describe the location and extent of india ?

1)  India is located in Northern Hemisphere. The Tropic of Cancer (23°30ʹN) passes almost halfway through the country.
 
2)  From South to North, main land of India extends between 8°4ʹN and 37°6ʹN latitudes. From west to east, India extends between 68°7ʹE and 97°25ʹE longitudes.
 
3)  Due to great longitudinal extent of about 29°, there are wide differences in local time, say about, 2 hours, of places located at two extreme points of India. For instance, the Sun rises 2 hours earlier in the East (Arunachal Pradesh) than in the West (Gujarat) 

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The mainland of India roughly extends between 8oN to 69oN latitudes and 69oE to 97oE longitudes.

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 india is in horthern hemisphere and latitudes extends between 8degree 4'N AND 37degree6'n and longitude 68degree7'E and 97degree25'E..

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