India Location, Size and Shape


 
 
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India Location, Size and Shape

India In General

 Official Name: Republic of India

Capital: New Delhi

Nationality: Indian

Area: 32,87,263 sq km

Population (2011 Census): 1,210 million India is the seventh largest and the second most populous nation of the world.

India is the second largest country in the world (population wise) after China, and seventh largest (territory wise) after Russia, China, Canada, USA, Brazil and Australia. It lies north of the Equator, between 8'4" to 37'6" North latitude and 68'7" to 97'25" East longitude. India has roughly quadrangular shape.

On its Northern frontiers, India is bounded  the Great Himalayas. It stretches southwards and beyond the Tropic of Cancer, it narrows down to form the Great Indian Peninsula that ends up in the Indian Ocean with Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) as its southernmost tip. On the east of the Peninsular India is the Bay of Bengal, wherein lie the Indian islands of Andaman and Nicobar; and on the west is the Arabian Sea with another group of Indian islands called the Lakshadweep. India has a land frontier of 15,200 kilometers and a coastline of 7,516.6 kilometers including the mainland's coastline as well as that of the Indian islands.

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A landmass bounded by sea on three sides is referred to as ____________________

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