Question

explain the size and location of india

Answer 1

Dear Student,

Following are the major aspects of the location and size of India

Location

• Lies in the Northern hemisphere
• Main land extends between latitudes 8°4’N and 37°6’N and longitudes 68°7’E and 97°25’E.
• The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30’N) divides the country into almost two equal parts.

Size

• The land mass of India has an area of 3.28 million square km.
• India’s total area accounts for about 2.4 per cent of the total geographical area of the world.
• India is the seventh largest country of the world.
• India has a land boundary of about 15,200 km and the total length of the coast line of the mainland including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep is 7,516.6 km.