<P> India is divided into 29 states (further subdivided into districts) and 6 union territories and 1 National capital territory (I.e., Delhi). </P> <P> India's borders run a total length of 15,106.70 km (9,386.87 mi). </P> <P> Its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh were delineated according to the Radcliffe Line, which was created in 1947 during Partition of India . Its western border with Pakistan extends up to 3,323 km (2,065 mi), dividing the Punjab region and running along the boundaries of the Thar Desert and the Rann of Kutch . This border runs along the Indian states of Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Punjab . Both nations delineated a Line of Control (LoC) to serve as the informal boundary between the Indian and Pakistan - administered areas of Kashmir . According to India's claim, it also shares a 106 km (66 mi) border with Afghanistan in northwestern Kashmir, which is under Pakistani control . </P> <P> India's border with Bangladesh runs 4,096.70 km (2,545.57 mi). West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are the States which share the border with Bangladesh . Before 2015, there were 92 enclaves of Bangladesh on Indian soil and 106 enclaves of India were on Bangladeshi soil . These enclaves were eventually exchanged in order to simplify the border . After the exchange, India lost roughly 40 km2 (10,000 acres) to Bangladesh . </P>

The only indian state that is flanked by two countries on both eastern and western sides