CLASS 9 | Geography Important points and short notes | Chapter 1 India - Size and location

     CLASS 9 | Geography Important points and short notes | Chapter 1 India - Size and location

CHAPTER : 1 

INDIA - SIZA AND LOCATION

1. India lying entirely in Northern Hemisphere. It extends between latitudes 8ᶱ4' N and 37ᶱ 6' N and longitudes 68ᶱ7' E and 97ᶱ 25' E.

2. Tropic of cancer 23ᶱ 30' N divides the India two equal parts to southwest and southeast. The Andaman and Nicobar islands in Bay of Bengal in the east and Arabian Sea in west. India has 28 states and 8 union territories.

3. The southern most part of India named Indira point submerged in sea water in 2004 tsunami. Land mass of India has an area of 3.28 million square per km total area accounts for about 2.4% of total geographical area.

4. India is the 7th largest country in the world. India has boundary of about 15,200 km and mainland including Andaman and Nicobar & Lakshadweep is 7,516.6 km. Maldives Islands are situated to the south of the Lakshadweep Islands.

5. There is 2 hours time lag between Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh. Hence, time along the Standard Meridian of India (82ᶱ 30' E) passing through Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) is taken as the standard time for the whole country. The latitudinal extent influences the duration of the day and night.

6. India is an 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. 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.

7. India's eminent position in the Indian ocean which justifies the naming of an Ocean after it. After. the opening of Suez canal in 1869, India's distance from Europe has been reduced by 7,000 Km.

8. India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the northwest. China(Tibet), Nepal and Bhutan in the north and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east. Our southern neighbours across the sea consists of 2 islands countries namely Sri Lanka and Maldives. Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait and Gulf of Manner.