<Tr> <Th> Longest river </Th> <Td> Ganga (or Ganges) 2,525 km (8,284,121 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Largest lake </Th> <Td> Wular Lake 30 to 260 km2 (12 to 100 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <P> India lies on the Indian Plate, the northern portion of the Indo - Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinent . The country is situated north of the equator between 8 ° 4' to 37 ° 6' north latitude and 68 ° 7' to 97 ° 25' east longitude . It is the seventh - largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). 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). </P> <P> On the south, India projects into and is bounded by the Indian Ocean--- in particular, by the Arabian Sea on the southwest, the Lakshadweep Sea to the south, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . The Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar separate India from Sri Lanka to its immediate southeast, and the Maldives are some 400 kilometres (250 mi) to the southwest . India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, some 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) southeast of the mainland, share maritime borders with Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia . Kanyakumari at 8 ° 4 ′ 41" N and 77 ° 32 ′ 28" E is the southernmost tip of the Indian mainland, while the southernmost point in India is Indira Point on Great Nicobar Island . Northernmost point which is under Indian administration is Indira Col, Siachen Glacier . India's territorial waters extend into the sea to a distance of 12 nautical miles (13.8 mi; 22.2 km) from the coast baseline . </P>

The length of india from north to south