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1. Chapter - 1
India, Size & Location
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2. INTRODUCTION
• India is one of the
largest countries
of the world. It
has contributed
significantly to the
making of world
history since long
ago.
• It has got various
names like
Aryavarta,
Jamboodweep
etc.

3. • It is the land of
high mountains,
mighty rivers,
extensive plains
and forests wide
plateaus, beautiful
hills, lovely water-
falls and refreshing
shores. So it is
natural to find
diversity in relief,
climate,
vegetation, animals
and in ways of
living of people in
different regions.

4. LOCATION
India is a vast country. Lying entirely in the
Northern hemisphere the main land extends
between latitudes 8°4´N and 37°6´N and longitudes
68°7´E and 97°25´E.

5. • The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30´N)
divides the country into almost
two equal parts.
• To the southeast and
southwest of the mainland, lie
the Andaman and Nicobar
islands and the Lakshadweep
islands in Bay of Bengal and
Arabian Sea respectively.

6. IMPORTANT TERMS
1. Subcontinent :
• A part of the continent
separated from the rest of the
continent by natural features
such as mountains and rivers.
• It has its own specific climatic
features and a distinct cultural
identity.

7. 2. Longitude : It is
the angular distance
of a point on a earth's
surface east or west of
a central meridian.
3. Latitude: It is the
angular distance of a
point on the earth's
surface along the
meridian N or S of the
equator.

8. 4. Indian Union: The federation of India
comprising 28 states and 8 union territories.
5. Indian mainland: It refers to the contiguous
stretch of landmass from Jammu and Kashmir to
Kanyakumari and Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh.

9. 6. Local Time: Time as reckoned in
a particular region. Standard Time:
When the local time is taken as the
time for the whole country, it is
called standard time of the
country.
7. Indira Point : Southernmost
point of the Indian Union.
8. Lanlocked : A term often used
for states and countries completely
surrounded by land with no
coastline.

10. SIZE (FACTS AND FIGURES OF INDIA)
1. The land mass of India has an area of 3.28
million square km (3287263 km2).
2. India’s total area accounts for about 2.4 per
cent of the total geographical area of the world.
3. India is the seventh largest country of the
world.
4. India has a land boundary of about 15,200 km.

11. 5. The total length of the coast
line of the main land including
Andaman & Nicobar and
Lakshadweep is 7,516.6 km.
6. India is bounded by the young
fold mountains in the
northwest, north and north
east.
7. South of about 22° north
latitude, it begins to taper, and
extends towards the Indian
Ocean, dividing it into two
seas, the Arabian Sea on the
west and the Bay of Bengal on
its east.

12. STANDARD MERIDIAN
• From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh there is a
time lag of two hours. Hence, time along the
Standard Meridian of India (82°30´E) passing
through Mirzapur (in Uttar Pradesh) is taken as
the standard time for the whole country.
• The latitudinal extent influences the duration of
the day and night, as one moves from South to
North.

13. INDIA AND THE WORLD
1. The Indian landmass has a central location
between the East and the West Asia.
2. India is a southward extension of the Asian
Continent. The Trans Indian Ocean routes
which connect the countries of Europe in the
West and the countries of East Asia provide a
strategic central location to India.

14. 3. Note that the Deccan Peninsula protrudes into
the Indian Ocean, thus helping India to establish
close contact with West-Asia, Africa and Europe
from the western coast and with Southeast and
East-Asia from the eastern coast.
4. No other country has a long coastline on the
Indian Ocean as India has and indeed, it is
India’s eminent position in the Indian Ocean
which justifies the naming of an Ocean after it.

15. 5. Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869,
distance between India and Europe has been
reduced by 7000 km.
6. India is connected with Europe, North
America and South America to both the roots.
The Cape of Good Hope and Suez Canal.

16. • India’s contacts with the World have continued
through the ages but the relationships through
the land routes are much older than her
maritime contacts.
• The various passes (Khyber, Malkand, Gomal
etc) across the mountains in the north have
provided passages to the ancient travellers,
while the oceans restricted such interaction for
a long time.

17. 1. These routes have
contributed in the
exchange of ideas
and commodities
since ancient times.
• The ideas of the
Upanishads and the
Ramayana, the stories
of Panchtantra, the
Indian numerals and
the decimal system
thus could reach many
parts of the world.

18. 2. The spices, muslin and other merchandise
were taken from India to different countries.
3. On the other hand, the influence of Greek
sculpture, and the architectural styles of dome
and minarets from West-Asia can be seen in
different parts of our country.

19. INDIA’S NEIGHBOURS
1. India occupies an important
strategic position in South-Asia.
India has 28 states and 7 Union
Territories.
2. India shares its land boundaries with
Pakistan and Afghanistan in the
northwest.
3. China (Tibet), Nepal and Bhutan in
the north.
4. Myanmar and Bangladesh in the
east. Our southern neighbours
across the sea consist of the two
island countries, namely Sri-Lanka
and Maldives.

20. Sri Lanka is
separated from
India by a
narrow channel
Palk Strait.

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