Important Points
- India is situated in North Eastern Hemisphere
- Its mainland extends between latitudes 8°4 North to 37°6 North and longitudes 68° 7 East to 97°25 East.
- The Tropic of Cancer (23°30'N) divides India into almost two equal parts.
- It passing through 8 states are Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.
- India has an area of 3.28 million km², it is a 2.4% of total geographical area of world.
- India is the seventh largest country of would after Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil, Australia.
- India has a land boundary of 15, 200 km and coastline of 7,516.6 km including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep.
- India is surrounded by three water bodies are Indian ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal.
- Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh have differences between two hours in time.
- Standard Meridian of India (82°30`E) passing through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
- India has longest coastline on Indian ocean which help India to eminent position in Indian Ocean.
- India displacement from North to South 3214 km and East to West is 2933 km.
- India is separated from Sri Lanka by a narrow channel of sea formed by Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar.
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