Located in Asia, India covers an area of 32, 87,263 sq. km, extending from the snow-covered Himalayan heights to the tropical rain forests of the south. The 7th largest country in the world is home to over 1.2 billion people. The country is situated north of the equator between 8°4′ north to 37°6′ north latitude and 68°7′ east to 97°25′ east longitude. It stretches southwards and at the Tropic of Cancer, tapers off into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west.
India shares a land border with Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan and Myanmar. It is also surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. It is divided into 28 States and 8 union territories including the National capital territory i.e., Delhi. Its borders run a total length of 15,200 km.Â
States of IndiaÂ
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Union TerritoryÂ
Andaman & Nicobar
Chandigarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Jammu & Kashmir
Ladakh
Lakshadweep
Puducherry
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