India, with an area of 32,87,263 sq.km. is the seventh largest country in the world.
The countries which are larger than India (in area) are Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil and Australia.
India has a land frontier of about 15,200 km and a coastline of 7516.6 km. A ratio of approximately 2 : 1
Among the Indian states, Gujarat has the longest coastline of approximately 1600 km.
The southernmost point of Indian mainland is Kanyakumari. Indira Point which is the southernmost point of India was submerged in the 2004 Tsunami.
The countries which have a common border with India are Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
India shares the longest border with Bangladesh (4,000 km appx).
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