| India |
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| Geography | |
| Location: | Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan |
| Area: | total:
3,287,590 sq km land: 2,973,190 sq km water: 314,400 sq km |
| Natural Resources: | coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land |
| Population and Health | |
| Population: | 1,095,351,995 (July 2006 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14
years: 30.8% (male 173,478,760/female 163,852,827) 15-64 years: 64.3% (male 363,876,219/female 340,181,764) 65 years and over: 4.9% (male 27,258,020/female 26,704,405) (2006 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 1.38% (2006 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 22.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Death rate: | 8.18 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at
birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2006 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total:
54.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 54.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total
population: 64.71 years male: 63.9 years female: 65.57 years (2006 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 2.73 children born/woman (2006 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 0.9% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 5.1 million (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 310,000 (2001 est.) |
| Literacy: | definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.5% male: 70.2% female: 48.3% (2003 est.) |
| Economy | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity): | $4.042 trillion (2006 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | $796.1 billion (2006 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate: | 8.5% (2006 est.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $3,700 (2006 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture:
19.9% industry: 19.3% services: 60.7% (2005 est.) |
| Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture:
60% industry: 12% services: 28% (2003) |
| Population below poverty line: | 25% (2002 est.) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 5.3% (2006 est.) |
| Investment (gross fixed): | 29.2% of GDP (2006 est.) |
| Agriculture - products: | rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish |
| Industries: | textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software |
| Industrial production growth rate: | 7.5% (2006 est.) |
| Exports - commodities: | textile goods, gems and jewellery, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures |
| Currency (code): | Indian rupee (INR) |
| Fiscal year: | 1 April - 31 March |
| Others | |
| Nationality: | noun:
Indian(s) adjective: Indian |
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Religions: |
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) |
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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: | name:
New Delhi geographic coordinates: 28 36 N, 77 12 E time difference: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Administrative divisions: | 28 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, West Bengal |
| Independence: | 15 August 1947 (from UK) |
| National holidays: | Republic Day - 26 January |
| Legal system: | based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus |
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Source : CIA The World Factbook |
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