Q. India shares land borders with how many countries?
Answer: Seven
Notes: India has 15,106.7 Km of land border and a coastline of 7,516.6 Km including island territories. India shares land borders with seven neighbouring countries viz. Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan and Afghanistan. We note here that since India claims all of Kashmir including PoK, India technically considers itself to have a 106 km border with Afghanistan. However, in fact, this border passes through Pakistan-controlled Gilgit-Baltistan in Kashmir and the Wakhan Corridor on the Afghan side. The borders length of India with neighbouring countries as per Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India is as follows:
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