What is the distance across India?

India's total North-South extent from Kashmir to Kanyakumari is approximately 3,214 kilometers (1,997 miles), and its East-West extent from Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat is approximately 2,933 kilometers (1,822 miles). India's total geographic area, including the states of Jammu and Kashmir (Indian administrated), Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim which were formerly princely states and became parts of India only after its independence from British rule in 1947, is 3,287,263 square kilometers (1,269,219 square miles).