Location and Size
India is situated in the
south of the Asian landmass, flanking the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
The nation is somewhat more than 33% the measure of the United States. The
nation's domain is measured at almost 3.3 million square kilometers (1.3
million square miles) reaching out from the snow-topped Himalayan Mountains in
the north to tropical woods in the south. India shares more than 14,000 kilometers
(8,800 miles) of fringes with 7 neighboring nations. Toward the northwest are
Afghanistan and Pakistan; toward the north are China, Bhutan, and Nepal; and
toward the east are Burma (otherwise called Myanmar) and Bangladesh. A thin
channel of ocean shaped by the Palk Strait and another neighbor, Sri Lanka, an
island country with which southeast India offers solid social ties. The Indian
terrain comprises of 4 locales, in particular the Himalayan Mountains, the
fields of the Ganges and the Indus, and the southern desert. The Himalayas,
which contains the most elevated crests on the planet, comprises of 3
practically parallel reaches specked with extensive levels and valleys, some of
which, as Kashmir and Kullu valleys, are unlimited, ripe, and of incredible
normal excellence. The fields of the Ganges and the Indus, around 2,400
kilometers (1500 miles) in length and overall around 280 kilometers (175 miles)
wide, are shaped by the bowls of 3 stream frameworks of the Indus, the Ganges
and the Brahmaputra Rivers. These ripe bowls are among the most thickly
populated regions on the planet.
Population
India is composed of 29
states and 7 union territories. The top 5 most populated states are Uttar
Pradesh (140 million people), Bihar (86 million), Maharashtra (79 million),
West Bengal (68 million), and Andhra Pradesh (67 million). The top 3 most
populated union territories are New Delhi (10 million), Pondicherry (800,000),
and Chandigarh (650,000). Total Population of India is more than 12 billion.
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