India A Sub Continent
INDIA
Country | India |
Location | Southern Asia |
North - South | 37*6' - 8*4' |
East - West | 68*7' - 97*25' |
Capital | New Delhi |
Area | 32,87,263 |
Population | 1,29,62,00,000 |
Density | 382 - 325person per. sq km. |
Official Language | Hindi & English |
Religions | Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jain & Budhisht |
Government | Federal Parliament Republic |
National Currency | Indian Rupee |
National Flag | TIRANGA(Tricolor) |
National Income | 12,17,490 |
Major cities | Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata & Chennai |
Time zone | IST(UTC)+05:30 |
Date format | DD-MM-YYYY |
Calling code | +91 |
Internet TLD | .in |
India is a great country. India is also known as a sub-continent because of its large variety of soil, climate, topography, culture, population, religion etc. Its civilisation , tradition and culture are so old & great that of human itself. It is located in
southern part of Asia. It is only country in the world which name is associated with
Indian Ocean. Its old name is Aryavarta which means country of Arya.Its name Bharatvarsha is derived from the name of the king of Arya, Bharat .
It have many names like Hindustan which is named because it means land of Hindus. Jambudwip is also a name of India given in the Vishnu Purana of Hindu mythology. And the name India was given by Greeks because it is located on
the bank of river Indus. Monsoon climate can be found all over India in the rainy season which occurs from July to October. It has both hot and humid climate. It is a vast, populated, democratic & secular country,
It has the largest constitution in the world. Its shape is like a quadrilateral.
Facts About India
- The world's highest mountain range, the Himalayas, are a part of India.In Sanskrit the name Himalaya means the "Home of snow".
Millions of years ago, India was not a part of Asia.With the gradual movement of the surface of the earth, the part that is the subcontinetbegan moving from near Africa and eventually joined up with Asia.
The monsoon is very important as millions of farmers in india depend on the monsoon rain for good crops.
India is the world's second populated country.
India is the world's seventh largest country in area.
Himalayas in India is world's highest mountain ranges and also the youngest mountain ranges in the world.
Shatabdi express in India is the India's fastest train having speed of 130-170 km per hour.
The highest non-military airport is at Leh in Ladakh.
The highest cricket field in the world is Chail in Himachal Pradesh.
India has Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world built by mughal emperar Shahjahan.
The highest Dam in India is Bhakra dam across the the Satluj River in West Himachal Pradesh.It is 226metres high.
Geological Structure of India
India has the great geological structure. It is located in the center of southern Asia. Its area is 32,87,263 sq km. It is world's 7
th largest country in the world in area. Its population is 1,29,62,00,000 and it is the world's 2
nd
populated country in the world. The distance from northern point to southern point is 3214 km and western to eastern point is 2933 km. length of Indian land border is15,200km, and there for coastal border is 6,100km, including the land of
island which is 7516.6km.. The total border of India is 22,716.6km.. It is covered by 7 countries namely Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan & Myanmar. Its total length of border is 22,716.6 km. It has 29 states and 7 Union
Territories. India's provincial Maritime Belt or terristrial sea from base line is 12 Nautical miles(remember 1 nautical mile=1.8 miles).Base line is an imaginary line which connects zigzag coasts.
In India, we can found rock of
Arkian age and
Pre-cambriyana age, That are too old that as old as India. And that on other hand we can also found nuke rocks of quaternari age in soil. India is built in many structure.
The great northern mountains
The northern mountain stretch acroos the northern boundry of India.
They include the Himalayas,which are the highest mountain in the world, and some hill range in north-east.
The himalayas stretch in a long curve from Jammu and Kashmir inthe west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east.
Their east-west extent is about 2,400 kilometres and width vrious from 500 kilometres in kashimer to 200 kilometres in
the north-east. Theyform a natural boundary between India and China.Many Indian states are apart of the himalayan region.
These Jammu and Kashimer, Himaachal pradesh, Utrakhand, West bengal , Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkam and other north-eastern states.
In The north-east, the hill ranges are very high and are covered with the thick forest.
The hill ranges here includes the Garo,khasi,jaintia,naga, and mizo hills.
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The Himalayas can be divided into three parallel mountain ranges-Himadri(greater Himalayas) , Himachal(middle or lessor Himalayas) and shiwalik (lower Hmalayas) .
mountain | height(in meter) | location |
Mount Everest | 8848 | Nepal |
K2 | 8611 | Jammu Kashmir |
Kanchanjanga | 8598 | Sikkim |
lhotse | 8516 | Nepal |
Macalu | 8481 | Nepal |
Cho-oyu | 8201 | Nepal |
Dhoulagiri | 8172 | Nepal |
Annapurna | 8091 | Nepal |
The Fertile Plains
India is a large area of fertile plane. Some plains are:-
plains | type |
the great northern plains | dumpsoil plains |
Rajasthan's plain | Semi-desert plain |
Plain of Punjab & Haryana | dumpsoil plains |
Plain of the Ganga | dumpsoil plains |
Plain of the Brahmaputra | dumpsoil plains |
Plain of Chhattisgarh | Mahanadi plain |
East coastal plain | coastal plains |
West coastal plain | coastal plains |
Gujarat coastal plain | coastal plains |
Location
It lies to the south of the Himalayan ranges. It stretches fron Punjab in the west to Assam in the east. We found interresting to discover that India's eastern neighbour,
bangladesh,is also situated on this plain and that is in the west the plain extendes into pakistan , where the river indus flows.
Description
The land in the plains is very flat. Apart from the Ganga, several other large rivers flow through this region.These are either the tributaries of the Ganga or of the indus.Some of these are the
Yamuna, Teesta, Satluj, and Beas. You know that the rivers bring down silt from the hills and mountains. This has helped to form the plain over thousnds of years. The many rivers that flow here often flood during the monsoon and spread thier silt
across the land . this silt, which is very fertile is called alluviam. The great plains are an alluvial plain-a plain made from alluvium. It provides excellent soil for growing crops. That is why this region has India's best farmlands.
because the alluvial plain is good for crops, people has found it is easy to live here .People have lived in the villages and towns of the plains for thousands of year. Some of india's oldest cities, such Varansi, Patna, Kolkata and Delhi, have been
built on the banks of the rivers that flow here.Today a good network of roads and railways connects these and other cities.
Climate
Because of the vast extent
of this region, the climate is not the same throughout the area.the summer is generally hot in the region and the western part of the plains is very hot, dry and dusty in the summer and a hot wind called the loo blows.we heard that when the
hot loo blows ,itis even more comfortable and you can get heartstroke if you
go out in the hot Sun carelessl.
During the monsoon, the eastern side of the plain gets heavy rain.The west gets
less rainfall because of the time the clouds move from the east to west , they loss there moisture.
in winter, the western and
northern partgets very cold and people enjoy sitting in the sun.Sometimes ther is fog during the very cold weather, which hides the sun and makes the days even colder. during winter the eastern regions remaind cold and pleasnt.
The great Indian desert "The Thar"

Location
The extreme western part of our big country isa dry desert. As you go further west from the indo-gangetic
plain,it becomes drier anttd end as a desert. this is the great indian desert or the thar desert.most of the thar desert is in India, but like the indo-Gangetic plain, the thar desert akso extends in Pakistan.
Description
The desert aera is sandy. in some parts there are hardly any trees or shrubs. here the sand form sand dunes, or hills of sand.The dunes change shape and shift every time there is a desert strom, called a sandstrom
In other parts of the regions, some plants do grow. These plants are specially adapted to grow in desert.
Just once anly some plants survive in the desert, there are also very few animals that can survive
in the desert.The camel is a desert animal that has been domesticated bythe people living in this region. there are famous cities here, such as
Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and bikaner.Water is a problem in this
regions.The people have various wayof conserving (saving) water. Many of their water storage places are covered , or even underground.
this prevents the water from drying up in the very hot weather. In north of this regions the government has built a
canal to carrywater from the river of Punjab. Because of this people here are able to grow
crops such as vegetables or pulse(dals). This canal is called Indra gandhi nahar.
The luni river flows through the more southern part of this area.You have already learnt that sometimes water isbfound in a pool or the lake in desert .This is called an Oasis .
when it is very hot, travellers in desert sometimes see pool of water, which they think an oasis . however when
they come near it,they find that there is no water-onlymiles of sand. This imaginary water called a mirage.
Climate
The thar desert is a hot desert, but is to has seasons, like the rest of subcontient.
during summer, the days gets very hot here. This is because the dry land which has hardly any
vegetation (greenery), gets easily heated by sun. At night land loses the heat quickly, so desert
night are much cooler. during monsoon, while the rest of India gets rain, there is hardly any rain here
year by year. In winter, when the sun is not so hot, the days are
pleasent, but at night it gets very cold because the land loses the warmth of the sun quickly.
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The vast central pleateau