INDIAN

GEOGRAPHY
Situation: India lies b/t latitudes 84 and 376 North
&
Longitudes 687 and 9725 East. The Tropic of
cancer passes right through the centre, cutting the
country roughly into two parts along (G, MP, B, WB,
T, M) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal,
Tripura, Mizoram. {total 6}
Area: Indian union area 32,87,263 sq km. North to
South 3214 km. East to West 2933 km. Land
frontier 15,200 km, coast line 6,080 km (7516.6
km Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar
Islands group of Islands).
It has 2.4% of Earths surface area. Seventh
Largest country in the world.
Population: 2001 Indias population 1026 millions
(531 millions males & 495 millions females). Indias
population is about 16.7% of the world population.
Second most populous country in the world after
china.
Boundaries: India North by China, Nepal &
Bhutan

East by Myanmar and

Bangladesh
South by Indian Ocean
North-West by Pakistan and
Afghanistan