Facts to remember about Physical India
East-West Extent
of Main Land
India (Including
Pak occupied
Kashmir-POK):
68° 7′ east to 97° 25′ east longitude
South-North
Extent of Main
Land India:
8° 4′ north to 37° 6′ north latitude
Locational Extent: 8° 4′ N to 37° 6′ N latitude and 68° 7′ E to 97° 25′ East longitude.
1. The southernmost point of the country is the Pygmalion Point
or Indira Point is located at 6° 45′ N latitude.
2. North-south extent from Indira Col, Near Siachein Glacier to
Kanniyakumari is 3,214 km.
3. East-west width from the Rann of Kachachh to Arunachal
Pradesh is 2,933 km.
4. With an area of 32,87,263 sq km, India is the seventh largest
country of the world.
5. India accounts for about 2.4 per cent of the total surface area of
the world
6. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle of the
country dividing it into two latitudinal halves.
7. The area to the north of Tropic of Cancer is nearly twice the
area which lies to the south of it.
8. The countries which are larger than India (in area)
are Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and Australia.
9. The easternmost point of India is Kibithu in Arunachal
Pradesh and western most point of India is Ghuar Moti
located in Kutch District of Gujarat.
10. The southernmost point of Indian mainland
is Kanyakumari. Indira Point which is the southernmost
point of India was submerged in the 2004 Tsunami
No of States in India as on April 15, 2020:- 28
No. Of UT’s in India as on April 15, 2020:- 8
( Daman and Diu
UT and Dadra and Nagar Haveli UT merged)
Northern Most State in India now is Himachal Pradesh
Northern Most UT in India now is Ladakh
Southern Most State in India is Tamil Nadu
Eastern Most State in India is Arunachal Pradesh
Western Most State in India is Gujarat
Pakistan Now Shares boundaries with 3 states (I.e. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab) and 2 UT’s ( I.e. Jammu and Kashmir and
Ladakh)
China Now Shares Boundaries with 4 states (i.e. Arunachal
Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh) and 1 U.T
(i.e. Ladakh)
Nepal Shares Boundaries with 5 States (i.e. Uttarakhand, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim)
Bhutan Shares Boundaries with 4 States (i.e. Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and Sikkim)
Myanmar shares Boundaries with 4 States ( i.e. Arunachal
Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram)
Bangladesh shares Boundaries with 5 States ( i.e. Assam, West
Bengal, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram)
Afghanistan now shares boundary with Ladakh only
Sikkim shares International Boundaries with 3 countries i.e. Bhutan, China and Nepal
West Bengal shares International Boundaries with 3 countries
i.e. Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan
Arunachal Pradesh shares international Boundaries with 3
countries i.e. Myanmar, China and Bhutan.
The Indian states and UT’s which have neither an international
boundary nor a coastline :- Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Telengana, Haryana, Delhi and Chandigarh
The 82˚5' E longitude is taken as the Standard Time Meridian of
India , as it passes through the middle of India (from Mirzapur,
near Allahabad).
Indian Standard Meridian (82˚30'E meridian)
passes through UP, MP, Chhatisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
State with Highest Area- Rajasthan
State with Lowest Area- Goa
UT with Highest Area Now is :- Ladakh
UT with Lowest Area is :- Lakshdweep
Tropic of Cancer is the imaginary line at 23.50 degree North of the
Equator. In India Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 states. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West
Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.
The state surrounded on three sides by Bangladesh- Tripura
The state having bound
aries with seven states and two countries- Assam
Uttar Pradesh is only Indian state which has maximum number of
neighbouring states. Uttar Pradesh share borders with 9 different
states.
The state with the longest coastline- Gujarat
The nine coastal states are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and
West Bengal
India shares its longest Boundary with Bangladesh i.e. 4096 km
With China it shares a border of 3488 K.m and with Pakistan of
3323 k.m
With Nepal (1751 k.m), with Myanmar (1643 k.m) and Bhutan
(699 k.m), afghansitan (106 k.m) respectively
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