INDIA SIZE AND LOCATION

India is one of the ancient civilization in the world . It has achieved multi faceted socio-economic progress during the last five decades . It has moved forward displaying remarkable progress in the field of agriculture , industry , technology and overall economic development . India has also contributed significantly to the making of world history .

LOCATION

India is a vast country lying entirely in the Northern hemisphere the main 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 the country into two almost parts .

SIZE

The land mass of India has an area of  3.28  million square km .  India's total area accounts for about 2.4 percent of the total geographical area of the world . India is the seventh largest country in the world . India has a land boundary  of about 15,200 km and the total the total length of the coastline of the mainland including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep is 

7,516.6 km .

Look at the figure and understand that the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland is about 30° despite this fact the east-west extent extent appears to be smaller than the north south extent.

INDIA'S NEIGHBOURS

India occupies an important strategic position in south Asia . India has 28 states and 8 union territories .

India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh .

Our southern neighbours across the sea consist of two islands countries , namely Sri Lanka and Maldives . Sri Lanka is separated from indiaby a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk strait and the gulf of Mannar . While Maldives islands are situated to the south of the Lakshadweep islands .