Answer: India lies in the northern hemisphere between 8°4′ N and 37°6′ N latitudes and 68°7′ E and 97°25′ E longitudes.
- The Tropic of Cancer (23°30′ N) passes through the middle of the country and the 82°30′ E longitude is taken as the Indian Standard Time meridian.
- India's area is 32.87 lakh sq km, about 2.4% of the world's land, which makes it the seventh largest country in the world.
- The mainland extends about 3200 km from north to south and 3000 km from east to west.
- It has a long coastline of about 6100 km (7516 km including the islands) along the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean.