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• India Our Country

• India is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Known as the land of
rivers, India with its beauty and its diverse topography has captured the
fancy of many travellers since the ancient times. Let us learn more about
the geography of India our country.
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• India Our Country
• India our country is a vast land. It stretches from Kashmir in the north to
• Neighbours & Administration
• India, our country, shares its borders with seven countries, whom we call
our neighbours- Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan,
and Sri Lanka. For administrative purposes, our government has divided
India into 28 States and 7 Union Territories, with Delhi as the capital of the
country.
• Furthermore, each state also has a number of districts. Of these,
Rajasthan is the largest state while Goa forms the smallest states, with
respect to land area. Each of these states and territories is unique with its
own culture and languages, therefore adding to the country’s diversity.
India is also the second most populated country in the world, after China.
• Physical Division India
• India our country, is gifted with a variety of landscapes– the lofty
Himalayas, the Great Indian Desert, the Northern Plains, the Deccan
plateau surface and the scenic coasts and islands. Because each of these 
landforms has a beauty of its own, it also adds to the physical diversity of
• Another important feature of India’s physical landscape is the Great Indian
Desert. It lies on the western end of the country in the state of Rajasthan
and parts of Gujarat. Due to the hot and dry climate, there is very less
vegetation in this region.
• Peninsular Plateau
• This triangular landmass lies to the south of the Northern Plains. With
rugged and sloping landscape, the peninsula offers a number of hill ranges
and valleys. The Aravalli Hills, for example, is one of the oldest ranges of
the world, sits on the north-west side of the peninsula. Likewise, the
Vindhya and Satpura mountains are the most noteworthy landscapes of
the region, with Narmada and Tapi rivers flowing through them.
• The entire Peninsular Plateau is bordered by the Western Ghats on the
West and the Eastern Ghats on the east. While the Western Ghats is a
continuous stretch of mountains, the Eastern Ghats are interrupted by
plains. Furthermore, the entire plateau region is rich in minerals and
metals.
• Coastal Plains
• The strips of lands along both the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats form the Coastal Plains. The
western coast lies on the Arabian Sea and is narrow, while the eastern coast, along the Bay of Bengal,
is much broader. The rivers Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri drain into the Bay of Bengal and
form fertile deltas. The most noteworthy of all Indian deltas is the Sunderbans, in West Bengal,
formed by Ganga and Brahmaputra and their tributaries.
• Islands
• Just outside the eastern and western coasts, there are two groups of islands, which also form an
important feature of India our country. The Lakshadweep Islands are on the Arabian Sea, on the west,
while the Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie on the Bay of Bengal, in the south-east.
• Solved Questions for You
• Q1. State the exact geographical location of India our country.
• Ans. India our country, is located in the Northern Hemisphere. It extends between 8°4′ to 37°6′ north
latitudes and 68°7 and 97°25′ east longitudes. The Tropic of Cancer cuts the country into half at 23 030’
north latitude.
• Q2. Which seven countries are India’s neighbours?
• Ans. India our country, is surrounded by 7 neighbouring countries- Pakistan, Nepal, China, Bhutan,
Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.