Kerala PSC Facts About India - 01
India
1. India is the seventh largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and Australia).
2. The area of India is 2.4 % or 1/42 of the land area of the World.
3. As far as the whole globe is concerned, the area of India is 0.57%.
Geographical Facts
4. The Indian subcontinent is in Asia. 5. It is a peninsula and the three sides are surrounded by Arabian Sea in the south west, Bay of Bengal in the south east and Indian Ocean in the South.
6. Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 8° 4' and 37° 6' north, longitudes 68° 7' and 97° 25' east and measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes
7. The area of India is 32,87,263 sq.km(12.26 lakh sq.miles) , of which 90.44% is land and 9.56% is water.
8. The highest point in undisputed Indian territory is Kanchenjunga (8598m) in Sikkim.
9. Kuttanad in Alappuzha district in Kerala is the lowest point.
1. India is the seventh largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and Australia).
2. The area of India is 2.4 % or 1/42 of the land area of the World.
3. As far as the whole globe is concerned, the area of India is 0.57%.
4. The Indian subcontinent is in Asia. 5. It is a peninsula and the three sides are surrounded by Arabian Sea in the south west, Bay of Bengal in the south east and Indian Ocean in the South.
6. Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 8° 4' and 37° 6' north, longitudes 68° 7' and 97° 25' east and measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes
7. The area of India is 32,87,263 sq.km(12.26 lakh sq.miles) , of which 90.44% is land and 9.56% is water.
8. The highest point in undisputed Indian territory is Kanchenjunga (8598m) in Sikkim.
9. Kuttanad in Alappuzha district in Kerala is the lowest point.
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