Which village is the easternmost village of India?
2024
Which village is the easternmost village of India?
- A.
Ziro
- B.
Kalap
- C.
Mawlynnong
- D.
Kibithu
Attempted by 24 students.
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Correct answer: D
Concept
The "easternmost" point of a country is decided by longitude alone — the location lying farthest to the east (largest eastern longitude). For India, the eastern extremity falls in Arunachal Pradesh, along the Lohit/Anjaw belt near the McMahon Line (the India–China LAC).
Note: among the four villages offered, the comparison is purely about which lies farthest east; some sources also popularise nearby Dong/Kaho as India's absolute easternmost spot, but those are not among the choices.
Applying it here
Place each option on the map and compare how far east it sits:
Kibithu — in Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh, on the Lohit river close to the LAC with China; this is the far eastern edge of India.
Ziro — in Lower Subansiri district, central Arunachal Pradesh; well to the west of the Anjaw/Lohit frontier.
Mawlynnong — in the East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya; northeast India, but far to the west of Arunachal's eastern rim.
Kalap — in the Tons valley, Uttarakhand; in the northwest Himalaya, nowhere near the east.
Among the four, Kibithu lies at the greatest eastern longitude, so it is the easternmost village offered.
Cross-check / contrast
Kibithu sits beside Walong and very near Dong (often popularised as the spot that greets India's first sunrise). That whole Anjaw cluster marks India's eastern fringe — confirming that of the given choices, only the village in easternmost Arunachal Pradesh fits, while villages in Meghalaya and Uttarakhand lie much farther west.