INDIA ================= Official Name: Bharat Number of States and Union Territories: 29 and 7 respectively Location: • Northern and Eastern Hemispheres. • Central position in the southernmost part of the Asian Continent. • Tropic of Cancer passes through the Central Part. Extent: • Latitudinal Extent: 8°4′28′′ to 37°6′53′′ North i.e 29°2′25′′ (in Total). • Longitudinal Extent: 68°7′33′′ to 97°24′47′′ East i.e. 29°17′14′′ (in Total). • Total land area: 32,87,263 square kilometers. • Land frontier: 15200 km, Coastline: 7517 km. • Facts and Features: In terms of Area: • Seventh largest in the world. • Largest state : Rajasthan (followed by Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra) • Smallest state: Goa. In terms of Distance: • Westernmost point in Gujarat → Easternmost point in Arunachal Pradesh: 2993 km • Northernmost point in Kashmir → Southernmost mainland : 3214 km In terms of Geology: • 3 geological units → The Himalayan Mountains, the Indo-Gangetic plains and the Peninsular Plateaus. • Southernmost tip (of Indian Peninsula): Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. • Southernmost tip (India) : Indira Point in Nicobar. • The Lowest point (below sea level): Kuttanad (−2.2 m) in Kerala. India’s Standard Time (IST): • Determined by the standard meridian of longitude 82°30′ East passing through Allahabad. • Time Difference (Longest and Shortest day): • Near Leh and Ladakh: 4 Hours • Near Kanyakumari: 45 minutes Time Difference (Sunrise): • Between Kibithu village (Arunachal Pradesh) in the east → Ghuar Mota (near Sir Creek, Gujarat) in the west : 116 minutes. Surrounding Land Frontiers (with percentage of boundary shared) : • Pakistan (22%), Afghanistan (0.7%), China (23%), Nepal (12%), Bhutan (4.5%), Myanmar (10.8%), • Bangladesh (27%)
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 05:33:36 +0000
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