Identify the following with the help of map reading:

The states through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.

The Tropic of Cancer passes through Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.

The Tropic of Cancer is currently 23°26′13.2″ north of the Equator. It lies in the Northern Hemisphere; its southern counterpart is ‘The Tropic of Capricorn’.


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