Professional Documents
Culture Documents
60
E3
ID
U
Facts of India
Mark the southernmost and northern
India Facts
most latitudes and the easternmost
YG
There are some countries where there are more than one standard meridian due to their vast east-
to-west extent. For example, the USA has seven time zones.
Name a few places in India through which the standard meridian passes.
1. ALLAHABAD 2. KAKINADA
60
India with its area of 3.28 million sq. km accounts for 2.4 per cent of the world‘s land surface area
and stands as the seventh largest country in the world. Find out the names of the countries which
are larger than India.
SIZE
E3
Total area of India is 32, lakh sq. km 7th largest country with 2.4 % of total land area of the world
Indian subcontinent.
It includes the countries Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and India.
Coastline length is 7516.5 km land frontier area is 15200 km.
ID
INDIA AND ITS NEIGHBORS
1. Pakistan 2. China 3. Nepal 4. Bhutan 5. Myanmar 6. Bangladesh 7.
Sri Lanka 8 Maldivies..
U
Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait
YG
D
U
ST
120