India is located
in
South
Asia.
It is the seventh-largest
country by geographical area and the second-most populous
country in the world
(3.3
million km2
– 1.21 billion inhabitants).
India is bounded by the Indian Ocean
on the south, the Arabian Sea
on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal
on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan
to the west, Bhutan, the China and Nepal
to the northeast, Bangladesh and Burma
to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka
and Maldives;
in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands
share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
The
Capital City of India is New Delhi. |