india - size and location (shared using VisualBee)

1. SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT INDIA-SIZE AND LOCATION

2. Location India is a vast country. It is lying entirely in the northern hemisphere. The tropic of cancer divides the country to 2 equal halves. The main land extends between latitudes 8degree4’N and 37degree6’N and longitudes 68degree7’E and 97degree’25E.

3. Time zone The 820 30' E longitude is taken as the Standard Time Meridian of India, as it passes through the middle of India (near Allahabad). It means that when it is noon in Allahabad, the time for the whole of India is taken as noon. This is so despite the fact that at places lying east of 820 30' E, I.e., the Standard Meridian, it is already past noon, and at places lying west of Allahabad noon is yet to come. (India, for such a large country, is not divided into different time zones.)

4. Standard Meridian

5. Size India has a total landmass area of 3.28 million sq.kms. It is the seventh largest country . India has a coastline boundary of 15,200km and 7,516.6 km . The standard meridian of India is 82degree30E which passes through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh .

6. India and The World India’s landmass has a central location between East and West Asia. India is a southward extension of the Asian Continent. The trans Indian ocean routes which connect the countries of Europe from the west and countries of East Asia. Deccan plateau helps India to have contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe .

7. India and neighboring countries India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in northwest ,China ,Nepal and Bhutan in the north and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east. The southern neighbors across the sea are Sri lanka and Maldives India also shares historical links with its neighbors.

8. Facts of India The southernmost point of Indian-’indira point’ got submerged in sea water in 2004 Tsunami . Since the opening of Suez canal in 1869,india’s distance from Europe has been reduced by 7,000km . Before 1947 there were 2 types of states i.e. is provinces and princely.

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