Republic of India
Bharat Juktarashtra
Surface: 3.166.414 Kmē
Population: 1.080.264.388
Density: 324 ab/Kmē
Government type: Repubblica federale
Capital: Nuova Delhi (9.236.000 ab., 12.790.000 aggl.)
Other city: Bombay 11.915.000 ab.
Ethnic groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%,
Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
Adjacent countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km,
Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km,
Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Main Mount: Kanchenjunga 8598 m |
Main River Brahmaputra 2900 Km
Gange 2125 Km
Main Lake: Hirakud 1100 Kmē
Main Island: Andamans Islands 6408 Kmē
Climate: varies from tropical monsoon
in south to temperate in north
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
Religions: Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%,
Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%
Currency: Indian rupee (INR)
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