India Area and Boundaries Following are the India Area and Boundaries details :- *.India stretches 3,214 km from N to S & 2933 km from E to W. *.Area:- 32,87,263 sq. km. Accounts for 2.4 % of total world area and 16 % of the population *.Mainland India has a coastline of 6,100 km. Including the Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar, the coastline measures about 7516. km *.In India, total land mass is 1.Plains : - 43.3 % 2.Plateaus :- 27.7 % 3.Hills :- 18.6 % 4.Mountains:- 10.7 % *.In the south, on the eastern side, the Gulf of Mannar & the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka *.Total land neighbours of India are 7 . These are 1.Pakistan 2.Afghanistan 3.China 4.Nepal 5.Sri Lanka 6.Bhutan 7.Bangladesh and 8.Myanmar *.India’s Islands include the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bangal & Lakshadweep, Minocy & Amindive Islands in the Arabian Sea
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