Location & Significance
Site and situation
- Located to the north of the equator
- Most of India is a peninsula with water on three sides
- It has a diverse landscape with mountains, deserts and plains
- India is located in Asia between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal
- It has borders with six countries - Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, China and Bhutan
Significance
- India is the seventh largest country in the world
- It is a rapidly developing nation
- Currently the fifth largest economy in the world (overtaking the UK in Sept 2022)
- Predictions suggest it will be the second largest economy in the world by 2050
- Located between the Middle East and South East Asia it has access to both:
- Customers
- Labour