1. INDIA – LOCATION AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS

3. INDIA
SEVENTH LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AFTER RUSSIA, CANADA, CHINA, USA,BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA
SECOND POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD NEXT TO CHINA

4. LOCATION SOUTHERN PART OF THECONTINENT OF ASIA
LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF INDIAN OCEAN
HIMALAYAS SEPARATE INDIA FROM CENTRAL ASIA

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. IMPORTANT STATISTICS ABOUT INDIA
SMALLEST STATE
GOA
POPULATION
1.2 BILLION
STANDARD MERIDIAN OF INDIA (IST)
82◦5’E