India Location

Hii Guys , I want to know Where is India Location in World Map ? And Also Give me Geographical Location of India .

Located in South Asia, India is the Seventh-Largest Country by Area.

Multilingual and Multi-Ethnic Society, India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Bay of Bengal on the south-east and the Arabian Sea on the south-west.

The country shares its land borders with Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north-east, and Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma) to the east.

While India is in the proximity of Maldives and Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, the very renowned Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Indonesia and Thailand.

India lies to the north of the equator between 6° 44' and 35° 30' north latitude and 68° 7' and 97° 25' east longitude.

The country of India is in the Asia continent and the latitude and longitude for the country are 21.7679° N, 78.8718° E.

Geographical Location of India

India stretches for 3214 km from north to south and 2933 km from east to west measuring a total land area of 32,87,263 sq. km with a total population of more than 1.2 billion.

The geographical location of India can be identified in three ways:
With the help of latitudes and longitudes,
According to the distance from the sea, and,
In relation to the location of neighboring countries .

Facts About India :

Continent Asia
Capital New Delhi
Largest city Mumbai
Area 3,287,590[7] km2 (1,269,346 sq mi ) Water (%) 9.6
Population 1,210,193,422 (2011 Census)
Lat Long 21° 0′ 0″ N, 78° 0′ 0″ E
Languages Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Urdu.
Calling Code +91
Time Zone IST (UTC+05:30) Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+05:30)
Airport 132 Airports in India
Neighbour countries Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Bhutan
Internet TLD .in, .co.in
Currency Indian Rupee (INR)


The Neighboring Countries of India are:
Afghanistan
Bhutan
China
Nepal

Maritime Boundaries
Indonesia
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Thailand

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