geography

1. GEOGRAPHY
Chapter-1
India : Size and Location
Tsering Chokey
Teacher

2. INDIA: SIZE AND LOCATION
India:
1. One of the ancient
civilization
2. Achieved progress in
a. Socio-economic
b. Agriculture
c. Industry
d. Technology
3. Contribution: in the
making of world history

3. location
• Northern Hemisphere
• Latitudes : 8*4’N and
37*6’N
• Longitude: 68*7’E and
97*25’E
• Tropic of Cancer: 23*30’N
Divides India
into two equal parts
• Island: Andaman and
Nicobar
• Two Seas: Arabian sea
and Bay of Bengal

4. Size
• Landmass: 3.28 sq. km
• Total geographical area: 2.4% area of the
world
2.4%

5. Seven Largest Country of the world

6. Land Boundary
• Total length : 15,200km
• Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep:
7,516km

7. Standard Meridian Time

8. India and the World

9. India’s contact with the world

10. Contribution of the route: India Shared
Exchange of Ideas such as:-
1. Upanishad
2. Ramayana
The stories like Panchtantra
Indian decimal system and numerical
REACH MANY PARTS IF THE WORLD

11. • Exchange of commodities such as:
1. Spices
2. Muslin
• From Greek
Style of Sculpture
• West Asia
architecture style of dome and minarets

12. India’s neighbours

13. THANK YOU