Last Updated on May 10, 2017 by admin
| Total Area of the Country | 3287263 sq. km |
| Reporting Area for Land Utilisation Statistics | 307·796 million hectare |
| Length of Coast line | 7517 km |
| Exclusive Economic Zone | 2·02 million sq. km |
| Continental Shelf Area | 0·53 million sq. km |
| Percentage of World Area | 2·42 per cent (7th Place) |
| Forest & Tree Cover Area | 794245 sq. km (24·16% of the total area) |
| Total Forest Cover Area (Including 4662 km2 area under mangroves) | 701673 sq. km (21·34% of the total geographical area) |
| Agricultural Land/Cultivable Land (2013-14) | 181·85 million hectare |
| Cultivated Land (2013-14) | 155·58 million hectare |
| Net Area sown (2013-14) | 141·43 million hectare |
| Per Capita Agricultural Land (2013-14) | 0·145 hectare |
| Gross Irrigated Area (2013-14) | 95·77 million hectare (47·7% of total cropped area) |
| Rainfed Area as % of net sown area (2013-14) | 52·3% |
| Largest State (Areawise) | Rajasthan |
| Smallest State (Areawise) | Goa |
| State touching boundaries of maximum states | |
| Uttar Pradesh (Touches boundaries of 8 states–Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, M.P., Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar) | |
| Area under foodgrains (2014-15) | 124·299 million hectare (87·89% of net sown area) |