Question

What is the length and breadth of India?

Answer 1

Hint: India is a vast country. The total area of India is about 3.28 million square kilometres which accounts for 2.4 per cent of the total geographical area of the world.

Complete answer:India is a part of the northern hemisphere of the world and the Tropic of Cancer (23°30’N) passes almost halfway through the country India covering eight states of India.
-It extends from south to north, between 8°4’N and 37°6’N latitudes.
-It extends from west to east, between 68°7’E and 97°25’E longitudes.

India expands geographically in a wide range. It is bounded by the lofty Himalayas in the North, the Arabian Sea in the west, the Bay of Bengal in the east and the Indian Ocean in the south.
-It extends from Kashmir to Kanyakumari covering an area of 3,214 km.
-The east to west area covers an area of about 2,933 km extending from Arunachal Pradesh to Kachchh.
-India has a vast boundary covering 15,200 km of land area. The Andaman and Nicobar and the Lakshadweep coastline is about 7,516.6 km.

India shares its boundaries with 7 countries, namely Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh. Sri Lanka and the Maldives are the two countries which share water borders with India. The northern part of India is known as the Indian Subcontinent and the southern part of India is known as the Peninsular region.

The border between India and Bangladesh 4096.7 I'm which is the fifth-longest land border in the world covering an area of 1,43,998 sq km and along with a coastline of 580 km.

Note: India is the seventh-largest country in the world as per area and the second-largest in terms of population. It is a part of the Asian continent.