India: Indira Point, Nicobar Island
Western Point of India: Guhar Moti, Gujrat
Eastern Point of India: Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh

Neighbouring Countries

These countries are neighbouring countries of India-
Bangladesh
China
Pakistan
Nepal
Myanmar
Bhutan
Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Border Length: 4096 km
Bordering States: (1)West Bengal (2)Meghalaya (3)Tripura (4)Assam (5)Mizoram

China

Border Length: 3488 km
Bordering States: (1)Jammu and Kashmir (2)Himachal Pradesh (3)Uttarakhand (4)Sikkim (5)Arunachal Pradesh

Pakistan

Border Length: 3323 km
Bordering States: (1)Jammu and Kashmir (2)Punjab (3)Rajasthan (4)Gujrat

Nepal

Border Length: 1751 km
Bordering States: (1)Uttar Pradesh (2)Bihar (3)West Bengal (4)Uttarakhand (5)Sikkim

Myanmar

Border Length: 1643 km
Bordering States: (1)Arunachal Pradesh (2)Nagaland (3)Manipur (4)Mizoram

Bhutan

Border Length: 699 km
Bordering States: (1)Arunachal Pradesh (2)Assam (3)West Bengal (4)Sikkim

Afghanistan

Border Length: 106 km
Bordering States: POK

Which neighbouring country of India share the largest border with India: Bangladesh, 4096 km

Tropic of Cancer

The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30′ N) divides the country into almost 2 equal parts.

Tropic of Cancer passes through these Indian states:

Gujrat
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Chattisgarh
Jharkhand
West Bengal
Tripura
Mirzapur

Standard Meridian

Standard Meridian of India is 82° 30′
Standard Meridian of India passes from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh.
India Standard Time (IST): +05:30 UTC

It passes through following states of India:

Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Odisha
Andhra Pradesh

Territorial Water Boundary

Territorial Sea

Territorial sea is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km) from Baseline.

Contiguous Zone

Contiguous Zone is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km) from Territorial Sea.
It ranges from 12 nm from Baseline to 24 nm.

Exclusive Economic Zone

An exclusive economic zone extends from the Baseline 200 nautical miles (370.4 km).
It includes the contiguous zone.

Coastal States/UT of India

There are 9 Coastal States and 4 Coastal Union Territories of India.

Length of Total Coastline of India 7516.6 km including Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Island.
Length of coastline of Mainland India is 6100 km.
Largest Coastal Line of India is Gujrat.

Coastal States of India:

Gujarat
Maharashtra
Goa
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
West Bengal

Coastal Union Territories of India:

Daman & Diu
Puducherry
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Lakshadeweep

Important Points

Barren Island (Andaman) is only active volcano in South Asia and India.
Lakshadweep is the Smallest Union Territory of India.
Kavaratti is the administered capital of Lakshadweep.
8° Channel separates Minicoy and Maldives.
9° Channel separates Lakshadweep from Minicoy.
10° Channel separates Andaman Islands and Nicobar Island.

Indian Geography – Size and Location