Published: 06 Oct 2008 17:41:46 PST
Capital: New Delhi
Population
Total Population (million):
1123.31899142
Annual growth rate:
1,606% (2007 est.)%
Density:
345 habitants/ square km.inhab./km²
Urban population:
28,7%%
Ethnic Origins:
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and Others 3%
Official Language:
Hindi (spoken by more than 50% of the country’s population) and English.
Other languages spoken:
17 regional languages are recognized by the Constitution of India, which include Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Punjabi, Telegu, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi. Muslims largely speaks Urdu.
Business language:
English
Religion:
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%.
Country overview
Area:
3287260 km²
Type of State:
India is a federal Republic state based on parliamentary democracy.
Type of economy:
Low-income economy, Emerging Financial Market
Second greatest population and largest liberal democracy in the world. Importance of agriculture and the IT sector in the economy.
Telecommunication
Telephone code:
To call from India, dial 00
To call in India, dial 91
Internet suffix:
.in
Computers:
1.5
Telephone lines:
Internet users:
Access to electricity:
n.c.