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India at A Glance

India is the second most populous country in the world with over 1.2 billion people. It is located in South Asia and bounded by Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Bangladesh. India has a diverse landscape and population, and is home to many ancient civilizations and various ethnic groups that practice religions like Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism. New Delhi is the capital of India which is a democratic republic consisting of 28 states and 7 union territories under a parliamentary system.

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India at A Glance

India is the second most populous country in the world with over 1.2 billion people. It is located in South Asia and bounded by Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Bangladesh. India has a diverse landscape and population, and is home to many ancient civilizations and various ethnic groups that practice religions like Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism. New Delhi is the capital of India which is a democratic republic consisting of 28 states and 7 union territories under a parliamentary system.

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INDIA: AT A GLANCE

India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the
second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in
the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the
Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal,
and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east.

India is home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and
vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for
much of its long history

CAPITAL New Delhi


ADMINISTRATIVE 28 States and 7 Union Territories
DIVISIONS
GOVERNMENT TYPE Democratic Republic
HEAD OF THE COUNTRY President
AREA 3.3 Million sq. km
COASTLINE 7517 km
INDIAN STANDARD TIME GMT + 05:30
CLIMATE Tropical Monsoon type
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION 21° N & 78° E (Northern Hemisphere)
NATURAL RESOURCES Coal, Iron ore, mica, bauxite, petroleum, titanium ore,
chromite, natural gas, magnesite, limestone, , dolomite, ,
kaolin, gypsum, apatite, phosphorite, steatite, fluorite

The Indian economy is the world's tenth-largest by nominal GDP and third-largest by purchasing
power parity (PPP). Following market-based economic reforms in 1991, India became one of the
fastest-growing major economies; it is considered a newly industrialised country. A nuclear
weapons state and a regional power, it has the third-largest standing army in the world and ranks
ninth in military expenditure among nations. India is a federal constitutional republic governed
under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 7 union territories. It is one of the five
BRICS nations. India is a pluralistic, multilingual, and multiethnic society. It is also home to a
diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats.

POPULATION 1210.19 Million


MALES 623.7 Million,
FEMALES 586.5 Million
DENSITY OF POPULATION 382 Persons (Per Square Kilometer)
ETHNIC GROUPS All the five major racial types - Australoid, Mongoloid,
Europoid, Caucasian, and Negroid
MAJOR RELIGION Hinduism (80.5%)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE Hindi
LITERACY RATE 74.04%

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