Fourth All India Educational Survey State Report Tamil Nadu 1978

Abstract

From Introduction: India our country also known as Bharat is the second populous and seventh largest country in the world. Its present population is about 63 crores. Lying entirely in northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 18 degree to 37° north and longitudes 68° to 97° east and measures about 3,214 kilometres from north to south between extreme latitudes and about 2,930 kilometres from east to west between extreme longitudes. It has a land portion of 15,200 kilometers and coast line of 6,083 kilometres India’s density of population is approximately 218 per square kilometres.