INDIA -
SIZE AND LTOCATION
to India is one
of the ancient civilizations in the world .
4 It has achieved multi -
faceted socio -
economic progress during the
last five decades .
KIT has moved forward displaying remarkable
progress .
* India in the World :
Longitudes 6807 'E and 97025 't
→ India is a vast country .
trying entirely in the Northern hemisphere .
→ Latitudes : 8041N and 3706 'M
→ The Tropic of Cancer ( 23030N) divides the country into almost
two equal parts .
* Size :
→
The land of mass of India has an area of 3.28
million km
square .
→ Seventh largest country of the world .
→ India 's total area accounts for about 2.4 percent of the
total of the world
geographical area .
→
India has a land boundary of about 15,200km and the total
length of the mainland , including Andaman and Nicobar and
I'akshadweep ,
is 7,516.6 1am .
* India 's Geography :
↳ North India :
•
India is bounded by the young fold mountains in the
northwest ,
north and northeast .
I South India :
•
South of about 22° north latitude ,
it begins to taper ,
and
extends towards the Indian ocean , dividing it into two seas ,
the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal
on its east .
I Liatitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland is about 30° .
4 From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh ,
there is a time lag of two
hours •
↳ Hence ,
time along the standard Meridian of India 182030¥) passing
through Mirzapur (in Uttar Pradesh) is taken as the standard time
for the whole country .
* India 's Tnocation in the world :
•
India is located in the center of the world ,
between the
East and the West Asia .
•
India is a southward extension of the Asian continent .
• The trans Indian Ocean routes connect the countries of
Europe in the West and the countries of East
Asia .
• Thus India has strategic central location .
• The Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean ,
thus
helping India to establish close contact with West Asia , Africa
and Europe from the western coast and with Southeast and
East Asia from eastern coast .
• No other country has a long coastline on the Indian
Ocean as India has and indeed it ,
is India 's eminest position
in the naming of an Ocean after it .
* India 's Trade Relations :
•
India 's contacts with the World have continued through
relationships land
ages but her
through the routes are much
older than her maritime contacts .
• The various passes across the mountains in the north have
provided passages to the ancient travellers , while the oceans
restricted such interaction for a
long time .
• These routes have contributed in the exchange of ideas
and commodities since ancient times .
• The ideas of the Upanishads and the Ramayana ,
the
stories of Panchatantra ,
the Indian numerals and the decimal
system thus could reach many parts of the world .
• The spices ,
Muslim and other merchandise were taken from
India to different countries .
• On the other hand ,
the influence of Greek sculpture ,
and
the architectural styles of dome and minerals from West
Asia can be seen in
different parts of our
country .
* India 's Neighbours :
• India occupies an important strategic position in South
Asia .
• India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories .
• India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and
Afghanistan in the northwest .
• China ( Tibet) Nepal
,
and Bhutan in the north and Myanmar
and Bangladesh in the east .
• Our southern neighbours across the sea consist of the two
island countries , namely Sri Danka and Maldives .
• Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel
of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of
Mannar .
•
While Maldives Islands are situated to the south of the
trakshadweep Islands .
• India has had strong geographical and historical links with
her neighbours .
• took at the physical map of Asia in your Atlas ,
and
note how India stands apart from the rest of Asia .
