Ends of India

Ends of India

Easternmost Point of India: 

Kibithu is the easternmost point off India which is a tiny village located in  Arunachal Pradesh’s Lohit District,bordering China’s Tibet Region. 

Westernmost Point: 

West of Ghuar Mota in the Kutch region of Gujarat is the westernmost point of  India. 

Northernmost Point: 

Northernmost point of India is disputed. The Siachen Glacier in the State of  Jammu & Kashmir is the northernmost point under the Line of Actual Control. India  claims the entire Jammu & Kashmir on the basis of instrument of accession signed in  1947, which inter alia includes Gilgit, Baltistan and Kanjut are presently under Pakistan  Occupied Kashmir. The northernmost point, if we take the whole of J & K in to  consideration, is Dafdar in the Taghdumbash Pamir near Beyik Pass in Kanjut in POK. 

Southernmost Point - Mainland: 

Kanyakumari is the southernmost point of Indian mainland in the state of  Tamil Nadu at the confluence of the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Bay of  Bengal. 

Southernmost Point: 

Indra Point, the southernmost tip of the Great Nicobar Island is the southernmost  point of land in the territory of India. It was formerly known as Pygmalion Point.