TNPSC Geography Free Notes – India Location

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India Location

 Latitude extends: 8°4’N to 37°6’N
 Longitude extends: 68°7’E to 97°25’E.
 India is located of the North Eastern hemisphere.
 The longitudinal difference between Gujarat in the west and Arunachal Pradesh in the
east is about 30°.
 Thus, a difference of 1° longitude will make a difference of 4 minutes in time.
 The difference in longitude between Gujarat (68°7 ‘E) and Arunachal Pradesh (97°25 ‘ E)
is 29°18’.
 Hence difference in local time between these two places is 29°18′ X 4′ (minutes) = 1
hour 57 minutes 12 seconds (approximately 2 hours).
 Since Arunachal Pradesh is towards east, it will have sunrise about two hours earlier
than the sunrise at Gujarat which is in the west.
 India’s central Meridian is 82°30′ E longitude. It passes through Mirzapur (Allahabad)
and roughly bisects the country in terms of longitude.
 The IST is 5.30 hrs ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
 The Tropic of Cancer (23°30′ N) passes through the middle of the country dividing it into
two halves.
 The Tropic of Cancer Line passes through Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.
 The southernmost point of the country is Pygmolion Point or Indira Point (6°45’N
latitude) located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
 The southernmost point of main land of India is Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari).
 Northern point of India – Indira Col in Jammu and Kashmir.
 The north-south border is 3214 km long
 The east-west border is 2933 km long
 State of India sharing borders with most states – Uttar Pradesh (eight states)
 Indian states bordering only one state Sikkim (West Bengal) and Meghalaya (Assam)

India has 9 coastline states
They are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha
and West Bengal.
 Gujarat has the highest coastline

 Largest State – Rajasthan 342,239 Sq km
 Smallest State – Goa 3,702 Sq km
 Largest Union Territory – Andaman & Nicobar Islands 8,249 Sq km
 Smallest Union Territory – Lakshadweep

The Tropic of Cancer passes through eight states in India:
 Gujarat (Jasdan)
 Rajasthan (Kalinjarh)
 Madhya Pradesh (Shajapur)
 Chhattisgarh (Sonhat)
 Jharkhand (Lohardaga)
 West Bengal (Krishnanagar)
 Tripura (Udaipur)
 Mizoram (Champhai)

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