Capital : New Delhi
Area : 32,87,236 sq. km
Areawise
place in the wotld : 7th
Location : India extends between latitudes 8 4`N and 37
6` N. It is a country of the east with its landmass lying between longitudes 68
7` E
and
97 25` E
stretch : 3.214
Kilometres from morth to south
2.933 Kilometres from east to west
Land
Frontier :
15.200Km
Coastline : 7516.5 Km
Neighbouring
countries : India shares its
political borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan on the west and Bangladesh and
Myanmar on the east. The northern boundary is made up of the sinkiang province
of China, Tibat, Nepal and Bhutan. India is separated from Sri Lanka by a
narrow channel of formed by the Palk Strati and the Gulf of Manner.
Physical
Feature : The mainland
consists of four well-defined regions (i) The great mountain zone; (ii) The
Indo- Gangetic Plain; (iii) The desert region and (iv)The Southern Peninsula
Rivers : (a) The
main rivers of the Himalayan group are the Indus, the Ganga and the
Brahmaputra. (b) The major Deccan rivers are the Godavari the Krishna, the
Cavery, the Pennar, the Mahanadi, the Damaodar, the Sharavati, the Netravati,
the Bharatpuzha, the Periyar, the Pamba, the Narmada and the Tapti.
Climate : There are four seasons which
are recognized by the – Indian Meteorological department. They are – Cold
weather, hot weather, rainy season of the retreating south west monsoon.
Fauna :
Approximately 89,451 species
Recognized
Language : 22
Population
(2011, Census) : 1,21,01,93,422
(17.8% of the world`s population)
Populationwise
place
In
the world : 2nd
Men :
62,37,24,248
Women :
58,64,69,174
Population
Density : 382 person per
square kilomitre
Population
growth in a
Decade
(2001-2011) : 17.64%
Sex
Ratio :
940 females per 1000 males
Literacy : 74.04%
Male
Literacy :
82.14%
Female
Literacy : 65.46%
National
parks : 99
Wildlife
Sanctuaries : 513
Official
Language : Hindi
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