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India
Fact File |
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Country Name: |
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Conventional long form: Republic of India
Conventional short form: India |
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Capital: New Delhi
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Location: Southern Asia
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Geographic
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Coordinates: 20 00N, 77 00E
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Time Zone:
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Single Time Zone: Indian Standard Time
(IST) is 5.30hrs (five and half hours)
ahead of GMT.
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Area:
Total: 3,287,590 sq km
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Land Boundaries:
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Border Countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan,
China, Nepal, Burma and Pakistan.
Total: 14,103 km
Coastline: 7,000 km
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Terrain: |
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Upland plain in south, flat to rolling plain
along the Ganges and Central India, Plain
and desert in west, Himalayas in North. |
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Nationality:
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Noun: Indian(s) Adjective: Indian |
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Government Type: |
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Federal Republic. India is the world's
largest democracy with 675 million registered voters. |
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Administrative Divisions:
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28 states and 7 union territories; |
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States: |
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Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu,
Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
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Union Territories:
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands,Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and
Diu, Delhi,Lakshadweep, Pondicherry
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Currency:
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Indian rupee (INR) Coinage in India is based with 100 paise to every rupee. Coins are available in denominations of 50 paise and one, two and five rupees, while notes come in 1 Rupee, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100, 500 and 1000 rupees denominations.
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Currency code:
INR. |
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Population:
1,02,70,15,247 (2001)
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Ethnic
Groups:
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Indo Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid
and others 3%. |
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Religious
Group:
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Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian2.3%,
Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, and Parsi 2.5%.
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Languages:
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Hindi is the national language. English enjoys
associate status. There are 22+2 other official regional
languages: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri,
Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sindhi, Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil and Urdu.
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Airports:
333
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Railways:
Total 63,546 km
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Highways:
Total 3,329,978 km
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Waterways:
14,5040 km
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National Holidays:
Republic Day - 26th January
Independence Day
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15th August
Gandhi
Jayanti -
2nd October
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Newspaper:
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Leading English dailies include: |
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The Times of India
Hindustan Times
The Hindu
The Telegraph
Indian Express |
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