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India's Total Land Boundary and Coastline

India is the seventh-largest country in the world by land area, stretching 3,214 km from north to south and 2,933 km from east to west. It has a land frontier of approximately 15,200 km and a coastline of 7,516.6 km. Located in South Asia, India shares borders with several countries and is strategically positioned between West and East Asia.

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India's Total Land Boundary and Coastline

India is the seventh-largest country in the world by land area, stretching 3,214 km from north to south and 2,933 km from east to west. It has a land frontier of approximately 15,200 km and a coastline of 7,516.6 km. Located in South Asia, India shares borders with several countries and is strategically positioned between West and East Asia.

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square kilometers, making it the seventh- largest

country in the world by land area


Total area
Seventh in size globally

The country stretches 3,214 km from Indira


Col in Jammu and Kashmir to Kanyakumari
North-south extent in Tamil Nadu

India measures 2,933 km from the Rann of Kutch


Size of India in Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh in the east
East-west extent
India has a land frontier of about 15,200 km,
bordering multiple nations
Land boundary
The total coastline, including the mainland
and islands, is 7,516.6 km along the Indian
Ocean
Coastline length
dia: Size and
Location India lies entirely in the Northern
Hemisphere, between latitudes 8°4’N and
Geographical position 37°6’N and longitudes 68°7’E and 97°25’E

Situated in South Asia, India is centrally


located between West and East Asia,
Southern Asia enhancing its strategic importance

Location of India India shares borders with Pakistan (west),


China, Nepal, Bhutan (north), Bangladesh,
Myanmar (east), and maritime borders with
Neighboring countries Sri Lanka and Maldives

Bounded by the Indian Ocean to the south,


with the Arabian Sea to the southwest and
Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal to the southeast

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