INDIA – LOCATION AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS
INDIA SEVENTH LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AFTER RUSSIA, CANADA, CHINA, USA,BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA SECOND POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD NEXT TO CHINA
LOCATION SOUTHERN PART OF THECONTINENT OF ASIA LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF INDIAN OCEAN HIMALAYAS SEPARATE INDIA FROM CENTRAL ASIA
IMPORTANT STATISTICS ABOUT INDIA LATITUDINAL EXTENT 8◦4’N TO 37◦6’N LONGITUDINAL EXTENT 68◦ 7,E TO 97◦25’ E TOTAL AREA OF INDIA 3.28 M SQ KMS LAND FRONTIER ABOUT 15,200 KMS COASTLINE ALONG THE MAINLAND 6100 KMS COASTLINE INCLUDING ISLAND GROUPS 7154 KMS
IMPORTANT STATISTICS ABOUT INDIA EAST WEST EXTENT 2,933 KMS (GUJARAT TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH) NORTH SOUTH EXTENT 3,214 KMS(J&K TO KANNIYAKUMARI) NUMBER OF STATES 29 UNION TERRITORIES 9 NATIONAL CAPITAL NEW DELHI SOUTHERN MOST TIP OF MAINLAND KANNIYAKUMARI
IMPORTANT STATISTICS ABOUT INDIA SOUTHERN MOST POINT OF INDIA 6◦N INDIRA POINT (ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS) NEIGHBOURS WITH COMMON LAND FRONTIERS PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, CHINA, NEPAL, BHUTAN, MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH OFF SHORE NEIGHBOURS SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES LARGEST STATE RAJASTHAN
IMPORTANT STATISTICS ABOUT INDIA SMALLEST STATE GOA POPULATION 1.2 BILLION STANDARD MERIDIAN OF INDIA (IST) 82◦5’E