India - Size and Location Chapter - 1 Geography Class- IX Location - ० India lies entirely in the Northern hemisphere. ० Mainlands...
India - Size and Location
Chapter - 1 Geography
Class- IX
Location -
० India lies entirely in the Northern hemisphere.
० Mainlands extends between 8° 4' N and 37 ° 6' N latitude and 68° 7' E and 97 ° 25 E longitudes.
० The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30' N) divides India into two almost equal parts.
० The Standard Meridian of India (82° 30'E) is taken as standard time for whole country passes through Mirzapur, UP.
Size -
० Seventh largest country by area 3.28 million square kilometre ( 3.287 263), (2,4% of total area of world).
० Total boundary line 15200 km out of which 751 6.6 km coastline (5423km Peninsula and 2094km Island) .
० India's East -West extent appears to be smaller than the North-south extent.
० Total distance East to West 2933 km , North to South 3214 km.
० Tropic of Cancer pass through Gujarat ,Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh , Jharkhand,West Bengal , Tripura and Mizoram.
० 28 states and 8 union territories.
India and the world -
० Centrally located between West and East Asia.
० Deccan Peninsula helped India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa, Europe.
० India has contributed a lot to the world in the form of Ideas, philosophy, mathematics.
० In Exchange India architecture was influenced by Greek sculpture and architectural styles from West Asia.
India's neighbours -
० India lies entirely in the Northern hemisphere.
० Mainlands extends between 8° 4' N and 37 ° 6' N latitude and 68° 7' E and 97 ° 25 E longitudes.
० The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30' N) divides India into two almost equal parts.
० The Standard Meridian of India (82° 30'E) is taken as standard time for whole country passes through Mirzapur, UP.
Size -
० Seventh largest country by area 3.28 million square kilometre ( 3.287 263), (2,4% of total area of world).
० Total boundary line 15200 km out of which 751 6.6 km coastline (5423km Peninsula and 2094km Island) .
० India's East -West extent appears to be smaller than the North-south extent.
० Total distance East to West 2933 km , North to South 3214 km.
० Tropic of Cancer pass through Gujarat ,Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh , Jharkhand,West Bengal , Tripura and Mizoram.
० 28 states and 8 union territories.
India and the world -
० Centrally located between West and East Asia.
० Deccan Peninsula helped India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa, Europe.
० India has contributed a lot to the world in the form of Ideas, philosophy, mathematics.
० In Exchange India architecture was influenced by Greek sculpture and architectural styles from West Asia.
India's neighbours -
० far East - Myanmar
० East - Bangladesh (The Purbanchal ,operating zero line)
० South-East - Sri Lanka (Palk strait and Gulf of Mannar)
० South-West - Maldives
० North-West - Pakistan (Radcliffe,LOC)
Afghanistan (The Durand)
० North - Nepal, Bhutan,
China (Macmohan line , LAC)
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