Top 19+ incredible facts about INDIA
facts about INDIA 1. India is the seventh-largest country in the world in terms of area. 2. Indian mainland extends between latitudes 8 degrees 4' and 37 degrees 6' north, longitudes 68 degree 7' and 97 degrees 25' east and measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes. 3. India has a land frontier of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km. 4. Countries having common border with India are Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh. Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar. 5. Aravalli, Vindhya, Satpura, Maikala and Ajanta are prominent hill ranges that lie between the Peninsular India and the plains of Ganga. 6. The Eastern and We...