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1. INDIA : SIZE & LOCATION
PRESENTED BY GEOGRAPHY TEACHER
RAXIT GUPTA 9C CHAPTER 1 DK PANDIT SIR

2. Location of India
 We know that to locate a country / place , we needs its longitude
and latitude . This system of longitude and latitude is also known
as cartesian system.
 The longitude of India is 68°7’E to 97°25’E
 The latitude of India is 8°4’N to 37°6’N
 It lies on the north of equator (in northern hemisphere)
 It is at the head of Indian Ocean. Its longest coastline on Indian
Ocean makes a Ocean named after it.
 Is is almost equally divided by the tropic of cancer ( 23½°N).
 India has 2 islands ,lakshadweep and andaman and Nicobar
islands in Arabian sea and Bay OF Bengal respectively
 LOCATION: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay
of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

3. SIZE OF INDIA
 The total area of India is 3.28 million square kilometers (32,87,263 km ²)
 India is the seventh largest countryof the world which shares 2.4 % of the total land geographical
area of the world
 Its land boundary is of 15,200 km and the total length of the coastline including lakshadweep and
andaman and Nicobar islandes is 7,516.6 km.
 India is bounded by the young fold of mountains in the northwest,northand northeast. South is about
22° N , it begins from taper and extend towards Indian Oceandividing it into 2 seas, Arabian sea and
the Bay of Bengal.
 The north –south extent of India is 3214km and east-west extent is 2933 km. Both longitudinal and
latitudnal extent is of about 30° but as Indian is in the north of equator ,the distance between1° of a
longitude decreases causing small longitudinal extent.
 total: 3,287,263 sqkm
land: 2,973,193sq km
water: 314,070sq km
 Comparitive: slightly more than one-third the size of the US

4. 1st : Russian federation (Russia)
Area: 17,075,400 sq km
Population: 145.7 million
Capital: Moscow
Location: North Asia and Europe
Area share: 11%
2nd : Dominion of Canada (Canada)
Area: 9,984,670
Population:37.1 million
Capital: Ottawa
Location: Northern North America
Area share::6.7%
3rd : United States of America
(USA)
Area:9,826,635 sq km
Population: 327.1 million
Capital: Washington DC
Location: Central North America
Area share: 6.6%
5th : Federative Republic of
Brazil (Brazil)
Area: 8,514,879 sq km
Population: 209.5 million
Capital: Brasilia
Area Share: 5.7%
4th : People'sRepublic of
China ( 中华人民共和国)
Area: 9,562,000
Population: 1427.6 million
Capital: Beijing (Peking)
Location: Eastern Asia
Area share: 6.4%
6th : Commonwealthof
Australia (Australia)
Area: 7,692024 sq km
Population: 24.9 million
Capital: Cabberra
Location: Oceania
Area Share: 5.3%
7th : The Republic of India
(Bharat)(India)
Area: 3,287,263 sq km
Population: 1352.6 million
Capital; New Delhi
Location: South Asia
Area share: 2.4%
Note: 8th largest country is Argentina 2,780,400 km²

5. STANDARD MERIDIAN
 Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich near London, divided earth in two eastern and
western hemisphere. Its value is 0°.
 Indian Standard time is calculated on …………………………….. …
the basis of 82°30’E longitude which _______________________
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) and is _____________________________________________________
applicable for full country.
 IST is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of GMT.
 It means when there is noon in London, _______________________£££££££££££££££££££££££££
the Indian clock shows 5:30 PM.
 It is the 11th meridian. And is calculated ______________________________________________________
as 7.5×11=82.5(82°30’E).
 82.5×4*=330 now, 330÷(4×7.5)=5.5
*=It is formula to find timing ahead of GMT. (first ×4 then ÷60 give the time ahead of GMT)

6. INDIA AND THE WORLD
 The Indian landmasshasa central location
between east and west Asia. India isa
southward extension of the Great Asian
Continent.
 The trans Indian Ocean route ,connectsthe
Europe in the west and the countries of East
Asia which provides a strategic central location
to India
 As the deccan peninsula protrudes into the
Indian Ocean, helping Indiato establish close
contact with West asia, Africa, Europe with the
western coast and the southeast and east asia
from the eastern coast.
 By opening of Suez canal in 1869 reduced the
distanceof Indian to Europe by 7000
kilometers.
• Indian relationship with the world through land routes are much older than it maritime contact. Various passes through mountains were ideal
for travelers while the ocean restricts this interaction in that time. These routes were useful for exchanging ideas with theworld like
upanishads,Ramayana and stories of punchtantra, Indian number system,decimal system etc. Spices ,Muslins and other merchantiles are
taken through India . On the other hand, Greek sculptures, architectural styles of dome and minarets of West asia can be seen in India today
also.

7. India and its neighboring countries
 India Shares its boundary with Pakistan and Afghanistan in
west. Pakistan was a part of India before 1947.
 China (Tibet) , Nepal and Bhutan in north.
 Myanmar and Bangladesh in east.
 Sri Lanka and Maldives are island countries in Indian ocean
as India’s neighbour in south.
 Sri Lanka is separated by Indian by a narrow channel of sea
formed by Palk strait and Gulf of Mannar. Before 1947 ,Sri
Lanka was “ceylon “.SriLanka also face colonial rule like
India. Sri Lanka was different from India but British also
control it from India and treat as a part of India.
 The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC) is an economic and political organization of
eight countries inSouth Asia. It was established in 1985
when the Heads of State of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka formally adopted
the charter.

8. UNION TERRITORIES
STATES
STATE/UT CAPITAL AREA POPULATION NO.OF
(sq. km) (2011) DISTRICT
INDIA-STATES AND DISTRICTS
No. Of states-28
No. Of Uts-8
Capita-NewDelhi
Area-3287240 sq.km
Population(million)-1352.6
GDP-2.87 lakhcrores USD
GDP per capita-6899$PP
HDI rank-129
Uncolonized- 15 August 1947
COUNTRY CAPITAL AREA POPULATION
(sq . Km) -2019
(Million)
Climate: from tropicalmonsoon in south to temperateinnorth
Terrain
upland plain (DeccanPlateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along theGanges, deserts in west,
Himalayas in north
Elevation
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,586m lowest point: IndianOcean0 m
mean elevation: 160m
Natural resources
coal (fourth-largestreserves in the world), antimony,ironore, lead, manganese, mica,bauxite, rare
earth elements, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, etc
Total renewable water resources
1,910,900,000,000cubicmeters (2017 est.)

9. INDIA BEFORE
Independence (1975)
INDIA AFTER
INDEPENDENCE AND
PARTITION (1950)
CONTEMPORARY INDIA
(PRESENT)

10. India - Fact File
INDIA:LOCATION AND EXTENTS PEAKS OF THE HIMALAYAS

11. MOUNTAINS PASSES IN INDIA

12. Thank you
BY RAXIT GUPTA 9C

13. Maps used in this presentation
Prime meridian. Slide 1. Source: ncert site
Russian map: alamy
Canada map: alamy
USA map: GOOGLE
China map: mappr.com
Brazil map: worldmap.com
Australia map: worldmap.com
India map:slide3: unknown source
Timezones:oup.com
India connections:ncert.nic.in
Neighbors of India: ncert.nic.in
India 1975,1950: ncert.nic.in
India political:survey of india
India physical:survey of india
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With help of Shree DK Pandit sir , PGT Geography