Location of India
Located in South Asia, India is the seventh-largest country by area. Home to a multilingual and multi-ethnic society, India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, and the Arabian Sea on the south-west. The country shares its land borders with Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, and Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma) to the east. While India is in the proximity of the Maldives and Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, the very renowned Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Indonesia and Thailand. India lies to the north of the equator between 6° 44′ and 35° 30′ north latitude and 68° 7′ and 97° 25′ east longitude.
The country of India is on the Asia continent and the latitude and longitude of the country are 21.7679° N and 78.8718° E.
The neighboring countries of India are:
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- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
- Nepal
- China
- Afghanistan
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Bhutan
Maritime Boundaries
Facts About India |
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| Country Name | India |
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| Continent | Asia |
| Capital | New Delhi |
| Largest city | Mumbai |
| Area | 3,287,590[7] km2 (1,269,346 sq mi ) Water (%) 9.6 |
| Population | 1.38 billion |
| Lat Long of India | 21° 0′ 0″ N, 78° 0′ 0″ E |
| Languages | Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Urdu. |
| Calling Code | +91 |
| Time Zone | IST (UTC+05:30) Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+05:30) |
| Airports in India | 132 Airports in India |
| Neighbor countries | Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Bhutan |
| Internet TLD | .in, .co.in |
| Currency | Indian Rupee (INR) |
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