Total Area: 3.3 million square kilometres (approximately), 1.2 Million Square Miles. Population: 1,200,000,000 (2011 Census) Coastline: 7,516 kilometers (inclusive of Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands) North to South: 3214 kilometers. East to West: 2,933 kilometers. Latitude: 8°4...
Himalayan Region:India comprises the Himalayas in the North and Northeastern region, which divides the country from the Tibetan plateau. The Indian part of Himalayas covering an area about 5 lakh sq km (about 16.2% of country’s total geographical area) and forms the northern boundary of the c...
The country's territory is measured at nearly 3.3 million square kilometers (1.3 million square miles) extending from the snow-capped Himalayan Mountains in the north to tropical forests in the south. India shares more than 14,000 kilometers (8,800 miles) of borders with 7 neighboring ...
India - Rivers, Ganges, Brahmaputra: The Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, together with their tributaries, drain about one-third of India. The Ganges (Ganga), considered sacred by the country’s Hindu population, is 1,560 miles (2,510 km) long. Although it
MORE than one-fifth of the total area of British India (including the Shan States), comprising some 250,000 square miles, is under the control of the Forest Department. In this vast area the diversity of climate, soil, and vegetation is very great.doi:10.1038/106729a0NoneNature...
Total population Million Urbanization rate1 % 1991 856 26 2001 1,040 28 2008 1,155 30 2030 1,470 40 1 Defined as the ratio of urban to total population based on the census definition of urban areas; population >5,000; density >400 persons per square k...
The total expanse of the pilgrimage site. A vast ground along the banks of the rivers has been converted into a sprawling tent city equipped with more than 3,000 kitchens and 150,000 toilets. Divided into 25 sections and spreading over 40 square kilometers (15 square miles), the tent city...
The Danes also realized that they needed an industrial hinterland to make their trading post viable so, when they renegotiated the treaty in 1670, they acquired additional villages and minor districts for a total land area of 32 square kilometers. ...
New Delhi is both the capital and center of government ofIndiaand is the center of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is located in northern India within the metropolis of Delhi and it is one of the nine districts of Delhi. It has a total area of 16.5 square miles (42.7...
Aryan tribes are believed to have then invaded the area after they migrated into the Indian subcontinent from the northwest. It is thought that they introducedthe caste system, which is still common in many parts of India today. During the fourth century BCE,Alexander the Greatintroduced Greek p...