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India — Location

CBSE · Class 11 · Geography

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1. Extent of India

  • The mainland of India extends from Kashmir in the north to Kanniyakumari in the south and from Arunachal Pradesh in the east to Gujarat in the west.
  • India's territorial limit extends up to 12 nautical miles, about 21.9 km, from the coast into the sea.
  • India's southern boundary extends up to 6°45' N latitude in the Bay of Bengal.
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2. Standard Meridian and Time

  • There is a general understanding among the countries of the world to select the standard meridian in multiples of 7°30' of longitude.
  • 82°30' E has been selected as the standard meridian of India.
  • Indian Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time by 5 hours and 30 minutes.
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3. Area, Size, and Significance

  • India's area is 3.28 million sq. km.
  • India accounts for 2.4 per cent of the world's land surface area.
  • India is the seventh largest country in the world.
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4. Indian Subcontinent and Neighbours

  • The Indian subcontinent is a great geographic entity bounded by the Himalayas in the north, Hindukush and Sulaiman ranges in the north-west, Purvachal hills in the north-east, and the Indian Ocean in
  • It includes Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and India.
  • The Himalayas and other ranges acted as a physical barrier in the past.

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The mainland of India extends fromIndia’s territorial limit extends upIndia’s southern boundary extends upIndia’s latitudinal and longitudinal extentThe distance between two longitudes decreases

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