India shares its land boundaries with seven countries

India is the 7th largest country in the world, spanning an area of 3.28 million square kilometers. The Indian border is the third-largest border after China and Russia. India shares its land borders with seven countries. China, Nepal, and Bhutan in the North, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in the northwest, Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east. It shares maritime boundary with seven countries as well. The country’s land border is 15,200 km. Let’s see them one by one. The Land Borders of India: India shares land borders with 7 countries which are as under: – 1. BANGLADESH:– It is the longest border that India shares with its neighboring countries. The total length of the border is 4096 km. The Indian states that share border with Bangladesh are Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, West Bengal, and Mizoram. 2. PAKISTAN: – India has a total length of approximately 3323 km international border with Pakistan. Indian states and Union territories – Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat share border with Pakistan. The international border between the two countries is termed as Radcliffe line. 3. BHUTAN:– India has an open border of 578 km with Bhutan. Indian states sharing border with Bhutan are Assam, West Bengal, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Image Courtesy: www.google.com 4. CHINA:– A total length of 3488 km border is shared between India and China. Ladakh (U.T), Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh are the Indian states having border with China. The ...

The peninsula is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides (figure 6.1). India has an area of about 3.28 million sq. km. The north-south extent from Kashmir to Kanyakumari is about 3,200 km. And the east-west extent from Arunachal Pradesh to Kuchchh is about 2,900 km. The lofty mountains, the Great Indian Desert, the Northern Plains, the uneven plateau surface and the coasts and islands present a diversity of landforms. There is a great variety in the climate, vegetation, wildlife as well as in the language and culture. In this diversity, we find unity that is reflected in traditions that bind us as one nation. India has a population of more than one hundred twenty crores since the year 2011. It is the second most populous country of the world after China. Locational Setting India is located in the northern hemisphere. The Tropic of Cancer (23°30 ’ N) passes almost halfway through the country (Figure 7.2). From south to north, main land of India extends between 8°4 ’ N and 37°6 ’ N latitudes . From west to east, India extends between 68°7 ’ E and 97°25 ’ E longitudes. If we divide the world into eastern and western hemispheres, which hemisphere would India belong to? Due to great longitudinal extent of about 29°, there could be a wide differences in local time of places located at two extreme points of Indi a. As such, the difference between these two points would be of about two hours. As you have learnt earlier, the local time change s by four minutes fo...

India shares a land boundary with Bangladesh(4096 KM), China (3488 KM), Pakistan(3323 KM), Nepal(1751 KM),Myanmar(1643 KM), Bhutan(699 KM) andAfghanistan ( As POK is disputed area occupied by Pakistan so no direct access, but its claimed by India). So with a total of 7 nations, India shares a land border.

Hint: India is a vast country and covered from all the sides, i.e. north, south, east and west by some of the countries or the other. For example: In south India it shares maritime borders with Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia. Complete step by step solution: Option A ‘Pakistan’ shares its land boundaries with four countries i.e. China, Afghanistan, India and Iran whereas ‘Tajikistan’ is separated by a thin corridor of Wakhan. Therefore, both the countries have different land boundaries and one of them is not connected to India. So, it is an incorrect answer. Option B ‘Afghanistan’ shares the land boundaries with Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and India. But, it is an incorrect answer because India in the northwest shares boundaries with more countries other than Afghanistan. Option C ‘Afghanistan shares boundaries with six main countries. In case of China, it shares boundaries with fourteen countries, i.e. Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam. But China does not share a boundary with India in the northwest rather it shares in the North only. So, it is also an incorrect answer. Option D ‘Pakistan and Afghanistan’ both lie in the Northwest area and share boundaries with India which absolutely matches with the given question and is the correct answer. Hence, the correct answer is option D. Note: India shares its land boundaries with seven countries – Afgha...