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India Area and Boundaries
Following are the India Area and Boundaries details :-
1. India stretches 3,214 km from N to S & 2933 km from E to W.
2. Area :- 32,87,263 sq. km. Accounts for 2.4 % of total world area and 16 % of the population .
3. Mainland India has a coastline of 6,100 km. Including the Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar, the coastline measures about 7516. km.
4. In India, total land mass is
Plains : - 43.3 %
Plateaus :- 27.7 %
Hills :- 18.6 %
Mountains:- 10.7 %
5. In the south, on the eastern side, the Gulf of Mannar & the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka
6. Total land neighbours of India are 7 . These are
Pakistan
Afghanistan
China
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Bhutan
Bangladesh and
Myanmar
7. Indias Islands include the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bangal & Lakshadweep, Minocy & Amindive Islands in the Arabian Sea
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