India (Size and Location)

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India is a southern country. It entirely in the Northern Hemisphere. The landmass of India has an area is 3.28 million square kilometre (32,87,263 square kilometre). But, the total geographical area of India is 2.4 percent of the land area of earth. India is the seventh largest country in the world. It's longitudinal extend is 68°7'E to 97°25 'E and latitudinal extend is 8°4'N to 37°6'N . Land boundary of India is 15200 km and coast line of India is 7516. India has 28 state and 9 union territories . Rajasthan is the largest state of India and Goa is the smallest state of India. The tropic of Cancer divides the country into two parts. Indian Ocean is divided into two ways

1. Arabian sea = Island Lakshadweep in Arabian Sea

2. Bay of Bengal = Island Andaman and Nicobar in Bay of Bengal


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