India is the seventh largest country in terms of area after Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil and Australia respectively. India has 28 states and 8 Union territories. Its total area is about 3287263 sq. km. which is approximately 2.4% of the total land surface of the world.
As per census 2011, the world’s 17.5% population lives in India. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is roughly about 30 degrees whereas the actual distance measured from north to south extremity is 3214 km and that from east to west is 2933 km.
India’s territorial limit further extends towards the sea up to 12 nautical miles (about 21.9 km) from the coast.
