INDIA FROM ABOVE

CAPITAL OF INDIA : NEW DELHI 

POSITION OF INDIA :

The country is situated north of the equator between 8°4' and 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' and 97°25' east longitude.It lies on the NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.

CONTINENT :
 India is situated on the largest continent of our globe called ASIA. It lies on the Indian Plate, the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinent. Some part of India is the part of GONDWANALAND LAND.


AREA                       :  32,87,263 square km.*
  *India's area is 2.4% of the world geographical area.

LENGTH:
    FROM SOUTH TO NORTH     :  3214 KM
    FROM EAST TO WEST       :  2933 KM
         
BOUNDARY LENGTH: 
  LAND FRONTIER          :         15200KM
  COASTAL LINE           :         7516.6KM
   
SOUTHERN MOST POINT : INDIRA POINT(GOT SUBMERGED INTO SEA 
                                     DURING 2004-TSUNAMI)


DISTANCE FROM EQUATOR TO SOUTHERN MOST POINT   :  876KM


   TOTAL NO. OF ISLANDS                      :   247
   NO. OF ISLAND IN ARABIAN SEA              :   43
   NO. OF ISLANDS IN BAY OF BENGAL           :   204


TOTAL NUMBER OF STATES : 29 (NEWEST TELANGANA ) 
TOTAL NUMBER OF UTs    : 7
NO. OF STATES THROUGH WHICH TROPIC OF CANCER CROSSES  : 8*

* NAME OF STATES : WEST BENGAL, JHARKHAND, MADHYA PRADESH ,  
                   GUJRAT, RAJASTHAN, MIZORAM, CHHATISGARH,
                   TRIPURA.