Editing Geography of India (section)

==Political geography==
{{Main|States and union territories of India}}
India is divided into 28 States (further subdivided into [[List of Indian districts|districts]]) and 8 [[union territories]] including the National capital territory (i.e., [[Delhi]]).
India's borders run a total length of {{convert|15200|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="DBM"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://knowindia.gov.in/states-uts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818054533/http://knowindia.gov.in/states-uts/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2017|title=States and Union Territories|last=DelhiAugust 5|publisher=[[Know India Programme]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-21}}</ref>

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 {{convert|3323|km|mi|abbr=on}}, dividing the [[Punjab region]] and running along the boundaries of the Thar Desert and the [[Rann of Kutch]].<ref name="DBM"/> This border runs along the Indian states and union territories of [[Ladakh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]], and [[Gujarat]].<ref>http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/BM_MAN-IN-PAKS-060513.pdf{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Both nations delineated a [[Line of Control]] (LoC) to serve as the informal boundary between the Indian and Pakistan-administered areas of the [[Kashmir region]]. India claims the whole of the former princely state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], which includes areas now administered by Pakistan and China, which according to India are illegally occupied areas.<ref name="DBM"/>

India's border with Bangladesh runs {{convert|4096.70|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="DBM"/> [[West Bengal]], [[Assam]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Tripura]] and [[Mizoram]] are the states which share the border with Bangladesh.<ref>http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/BM_MAN-IN-BANG-270813.pdf{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Before 2015, there were 92 enclaves of Bangladesh on Indian soil and 106 enclaves of India were on Bangladeshi soil.<ref name=HINDU>{{cite journal|title=The Nowhere People |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1912/19120600.htm |journal=Frontline Magazine, the Hindu |author=Naunidhi Kaur |volume=19 |issue=12 |date=June 2002 |access-date=19 November 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208161351/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1912/19120600.htm |archive-date=8 December 2008 }}</ref> These [[India–Bangladesh enclaves|enclaves]] were eventually exchanged in order to simplify the border.<ref>{{Cite news|title = India, Bangladesh ratify historic land deal, Narendra Modi announces new $2 billion line of credit to Dhaka|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-Bangladesh-ratify-historic-land-deal-Narendra-Modi-announces-new-2-billion-line-of-credit-to-Dhaka/articleshow/47567164.cms|website = The Times of India|date = 6 June 2015|access-date = 1 January 2016|archive-date = 8 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201108095810/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-Bangladesh-ratify-historic-land-deal-Narendra-Modi-announces-new-2-billion-line-of-credit-to-Dhaka/articleshow/47567164.cms|url-status = live}}</ref> After the exchange, India lost roughly {{convert|40|km2|acre|abbr=on}} to Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web|title = India-Bangla land swap: was the world's strangest border created by a game of chess?|url = http://scroll.in/article/725804/india-bangla-land-swap-how-the-worlds-strangest-border-was-created-by-a-game-of-chess|website = Scroll.in|access-date = 1 January 2016|first = Shoaib|last = Daniyal|date = 8 May 2015|archive-date = 9 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160109180051/http://scroll.in/article/725804/india-bangla-land-swap-how-the-worlds-strangest-border-was-created-by-a-game-of-chess|url-status = live}}</ref>

The [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC) is the effective border between India and the People's Republic of China. It traverses 4,057&nbsp;km along the Indian states and union territories of [[Ladakh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Sikkim]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]].<ref name="ONE">{{cite web| title = Another Chinese intrusion in Sikkim| url = http://news.oneindia.in/2008/06/19/another-chinese-intrusion-in-sikkim.html| work = Oneindia.in| date = 19 June 2012| access-date = 19 November 2008| archive-date = 28 September 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928154816/http://news.oneindia.in/2008/06/19/another-chinese-intrusion-in-sikkim.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> The border with Burma (Myanmar) extends up to {{convert|1643|km|mi|abbr=on}} along the eastern [[borders of India]]'s northeastern states viz. [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Nagaland]], [[Manipur]] and [[Mizoram]].<ref>http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Indo-Myanmar-1011.pdf{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Located amidst the Himalayan range, India's border with Bhutan runs {{convert|699|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="DBM"/> [[Sikkim]], [[West Bengal]], [[Assam]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]] are the states which share the border with Bhutan.<ref>http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Indo-Bhutan-1011.pdf{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The border with [[Nepal]] runs {{convert|1751|km|mi|abbr=on}} along the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India.<ref name="DBM"/> [[Uttarakhand]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Bihar]], [[West Bengal]] and [[Sikkim]] are the states which share the border with Nepal.<ref>http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Indo-Nepal-270813.pdf{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[Siliguri Corridor]], narrowed sharply by the borders of Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh, connects peninsular India with the northeastern states.