GREETINGS TO ALL HOPE THE PPT OF CH-1 INDIA - LOCATION NCERT WOULD BE HELPUL FOR ALL OF YOU. REGARDS

1. CLASS - XI GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER-1
INDIA-LOCATION

2. •INDIA’S MAINLAND EXTEND FROM KASHMIR IN
THE NORTH TO KANYAKUMARI IN THE SOUTH AND
ARUNACHAL PRADESH IN THE EAST TO GUJARAT IN
THE WEST.
•THE TERRITORIAL LIMIT EXTENDS TOWARDS THE
SEA UPTO 12 NAUTICAL MILES.
•*INDIA HAS AN AREA OF 3.28MILLION SQ KM &
ACCOUNTS FOR 2.4 PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S
LAND SURFACE AREA .
•*INDIA STANDS AS 7TH LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD.
•THE ACTUAL DISTANCE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
EXTREMITY IS 3214 KM & FROM EAST TO WEST IS
2933 KM.

3. • THIS DIFFERENCE IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT DISTANCE
BETWEEN TWO LONGITUDES DECREASES TOWARDS THE
POLES.
• BUT DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LATITUDES REMAINS THE
SAME.
• THIS LOCATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VARIATIONS IN
CLIMATE, LANDFORMS,SOIL TYPES & NATURAL
VEGETATION IN THE COUNTRY.

4. LONGITUDNAL EXTENT & ITS
IMPLICATIONS
* THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF NEARLY 30
DEGREES WHICH CAUSES A TIME DIFFERENCE
OF TWO HOURS.
*WE HAVE ADOPTED A STANDARD MERIDIAN
IN OUR COUNTRY WHICH PASSES THROUGH
MIRZAPUR (UP).
*ITS EXTENT IS 82 DEGREE 30 MINUTES EAST.

5. SIZE OF INDIA
* INDIA HAS A VAST AREA WITH GREAT PHYSICAL
DIVERSITY.
* WE HAVE LOFTY MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTH,
LARGE RIVERS, GREEN FORESTS & VAST SANDY
MARUSTHALI.
* BOUNDED BY HIMALAYAS IN NORTH,
PURVNACHAL IN NORTH EAST & INDIAN OCEAN
IN THE SOUTH, IT FORMS THE GREAT INDIAN
SUBCONTINENT.

6. SIZE OF INDIA
* PENINSULAR PART OF INDIA EXTENDS
TOWARDS INDIAN OCEAN.
* INDIA HAS A COASTLINE OF 6100 KM IN THE
MAINLAND & 7517 KM IN THE ENTIRE
GEOGRAPHICAL COAST INCLUDING
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR & LAKSHADWEEP
ISLANDS.

7. INDIA - NEIGHBOURS
* INDIA IS LOACTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF
ASIA.
* INDIA IS BORDERED BY ARABIAN SEA IN THE
WEST, BAY OF BENGAL IN THE EAST & INDIAN
OCEAN IN THE SOUTH.
* INDIA SHARES ITS BORDERS WITH
CHINA,BANGLADESH, PAKISTAN,NEPAL, BURMA.
SRILANKA & MALDIVES ARE THE TWO ISLAND
NEIGHBOURS OF INDIA.

8. THANK YOU
PPT BY - MS POOJA VERMA
PGT GEOGRAPHY
SRN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN)