Question

India shares its land boundaries with seven countries. Name them.

Answer 1

Hint: India is located north of the Equator and its latitudinal extent is from 8°4'N and 37°6’N. The Tropic of Cancer located at 23° 26′ N passes through India almost at the centre. The longitudinal extent of India is 68°7'E and 97°25’E. The total land area in India is 32.87 lakh sq km. The length of India’s total frontier (boundary) is 15,200 km and the length of India’s coastline is 7516.6 km.

Complete answer: The seven neighbouring countries of India are Pakistan and Afghanistan to the northwest; China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east.
The states that share their boundary with Pakistan are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh also share their boundaries with Afghanistan. The states that share their boundary with China are Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and the union territory of Ladakh. The states that share their boundary with Nepal are Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Sikkim. The states that share their boundary with Bhutan are Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The states that share their boundary with Bangladesh are West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura. The states that share their boundary with Myanmar are Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.

Note: The north-south extent of India in terms of distance is 3214 km from Ladakh to Cape Comorin, near Kanyakumari. The east-west extent of India in terms of distance is 2993 km from Sir Creek in Gujarat to Chaukan Pass in Arunachal Pradesh.