Chapter 1: India- Size and Location
1. Describe the location of India.
• India lies entirely in the Northern hemisphere.
• It extends between latitudes 8°4’N and 37°6’N and longitudes 68°7’E
and 97°25’E.
• The Tropic of Cancer 23°30 N divides the country into almost two
equal parts.
• To the Southeast lie the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of
Bengal.
• To the Southwest lie the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea.
2. Describe the size of India.
• India has an area of 3.28 million sq.km.
• It accounts for about 2.4% of the total geographical area of the world.
• It is the seventh largest country of the world.
• India has land boundary of 15,200 km.
• The total length of the coastline of India including Andaman and
Nicobar and Lakshadweep is 7516.6 km.
3. What is the longitudinal and latitudinal extent of India?
30 °.
4. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent is about 30 degr5ee. But the
actual distance on the ground is different. Why?
OR
State why the North-South extent of India is larger than its East-West
extent though the country’s latitudinal and longitudinal extent in ° is
same (i.e. 30 °).
• This is because the distance between the latitudes is alays same.
• While the distance between two longitudes keeps on decreasing from
equator to poles.
• Longitudes converge at the poles.
1. Describe the location of India.
• India lies entirely in the Northern hemisphere.
• It extends between latitudes 8°4’N and 37°6’N and longitudes 68°7’E
and 97°25’E.
• The Tropic of Cancer 23°30 N divides the country into almost two
equal parts.
• To the Southeast lie the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of
Bengal.
• To the Southwest lie the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea.
2. Describe the size of India.
• India has an area of 3.28 million sq.km.
• It accounts for about 2.4% of the total geographical area of the world.
• It is the seventh largest country of the world.
• India has land boundary of 15,200 km.
• The total length of the coastline of India including Andaman and
Nicobar and Lakshadweep is 7516.6 km.
3. What is the longitudinal and latitudinal extent of India?
30 °.
4. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent is about 30 degr5ee. But the
actual distance on the ground is different. Why?
OR
State why the North-South extent of India is larger than its East-West
extent though the country’s latitudinal and longitudinal extent in ° is
same (i.e. 30 °).
• This is because the distance between the latitudes is alays same.
• While the distance between two longitudes keeps on decreasing from
equator to poles.
• Longitudes converge at the poles.
