India
Facts
Area:
Total: 2,042,908 sq miles
Land: 1,847,540 sq miles
Water: 195,368 sq miles
Climate:
Varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Elevation Extremes:
Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 ft
Highest point: Kanchenjunga 28,201 ft
Population:
1,095,351,995
Ethnic Groups:
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
Religions:
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%
Languages:
English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language.
Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of India
Conventional short form: India
Government type:
Federal Republic
Capital:
New Delhi
Independence:
15 August 1947 (from UK)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$3,300 (2005 est.)
Currency:
Indian rupee (INR)
Time Zone:
GMT +5.5 hours
Country Dialing Code:
+91
Electricity:
230V 50HzHz