Capital: New Delhi
Population
Total Population:
1,417,173,173
Natural Increase:
0.7%
Density:
473 Inhabitants/km²
Urban Population:
35.9%
Population of main agglomerations:
Mumbai (Bombay) (18,395,000); Delhi (16,349,900); Kolkata (14,058,000); Chennai (Madras) (8,653,600); Bangalore (8,520,500); Hyderabad (7,677,100); Ahmadabad (6,357,700); Poona (5,057,800); Surat (4,591,300); Jaipur (3,046,200)
Ethnic Origins:
There are hundreds of ethnic groups in India, dominated by the Indo-Aryans (Assamese, Bengalis, Punjabi, Koli, etc.), who make up 75% of the population, and the Dravidians (Tamils, Kannadigas, Malayalis, Telugus, etc.), who account for about 20%. The Austro-Asian, Sino-Tibetan, Tai-Kadai and other ethnicities account for about 5% of the population. (Ministry of Statistics)
Official Language:
Hindi (spoken by more than 50% of the country’s population) and English.
Other Languages Spoken:
22 languages are recognised by the Constitution of India: Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Nepali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Manipuri , Konkani and Sanskrit are among them. Around 2000 dialects have been identified.
Business Language(s):
English
Religion:
Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)
Literacy Rate:
61.0%
Local Time:
It is %T:%M %A In New Delhi
Exchange Rate on
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National Currency: Indian Rupee (INR)
Country Overview
Area:
3,287,260 km²
Type of State:
India is a federal republic state based on parliamentary democracy.
Type of Economy:
Low-income economy, Emerging Financial Market.
Second largest population and largest liberal democracy in the world. Importance of agriculture and the IT sector in the economy.
HDI*:
0.609/1
HDI (World Rank):
130/188
Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an Indicator Which Synthesizes Several Data Such as Life Expectancy, Level of Education, Professional Careers, Access to Culture etc.
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