Previous Year Question

Among the States of India, Gujarat has the longest coastline. Its coast extends along the Arabian Sea and includes the highly indented coastline of the Gulf of Kachchh, Gulf of Khambhat and the Saurashtra Peninsula. This geographical configuration contributes greatly to its long coastline.

An important current update is that India's coastline was re-measured in 2025 using modern GIS and high-resolution High-Water Line data. Gujarat's revised coastline became 2,340.62 km, and it still has the longest coastline among Indian States. Tamil Nadu follows with 1,068.69 km, and Andhra Pradesh with 1,053.07 km.

Under the same reassessment, India's total coastline was revised from 7,516.6 km to 11,098.81 km. The increase is due to more detailed GIS-based measurement, not because India's physical land extent increased.