Geography of India
Map of India
India or Bharath, officially the Republic of India lies within the Asian continent. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country (expected to become the most populous within the next two decades). It is the world’s largest democracy.
India has a coastline of over seven thousand kilometres, bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India borders Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia.