10 key facts about location and size of india
Location and size 1. India is located in the northern hemisphere. 2. The main land extends between latitudes 8 degree 4 minutes north and 37 degree 6 minutes north. 3. The main land extends between longitude 68 degree 7 minutes east and 97 degree 25 minutes east. 4. The tropic of cancer passes through 23 degree 30 minutes and divides the country into two equal parts. 5. Tropic of cancer passes through 8 Indians states- gujrat, rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, jharkhand, west Bengal, tripura and mizoram. 6. India is a south asian country. 7.the land mass of india has an area of 3.28 million square km. 8. Total area of india accounts for about 2.4 per cent of the total geographical area of the world. 9. India shares it's land borders with seven countries - pakistan, afganistan, china, nepal, bhutan, bangladesh and myanmar and with two island countries- sri lanka and maldives. 10. India has 28 states and 8 union territories.