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India and the Administrative, Units; the States and Union &, Territories, , To know about the administrative units, better, let us have a glance at the, , geographical aspects of India in brief., a. Physiography of India, , e India lies on the Indian Plate, whi, is the northern part of the "2, Australian Plate. The continental, crust of the Indo-Australian Plate, , forms the Indian subcontinent., , e India lies in the — northern, hemisphere of the globe between, , 8° 4’ N and 37°6’ N latitudes and, 68°7’ E and 97°25’ E longitudes.

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e The southern extent goes up to, , 6°45’ N latitude to cover the last, island of the Nicobar group of, islands. The southern extreme is, called Pygmalion Point or India, Point., , e The Tropic of Cancer passes, through the middle part of India, and crosses the eight states of, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya, Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,, , West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram., , e The total land frontier of 15,200 km, passes through marshy lands,, desert, plains, mountains, snow, covered areas and thick forests.

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e The maritime boundary of 6100 km, along the main landmass which, increases to 7516 km of the, coastlines of Andaman-Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands are, added to it., , e India commands a total, geographical area of 32,87,263, sq.km which is roughly 0.57% of, the area of the earth and 2.4% of, the total area of the land, , hemisphere., , e India is the seventh-largest country, in the world after Russia, Canada,, USA, China, Brazil and Australia, (all are mentioned in the descending, , order).

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e India’s area is almost equal to the, area of Europe (excluding Russia),, one-third of Canada, one-fifth of, Russia, eight times of Japan and, twelve times of the United, , Kingdom., , e India has roughly a quadrangular, shape. It measures about 3,214 km, from north to south and about, 2933 km from east to west, the, difference between the two is just, 281km., , b. Land frontiers of India, , As mentioned earlier, the total land, frontier is 15, 200 km passes through, marshy lands, desert, plains, rugged, mountains, snow-covered areas, and, thick forests. The land frontier is provided, by the high Himalayan Mountains, which, , are the world’s most elevated ranges.

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b. Land frontiers of India, , As mentioned earlier, the total land, frontier is 15, 200 km passes through, marshy lands, desert, plains, rugged, mountains, snow-covered areas, and, thick forests. The land frontier is provided, by the high Himalayan Mountains, which, , are the world’s most elevated ranges., , e The Himalayan ranges from a, natural frontier between India and, China. In the north-west, Jammu and, Kashmir share the international, border with Sinkiang and Tibet in, China., , e In the east, Himachal Pradesh and, the mountain region of Uttarakhand, , have a common frontier with Tibet., , e Nepal has its border with Uttar, Pradesh and Bihar.