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May 20, 2014

Indian States - Passing through Tropic of Cancer & Boundaries with Foreign Countries

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List of International boundaries of India, state boundaries of India with other countries, India china border states, boundary of India and Pakistan, India Pakistan border states, India Bangladesh border states, India Myanmar border states, India Afghanistan border states. 

Scientists Recent View: India would save 2.7 billion units of electricity every year by shifting the IST meridian eastward (from 82.5E longitude in Uttar Pradesh to 90E near the Assam-Bengal border), calculate d by scientists. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recently announced his decision to reset the clock in the State an hour ahead of IST to save energy and increase productivity.

International boundaries of India, state boundaries of India with other countries, India china border states, boundary of India and Pakistan, India Pakistan border states, India Bangladesh border states, India Myanmar border states, India Afghanistan border states.
  1. Bordering Pakistan: Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
  2. Bordering China: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
  3. Bordering Nepal: Bihar: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal.
  4. Bordering Bangladesh: West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and Assam.
  5. Bordering Bhutan: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam bordering Myanmar Arunachal pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.
  6. Bordering Afghanistan: Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan-Occupied Area).
International boundaries of India, state boundaries of India with other countries, India china border states, boundary of India and Pakistan, India Pakistan border states, India Bangladesh border states, India Myanmar border states, India Afghanistan border states.
International boundaries of India, state boundaries of India with other countries, India china border states, boundary of India and Pakistan, India Pakistan border states, India Bangladesh border states, India Myanmar border states, India Afghanistan border states.

India has longitudinal extent of 300. Due to this there is a time lag of two hours between the sunrise on the easternmost and the westernmost horizons of India. due to rotation, the earth takes 4 minute to rotate through 10 of longititude. In covering 300 of longitiudinal extent, there is difference in time lag of 2 hours. When it is 6 a.m in Aruanchal Pardesh, it is still 4 a.m in Gujrat. but the watches in all parts are run according to standard time measured from 82 1/2 00 E longitude. So the watches in Arunachal Pradesh and jaisalmer show the same time despite to different sunrise.
  1. Total Geographical Area:  32,87,263km.2
  2. Latitudinal extent:  804' North to 3706' North.
  3. Longitudinal extent: 6807' East to 97025' East.
  4. North-South extent:  3214 kms.
  5. East-West extent:  2933 kms.
  6. Land Frontiers: 15,200 kms
  7. Coastline: 7,516 kms.
  8. Standard Meridian: 82 1/2 0 East longitude.
  9. Southern most point: Indira point.
  10. Southernmost tip of mainland: Kanyakumari.
  11. Number of States: 29
  12. Number of Union Territories: 7
  13. The Largest State: Rajasthan.
  14. The smallest State: Goa.

Tropic of Cancer passes through the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.
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