Question

What do you know about India and her neighbours?

Answer 1

Hint: Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, Maldives, Myanmar,Pakistan and Sri Lanka are the neighbouring countries of India.Latitudinally, India is located in the Northern hemisphere, longitudinally it is located in the Southern hemisphere.

Complete answer: The land frontier of India is 15200 km. India is the second largest populated country. There are several countries with which India shares its borders. China, Nepal, Bhutan in the North, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the north west, Bangladesh and Myanmar in the east. India shares its water borders Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia. Discussing the countries that are neighbours with India are:
1. Afghanistan: The area of Afghanistan is 6,52,230 sq km. The country’s main dependence is on agriculture. Islam is the main religion of the country.
2.Bangladesh: India shares the longest border with Bangladesh. It has an area of 1,43,998 sq km. The official language is Bengali.
3. Bhutan has an area of 38, 394 sq km. The people follow Buddhism and Hinduism. The main source of income is agriculture, tourism and hydroelectricity.
4. China ranks number one in the world in terms of population. It has an area of 95,96,960 sq km. India and China share quite strained relations
5. Myanmar has an area of 6,76,578 sq km. The fourth largest export market of Myanmar is India.
6. Nepal covers an area of 1,47,181 sq km. The World’s tallest mountains Mount Everest are located in Nepal. The official language is Nepali.
7.Pakistan has an area of 7,96,095 square kilometres. The official language of the country is Urdu. Islam is the official religion of the country.
8. Sri Lanka shares a water border with india. The country is separated by Palk strait.
9. Maldives is located in the south west of India. It is a very small island spread over 298 sq kilometres only.

Note: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation(SAARC) conducts certain aspects of India's relations within the subcontinent.The other members of SAARC are Bangladesh, Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri lanka Afghanistan and Pakistan. The SAARC promotes agriculture, rural development,population control and science and technology.