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•India is the seventh largest country in terms of area after Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil and Australia respectively. •India is the second largest by population. •India extends between 804' North to 3706' North latitudes while the tropical zone is located between 23030' north and south latitudes. •The latitudinal extension of the whole of India lies between 6045' to 3706' North latitudes. •India’s longitudinal extent is 6807' E to 97025' E. Which is approximately 2.4% of the total land area of the world, whereas its total population is 16.7% The total number of villages in India is 6,40,930. •Latitudinal & Longitudinal Expansion West Mizoram, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Pradesh, Gujarat. Tripura, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya and According to the below mentioned places, Gandhinagar is the nearest place from TOC. •The TOC is at 230 30' N divides India into almost two equal parts. •The latitude of Sikkim passes through Rajasthan. 2 •India and the Tropic of Cancer( TOC) The Tropic of Cancer crosses almost the whole of India. It passes through 8 Indian states, namely The day length of a place in the month of June depends on its closeness to the Tropic of Cancer. 3.Standard time •The difference in their meridian after 6 hours will be 15 x 6 = 900 (150 = I hour). Indian Standard •Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India and is calculated based on the 82 10/2 East longitude. Thus, the place is situated at = 900 + 82 10/2 = 1720 30' East. •There is approximately 2 hours (118 minutes) between the most western village of Gujarat and the most eastern village of Arunachal Pradesh. The longitude of Jabalpur's position does not coincide with that of Bhopal or Indore. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is five and a half hours ahead of Indian Standard Time (IST), which travels through Naini, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. •UP, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh are all traversed by IST. 4•Extreme Points On the mainland, 1. Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)southernmost point 2. Indira Col, near Siachen Glacier Northernmost point 3. Guhar Moti (Gujarat)Westernmost point 4. Kibithu (Arunachal Pradesh)easternmost point •The Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and Bay of Bengal all converge at Kanyakumari. •The westernmost point of India is 6807' E, Gujarat.Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar share a maximum boundary. •The neighboring countries of India are Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. India shares the longest land with Bangladesh (4096.7 km) and the shortest Land boundary with Afghanistan (106 km). •Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram are Indian states which share a border with Myanmar.