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India’s longitude and latitudes and the difference?
- Extends from 8°4’N to 37°6’N latitude
- 68° 7’E to 97° 25’E Longitude,
- roughly about 30° distance or latitudinal and longitudinal extent.
Tropic of Cancer runs through which states
8 states - Guj, Raj, MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram
North most, South most, Western most, Eastern most points in India?
N - Indira Col in Siachen Glacier
S - Indira Point in the Nicobar Islands in the Andaman sea
W - Ghuar Moti village, Kutch District of Gujarat.
E - Kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh, Lohit River enters India from Kibithu.
Distance between Latitudes and Longitudes
Latitudes are equidistant. The distance between 2 latitudes is 111 km.
Time difference between Western and eastern most point. Longitude considered for IST
30° difference or variation between the longitudes, there is almost a difference of two hours time between the easternmost and westernmost part of the country.
82° 30’ E longitude is selected as the Indian Standard Meridian. The Indian Standard time is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Meantime.
India’s % area and ranking among countries
India accounts for 2.4% of the total area in the world making it the 7th largest country in the world.
total area of 3.28 million sq.km.
Coastline area - mainland and total
6100 km is the coastline only of the Indian Mainland
7516.6 sq.km. of coastline (inclusive of the coastlines of the islands of Andaman and Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal and that of Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea)
Himalayas are bounded by?
Himalayas are bounded by Hindukush and Suleiman ranges in the north-west, the Purvanchal Hills in the northeast and by the Great Indian Ocean in the south.
International border countries and island countries?
International borders: Bangladesh and Myanmar (East) Bhutan, Nepal and China (North), Pakistan and Afghanistan (North-west)
Neighbouring island countries: Sri Lanka and the Maldives
International border countries in descending order of area
Bangladesh China Pakistan Nepal Myanmar Bhutan Afghanistan
States with International borders and bordering country
Bangladesh
West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram
China
Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Union territories of Ladakh (Previously under state of Jammu & Kashmir)
Pakistan
Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat
Nepal
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim
Myanmar
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram
Bhutan
Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
Afghanistan
Jammu & Kashmir (POK)
What divides Sri Lanka and India?
Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait divides Sri Lanka and India
Coastal states in decreasing order of Coastline
Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Odisha, Karnataka, West Bengal and Goa (in decreasing order of Coastline)
