India spans approximately 3.

28 million
square kilometers, making it the seventh-
largest country in the world by land area
Total area
India’s location on trans-Indian Ocean Seventh in size globally
routes links Europe and East Asia,
boosting trade and geopolitical Trade routes The country stretches 3,214 km from
influence Indira Col in Jammu and Kashmir to
North-south Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu
extent
Historical land routes through northern
passes facilitated the spread of Indian Cultural India measures 2,933 km from the Rann
ideas like Upanishads, numerals, and exchange Size of of Kutch in Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh
spices Strategic and Cultural India in the east
Significance East-west extent
India’s size and location support vast India has a land frontier of about 15,200
biodiversity, hosting 8.6% of Biodiversity km, bordering multiple nations
mammals and 13.7% of bird species Land boundary
globally The total coastline, including the
mainland and islands, is 7,516.6 km
From tropical south to temperate Climatic diversity along the Indian Ocean
north, India’s climate varies widely, Coastline length
driven by its size and the monsoon India: Size
and
The northern boundary features the
Himalayas, the world’s highest
mountain range, protecting and Himalayas
Locati India lies entirely in the Northern
Hemisphere, between latitudes 8°4’N
shaping India’s climate on Geographical
position
and 37°6’N and longitudes 68°7’E and
97°25’E
The Tropic of Cancer (23°30’N) divides
India into nearly equal tropical and Tropic of Cancer Situated in South Asia, India is centrally
subtropical zones located between West and East Asia,
Geographical mindmapstudy.co Southern Asia enhancing its strategic importance
Features m
The southern peninsula protrudes into the Location of
Indian Ocean, connecting India to West Deccan India India shares borders with Pakistan
Asia, Africa, and Southeast Asia Peninsula (west), China, Nepal, Bhutan (north),
Bangladesh, Myanmar (east), and
maritime borders with
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Neighboring Sri Lanka and Maldives
in the Bay of Bengal and countries
Lakshadweep in the
Arabian Sea extend India’s maritime Islands Bounded by the Indian Ocean to the
reach south, with the Arabian Sea to the
Indian Ocean southwest and Bay of Bengal to the
southeast