Question

What is the Longitudinal and latitudinal extent of India?

Answer 1

India lies to the north of the equator between 6° 44′ and 35° 30′ north latitude and 68° 7′ and 97° 25′ east longitude.

Longitudinal and Latitudinal extent

• The latitudinal extent of India from the north end of Kashmir to the south end of Kanniyakumari is 37°6′N to 8°4′N
• The longitudinal extent of India from the west end of Gujarat to the east end of Arunachal Pradesh is 68°7′E to 97°25′E.
• On calculating both of these extents we get to that these are approximately 30°.

Explanation

• India is located in the northern hemisphere of the world.
• The Tropic of Cancer (23°30’N) passes almost halfway through the country of India. It is North of the Equator, which passes through the middle of India. The Tropic of Cancer passes through eight states in India
• From the extends south to the north, the mainland of India extends between 8°4’N and 37°6’N latitudes.
• From the other extends west to east, India extends between 68°7’E and 97°25’E longitudes.
• The distance between latitudes remains the same throughout but the distance between the two longitudes reduces as moved toward poles
  The distance between two latitudes is constant that is 111 km but the distance between two longitudes is 111 km at the equator and reduces to 0 at the poles.
• Due to the great longitudinal extent and difference of about 29°, there are wide differences in local time of places located at two extreme points of the country.
• The difference between these two points would be approximate of about two hours.