India is the world's seventh largest country, with 32,872,263 square kilometres. India makes up roughly 2.4 percent of the world's total land surface area. India is over 13 times the size of the United Kingdom, which ruled over us for nearly two centuries. Many Indian states are larger than many other countries on the planet. The peninsular tableland juts out into the Indian Ocean for around 1,600 kilometres.

The Tropic of Cancer divides India between northern temperate and southern tropical countries, which is a natural division. As a result, the country's temperate region should be twice as large as its tropical region. However, India has long been considered a tropical country. However, India has long been considered a tropical country for two distinct reasons. Physical and cultural geography are the causes behind this. A mountain wall forms an insulating enclave that separates the country from the rest of Asia. The tropical monsoons dominate the climate, while the mountain chain prevents temperate air masses from entering.

Furthermore, while night temperatures in Punjab may drop to levels comparable to those found in temperate regions in January, bright skies and heavy insolation elevate day temperatures to tropical levels, making the entire region south of the Himalayas truly tropical from a climatic viewpoint. Almost all agriculture outside of the Himalayas is tropical in nature. India's culture is vastly different from that of the temperate countries of Western civilization in terms of cultural geography.