Location
- The Union of India is the seventh largest country in the world covering an area of 32,87,590 square kilometers and it is an important country of south Asia.
- South Asia has a total area of about 4.488 million sq. km out of which India has the largest area (3.287 sq. km). It occupies 73.2 % of total area.
- It is 4 times largest than Pakistan which is second largest in South Asia. India is 12 times largest that UK and 8 times largest than Japan.
- The mainland stretches from latitude 8o4' north to 37o6' north and from longitude 68o7' east to 97o25' east of Greenwhich. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the country is almost same in degrees i.e. about 30 degrees.
- The southernmost point in Indian Territory, (in Great Nicobar Islands) is the Indira Point (6o45’ ), while Kanyakumari, also known as Cape Comorin, is the southernmost point of Indian mainland. The country thus lies wholly in the northern and eastern hemispheres.
- The 82o30' E longitude is taken as Standard Time Meridian of India, as it passes through the middle of India (from Naini, near Allahabad.) Hence Naini, Near Allahabad is the Standard Time of India.
- The country is of a vast size and measures about 3,214 kilometers from north to south and about 2,933 kilometers from west to east.
- Indian Standard Time:- GMT +05:30
- Telephone Country Code:- +91
- Coastline:- 7,516.6 km encompassing the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
| India Facts | |
|---|---|
| Territorial Sea | 12 nm (nautical miles) |
| Contiguous Zone | 24 nm |
| Exclusive economic Zone | 200 nm |
| Continental Shelf | 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
| Longest River | Ganga |
| Largest Lake | Lake Chilka |
| Highest Point | Mt. K2 (8611 m) |
| Highest Point of Himalaya | Kanchan Junga (8,598 m) |
| Lowest Point | Kuttanad (-2.2 m) |
| Northernmost Point | Siachen Glacier near Karakoram |
| Southernmost Point | Indira Point, Great Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| Southernmost Point of India (Mainland) | Cape Comorin (Kanya Kumari) |
| Westernmost Point | West of Ghuar Mota, Gujarat |
| Easternmost Point | Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Highest Altitude | Kanchenjunga, Sikkim |
| Lowest Altitude | Kuttanad (Kerala) |
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