India Size and location India is the seventh largest country in the world. India accounts for 2.4% of the total worlds geographical area. India is bounded by young fold mountains (Himalayas) in the north-west. The longitudinal and latitudinal extent of India is about 30. The tropic of cancer is on 2330. Tropic of cancer passes through- Gujrat, Rajasthan, M.P., Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, west Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram. From Gujrat to Arunachal Pradesh there is a time lag of 2 hours. The Indian standard median of time is in Mirzapur. Uttar Pradesh. Boundaries of India Northwest - Pakistan & Afghanistan. North - Nepal, Bhutan & China. East - Bangladesh & Myanmar. Shri-Lanka is separated from india by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait & the Gulfs of Mannar Maldives islands are present to the south of laksawdeep