Question

Which latitude passes through maximum states of India

Answer 1

Answer:

Tropic of cancer is the largest latitude that passes through the centre of India and almost equally divides India into two parts.

Tropic of cancer is situated in 23 degrees 26 minutes and 13.3 seconds north to equator.

This passes through 8 states of India namely Gujarat, rajasthan, madhyapradesh, mijoram, tripura, chattishghar, jharkhand and west Bengal.

Answer 2

Answer:

Total 8 states.

Explanation:

• The tropics of cancer for India lies at the 23.4 degrees north of the equator and this region has several states like Gujarat, the Mizoram, the Tripura, the Madhya Pradesh, the Rajasthan, and Jharkhand, West Bengal along with Chattisgarh.

• As the Indian plate is located to from the equator between 8 degrees 4' to 37 degrees 6' north latitude and 68 degrees 7' to 97 degrees 25' east longitude hence these states fall under the tropical country latitudes.