INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHY

• India is the largest country in the Indian subcontinent lying entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.
•  The mainland extends from latitude 8°4’ north to 37°6’ north and from longitude 68° 7’ east to 97°25’ east.
•  The southernmost point in Indian territory, the Indira Point is situated at 6°30’ north in the Nicobar Islands.
•  India stretches 3,214 km from north to south and 2,933 km from east to west.
•  The total length of the mainland coastline is nearly 6,100 km and that of the land frontier is about 15,200km. The total length of the coastline including that of the islands, is about 7,500 km. 
• With an area of about 32,87,263 sq.km., India is the seventh largest country in the world, accounting for about 2.4% of total world area.
• The northern most point of the country lies in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and it is
  known as Indira Col