Cities, Indian States through which Tropic of Cancer passes

This article is all about the Indian States through which Tropic of Cancer passes, cities and districts through which tropic of cancer passes, districts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan West Bengal etc.

what is Tropic of Cancer ?

Tropic of Cancer is basically 23°26’13.2” N (23°27’ N roughly) latitude which is located north of equator. It is the maximum latitude (most northern) at which sun can be seen directly overhead. This phenomenon is observed on Summer Solstice when northern hemisphere is maximum tilted towards sun to receive maximum sun light. Summer Solstice occurs on 21st June. The symmetrically opposite latitude in southern hemisphere is called Tropic of Capricorn. The one interesting fact about Tropic of cancer is that its position is not fixed and keeps changing by 0.468″ seconds of latitude (15 meters) every year.

Map of Indian States through which Tropic of Cancer passes

 

List of Indian States through which Tropic of Cancer passes

Tropic of Cancer passes almost from central India. It passes through 8 Indian States. These states in increasing order of longitude (i.e. from west to east) are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal,  Tripura and Mizoram

List of districts through which Tropic of Cancer Passes

(in increasing order of longitude i.e. from west to east)

States	Districts
Gujarat	Kutch, Surendranagar, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Aravalli, Sabarkantha
Rajasthan	Banswara
Madhya Pradesh	Ratlam, Ujjain, Shajapur, Rajgarh, Sehore, Bhopal, Vidisha, Raisen, Sagar, Damoh, Katni, Jabalpur, Umariya
Chhattisgarh	Surguja, Koriya
Jharkhand	Ranchi, Gumla
West Bengal	Purulia, Bankura, Barddhman, Nadia
Tripura	South Tripura
Manipur	Lunglei, Sherchip