Latitudinal  and Longitudinal Extents of India

India is a vast country and is also seventh largest country of world in terms of area. India is situated in northern hemisphere (north of equator line) and in eastern hemisphere (east of Prime Meridian). The geographical extents  i.e. latitude and longitude of India are as follows –

• 8° 4’ North to 37°6’North
• 68°7’ East to 97°25’ East

The southernmost point of India which is also called as Indira Point located in Andaman & Nicobar islands has co-ordinates of 6°45’North. The latitudinal distance of India from Kashmir in north to Kanyakumari in south is 3214 Km. The longitudinal distance of India from Ran of Kutch in Gujarat to extreme Arunachal Pradesh in east is 2933 Km. Tropic of Cancer which is at 23°27’ North of equator passes almost from central India. It passes through 8 Indian States.

Latitudinal and Longitudinal Map of India

Latitudinal and Longitudinal Map of India

Latitude and Longitude of Indian States

Following is the list of Indian states and their latitudes and longitudes. This is to note that the states can be arranged either in increasing/decreasing order of latitudes and/or longitudes by clicking the double arrows in the header.