Indian Position and Extension 10th Notes KSEEB Social Science
→ India is located in the Northern Hemisphere and at the center of the Eastern Hemisphere.
→ India is a peninsula situated in South East Asia.
→ The mainland of India extends from 8°.41 deg to 37°.61 deg North Latitudes and from 68°.71 deg to 97°.251 deg East Longitude.
→ The southern most point of India is located in Nicobar Island at 6.45 deg North Latitude and known as Indira Point.
→ The Tropic of Cancer (231\2 deg N latitude) divides India into two halves.
→ The 82.5 deg E Longitude is the Central Meridian of India.
→ India is the seventh-largest country in the world.
→ The total area of India covers 82, 67,263 km.
→ India has both land and water frontiers – the Himalayan ranges in the North, Arabian Sea in West, Bay of Bengal, in the Last and Indian. Ocean in the South.
→ India has 7 neighbouring countries – Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh, and Nepal, Myanmar.
→ The Palk Strait and the Gulf of Munnar separate India from Sri Lanka.
→ The Radcliff line: The boundary line between India and Pakistan
→ The Durand line: The boundary line separating India from Afganistan.
→ The Mc Mahon line: The boundary line between India and China.
→ India is divided into 29 states and 7 Union territories.
→ Rajasthan is the largest state and Goa is the smallest state.
→ The northern tip of India is Indira Col in Jammu & Kashmir.
→ EXTENT: Area covered by something.
→ FRONTIER: The border separating two countries.