Borders of India


India shares borders with several sovereign countries; it shares land borders with China, Bhutan, Nepal,Pakistan in the north or north-west, and Bangladesh and Myanmar in the east. India also shares water borders with Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia.

Land borders of India

Land Border CountryLength and ForceComments
BangladeshBorder Security ForceIndia–Bangladesh enclaves exchanged.
BhutanSashastra Seema BalOpen border
ChinaIndo-Tibetan Border Police and Special Frontier ForceAlso see McMahon Line.
MyanmarAssam Rifles and Indian ArmyAlso see India-Myanmar barrier
NepalSashastra Seema BalOpen border.
PakistanBorder Security ForceAlso see Radcliffe Line, Operation Meghdoot and Sir Creek.

Maritime borders of India

Maritime borders of India are the maritime boundary recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea entails boundaries of territorial waters, contiguous zones, and exclusive economic zones. India, with its claim of a territorial maritime zone and exclusive economic zone, has a more than maritime border shared with seven nations.
Maritime Border CountryLength and ForceComments
BangladeshIndian NavyNew Moore Island
IndonesiaIndian NavyIndira Point
MyanmarIndian NavyCoco Islands
PakistanIndian NavySir Creek
ThailandIndian NavySimilan Islands
Sri Lanka>Indian NavyKatchatheevu
MaldivesIndian NavyMaliku Kandu

Designated crossings with ICP & LCS

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Integrated Check Posts (ICP)

India has 7 functional ICPs, and plans are underway to upgrade 13 more LCS to ICP, including 7 at borders taking total of border ICP to 14, at the cost of . Designated Integrated Check Posts, with both customs and immigration facilities are:

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Designated Land Customs Stations are :
This proposed list of border bazaars and haats is in varying stages of implementation, as suggested by State Governments to the Ministry of External Affairs for setting up Border Haats.

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As of April 2012, India and Myanmar have approved two locations – Pangsau Pass, Arunachal Pradesh and Somrai in Ukhrul District. These are likely to be finalised soon during a forthcoming visit of Hon’ble Prime Minister to Myanmar.
Pradeep Damodaran's book ''"Borderlands: travels across India's boundaries" chronicles all land borders of India. The bollywood director J. P. Dutta has specialised in making Hindi movies with India's border as key element of the theme, his movies are Border, Refugee,, Paltan, etc.