How big is India?

India covers an area of 2.98 million square kilometers (excluding Indian-occupied areas on the Sino-Indian border and Indian-controlled areas in Kashmir). India (Hindi:, English: India), referred to as "India" for short, is located in South Asia. It is the second largest software country in the world, the largest recipient of outsourcing services in the world, and the largest country in the South Asian subcontinent. It borders China, Nepal and Bhutan in the northeast, and Bangladesh is sandwiched between the northeastern territories, bordering Myanmar in the east, Sri Lanka across the sea in the southeast and Pakistan in the northwest. It borders the Bay of Bengal in the east and the Arabian Sea in the west, with a coastline of 5,560 kilometers and a territory area of about 2.98 million square kilometers (excluding the Indian-occupied area on the Sino-Indian border and the actual control area of Kashmir, etc.). India claims to own 29 states and 7 centrally administered territories, with New Delhi as its capital.