write ashort note on indian land mass
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The Indian landmass has a central location between East and West Asia. India is a southward extension of the Asian continent. " the Andaman group has 325 island which cover an area of 6, 170 km² . while the Nicobar group has only 247 island with an area of 1, 765km².
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India lies on the Indian Plate, the northern part of the Indo-Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinent. The country is situated north of the equator between 8°4' north to 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' east to 97°25' east longitude.[2] It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi).[3][4][5] India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to south and 2,933 km (1,822 mi) from east to west. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km (9,445 mi) and a coastline of 7,516.6 km (4,671 mi