Subject : Geography Chapter : The Gist of N.C.E.R.T Topic: India - Location The mainland of India, extends from Kashmir in the north to Kanniyakumari in the south and Arunachal Pradesh in the east to Gujarat in the west. India’s territorial limit further extends towards the sea upto 12 nautical miles (about 21.9 km) from the coast. (See the box for conversion). Statute mile= 63,360 inches Nautical mile= 72,960 inches 1 Statute mile= about 1.6 km (1.584 km) 1 Nautical mile= about 1.8 km (1.852 km) Our southern boundary extends upto 6º45 N latitude in the Bay of Bengal. If you work out the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India, they are roughly about 30 degrees, whereas the actual distance measured from north to south extremity is 3,214 km, and that from east to west is only 2,933 km. What is the reason for this difference? This difference is based on the fact that the distance between two longitudes decreases towards the poles whereas the distance between two latitudes remains