The Easternmost Longitude of India is _____.

Question: The Easternmost Longitude of India is _____.

Answer:  India is a South Asian country and it is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south. The southwest is by the Arabian Sea and to the south Bay of Bengal. The neighbouring countries of India are China, Nepal and Bhutan to the northeast, Pakistan to the west and Myanmar and Bangladesh to the east. Any place in the world is located using the longitude and latitude that are derived using a geographic coordinate system. 

The easternmost longitude of India is 97o 25’ E. This is located in Arunachal Pradesh state. While the westernmost longitude is 68o7’ E. It ends at about 29o due to the huge longitudinal extent of the east-west. The local time of these places might show wide differences as they are located at extreme points of India. This time difference can range up to 2 hours.

Kibithu is the disputed easternmost point in India. Kibithu is a small town in Arunachal Pradesh located in the district called Anjaw. It lies at the junction between India, China and Myanmar, that is it is bordered by China in the north and in the east by Myanmar. The longitudes of 82 ½ 0 E (82o 30’) represent the standard meridian. The local time of these places varies from one place to another. The local time that is considered the standard time of the country is the time at this meridian and is represented as Indian Standard Time (IST). It is necessary to adopt the time of the central meridian of a country as the standard time.