Size and Location of India

size and location of India related questions are frequent in Government Jobs examinations.

Location of India on Globe

India is located in Northern Hemisphere.

• Region : Asia (Continent)
• Subregion : South Asia
• Physiographic Region : Indian Subcontinent
• Plate : Indian Plate (Part of Indo-Australian Plate)

Size of India

Latitude

• Mainland : 8^o4′ North to 37^o6′ North
• Mainland + Islands : 6^o4′ North to 37^o6′ North

Longitude

• 68^o7′ East to 97^o25′ East

North-South Distance (mainland)

3214 KM

East-West Distance (mainland)

2933 KM

Extreme Points of India*

• Easternmost Point : Dong Village** (Anjaw District, Arunachal pradesh)
• Northernmost Point : Indira Col*** (Siachen Glacier, Ladakh)
• Westernmost Point : Sir Creek (Kutch District, Gujarat)
• Southernmost Point (Mainland) : Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu)
• Southernmost Point (Mainland + Island) : Indira Point (Nicobar District, Andman & Nicobar Islands)

* only places currently administered by India and permanently populated
** some sources mentions Kibithu Village (Anjaw District, Arunachal pradesh) as the easternmost Point.
*** The Northernmost Place of India is Kilik Pass in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, but it is currently not administered by India.

Area of India

• Total : 3, 287,263 KM² (7th in World)

Boundaries of India

• Land Frontier : 15200 KM
• Coastline (mainland) : 5423 KM
• Coastline (mainland + Islands) = 7517 KM

Neighbors of India

• Land Borders : Pakistan, Afghanistan, China , Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh (8 Countries)
• Maritime Borders : Maldives, Sri Lanka

IMPORTANT LATITUDES & LONGITUDES

1. Tropic of Cancer (about 23½⁰ N Latitude)
   • also called Northern Tropic
   • It is the Northernmost Latitude Circle where sun can be directly overhead and this happens on June Solstice (Summer Solstice)
   • Passes through 8 Indian States namely Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram.
   • State Capital cities nearest to it are Ranchi , Bhopal.
2. Standard Meridian (82½⁰ E Longitude)
   • It is standard reference Longitude to decide time zone of India which is IST (Indian Standard Time).
   • It exactly passes through Mirzapur City in Uttar Pradesh.
   • Passes through 5 Indian States namely Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh.

Top GK INSIGHTS

INFO +

• Indian Subcontinent : includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,  Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka. (7 countries)
• South Asia : includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. (8 countries)
• Indian Plate is pushing into Eurasian Plate at a speed of 5 cm per Year.
• Tropic of Cancer Circle keeps shifting annually because of periodic variation of earth’s tilt ( 22.1° and 24.5° over 41,000 years).