India Area and Boundaries

* •Following are the India Area and Boundaries details :-

•India stretches 3,214 km from N to S & 2933 km from E to W.

•Area:- 32,87,263 sq. km. •Accounts for 2.4 % of total world area and 16 % of the population Mainland India has a coastline of 6,100 km. Including the Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar, the coastline measures about 7516. km
In India, total land mass is

1. Plains : - 43.3 %
2. Plateaus :- 27.7 %
3. Hills :- 18.6 %
4. Mountains:- 10.7 %

•In the south, on the eastern side, the Gulf of Mannar & the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka

•Total land neighbours of India are 7 . These are
1. Pakistan
2. Afghanistan
3. China
4. Nepal
5. Sri Lanka
6. Bhutan
7. Bangladesh and
8. Myanmar

•India's Islands include the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in
Bay of Bangal & Lakshadweep, Minocy & Amindive Islands in the Arabian Sea.