India Size and Location Class 9 Notes Geography Chapter 1

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India Size and Location Notes Class 9 Geography chapter 1

Class 9 Geography chapter 1 India size and location is important chapter of ncert. Every topic is covered deeply here to enhance your knowledge of this chapter.

Location

• Lies in the northern hemisphere and eastern hemisphere

• Latitudinal extent from South to North is 8°4’N to 37°6′

• Longitudinal extent from west to east is 68°7’E to 97°25’E

• The distance between North and South is 3214Km

• The distance between east to West is 2933 km

• Tropic of Cancer(23°30N ) divides the country into almost two equal parts

• Tropic of cancer passes through 8 states namely Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.

Size

• India has an area of 3.28 millions square km which covers 2.4℅ landmass of the total geographical area of the world.
• India is the seventh largest country of the world after Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil, Australia.
• It has land boundary of about 15200 km and total length of the coastline including andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep is 7516.6 km.
• It is bounded by himalayas in northwest, north and northeast and by Bay of Bengal in East, by Arabian Sea in West and by Indian Ocean in South. So, India is a peninsular country.
• It starts to taper to South of about 22°North towards Indian Ocean.
• The difference between the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland is almost 30°.
• Time difference between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh is 2 hours.
• Standard Meridian of India is 82°30E that lies in Mirzapur( Uttar Pradesh) which is considered as standard time for the whole country.
• Latitudinal extent affect the duration of day and night as one moves from South to North

India and the World

• India is centrally located between East and West Asia.
• India is southward extension of the Asia continent
• Trans Indian Ocean routes connect countries of Europe in West and countries of Asia in East.
• Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean that is advantageous for India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from western coast and with southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast.
• Due to long coastline of India that touches Indian ocean has eminent role to got this name of ocean associated with India as Indian Ocean.
• Opening of suez canal in 1869 has reduced the distance of 7000 Km from Europe to India.
• India’s land routes are much older than oceanic routes as ancient travellers used to come in India through mountain passes.
• These routes have helped in the exchange of ideas and commodities between India and other parts of the world like Ramayana, Upanishads, Indian numeral system , stories of panchtantra and decimal system.

Physical Features of India Class 9 Notes

Drainage Notes Class 9 Geography

India’s Neighbours

• India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories.
• According to directions, India’s neighbours
• Pakistan and Bangladesh— Northwest
• China, Nepal and Bhutan—– North
• Myanmar and Bangladesh—- East
• Sri Lanka and Maldives( Island countries) — South
• Sri Lanka is separated from India by Palk strait and Gulf of Mannar.
• India has two Islands- Andaman and Nicobar in Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep in Arabian Sea.