Explanation:

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°04' to 37°06' north latitude and 68°07' 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 from north to south and 2,933 kmfrom east to west. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km and a coastline of 7,516.6 km.