🏆 India's records
The biggest, longest, highest and first of India — its size and coastline, peaks and rivers, the wettest place on Earth, its people, farms and ports, and the record-setting bridges, tunnels and roads built in recent years.
Maps show India’s boundaries as officially depicted by the Government of India. Pins mark approximate locations.
🗺 Size, coast and time
How big India is, how long its coast is, and where its clock is set.
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Seventh largest country
India is the seventh largest country in the world by area.
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Revised 2025
A coastline of 11,098.81 km
Measured afresh with modern methods, India’s coastline is 11,098.81 km, up from the old figure of 7,516.6 km.
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Revised 2025
Gujarat — the longest coastline
Gujarat has the longest coastline of any state: 2,340.62 km in the revised count. Of all States and UTs, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have the most coast, 3,083.50 km.
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82°30′ E — India’s standard meridian
Indian Standard Time is set by the meridian of 82°30′ E, and is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
⛰ Peaks, rivers and rain
Record holders of India’s physical geography.
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Anamudi
The highest peak of the Peninsular plateau, on the Anaimalai hills of the Western Ghats.
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The Ganga — 2,525 km
Rising at the Gangotri glacier near Gaumukh, the Ganga flows 2,525 km and drains a basin of about 8.6 lakh sq km.
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The Yamuna
The westernmost and the longest tributary of the Ganga.
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The Chenab
The largest tributary of the Indus.
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The Godavari
The largest Peninsular river system, also called the Dakshin Ganga.
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The Luni
The largest river system of Rajasthan.
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Mawsynram
On the crest of the Khasi hills in Meghalaya, Mawsynram receives the highest average annual rainfall in the world.
👥 People
From the Census of 2011.
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2011
Second most populous country
With 1,210 million people in 2011, India was the second most populous country in the world after China.
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2011
Uttar Pradesh
The state with the highest population, followed by Maharashtra, Bihar and West Bengal.
🌾 Farms, factories and lifelines
Where India leads the world, and its biggest ports and networks.
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Pulses — first in the world
India is the largest producer as well as the largest consumer of pulses.
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Jute — first in the world
India is the largest producer of raw jute and jute goods.
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Rice and tea — second in the world
India is the second largest producer of rice and of tea, after China.
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Mumbai port
The biggest port of India, with a spacious, well-sheltered natural harbour.
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Visakhapatnam port
The deepest landlocked and well-protected port.
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Roads, posts and films
India has the second largest road network in the world (about 62.16 lakh km) and the largest postal network in the world, and is the largest producer of feature films.
🏗 Built records
Bridges, tunnels, roads and monuments — each with the date of its official record, since newer works can overtake them.
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2024
Atal Setu
The Sewri–Nhava Sheva bridge in Mumbai, about 21.8 km long (16.5 km over the sea), is the longest bridge in India and the longest sea bridge in the country.
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2017
Dhola–Sadiya (Bhupen Hazarika) bridge
At 9.15 km, India’s longest bridge when it opened in 2017, linking Assam and Arunachal Pradesh across the Lohit.
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2023
Chenab rail bridge
The world’s highest railway bridge: 359 m above the Chenab river, 35 m taller than the Eiffel Tower, on the Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla line.
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2022
Atal Tunnel
The 9.02 km tunnel under the Rohtang Pass on the Manali–Leh highway, recognised as the longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet.
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2021
Umling La road
Built by the Border Roads Organisation in Ladakh, the road over the 19,024-foot Umlingla Pass is the world’s highest motorable road, recognised by Guinness World Records.
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2023
Hubballi railway platform
At Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi station in Karnataka, the longest railway platform in the world, recognised by Guinness World Records.
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2025
New Pamban Bridge
India’s first vertical lift railway sea bridge, 2.07 km long across the Palk Strait, linking Rameswaram with the mainland.
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2018
Statue of Unity
The 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Kevadiya in Gujarat, dedicated on his birth anniversary in 2018 — the world’s tallest statue.
How we check: geography, people and economy records are from NCERT; built records are from Government of India (PIB) releases, dated, because a newer bridge or tunnel can take the title. Our build fails unless every key phrase is found in its source.