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India
  • Bharat / भारत गणराज्य
  • Region : South Asia
  • Capital : New Delhi
  • Area : 3,287,259.00 km²
  • Official Language : Hindi
  • Population : 1,352,617,000.00
  • GDP(Nominal) : 2935.570
  • GPI Rank : 141
  • GII Rank : 52
  • Has joined CRS(Common Reporting Standard)
India is a country between the Indian Ocean and the Himalayas. The land has a total area of 3,287,259 km² and a total coastline of 7,000 km. This area is approximately 473% of the area of Texas. The country has about 1,200 partially uninhabited islands. There are direct national borders with the 8 neighbouring countries Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The distance between New York City and the Capital New Delhi is about 11,770 km.According to the definition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India is one of the developing countries because of its lower economic performance.
Population
Population Per Km2

411.5

Life Expectancy of Males

68.2

Life Expectancy of Females

70.7

Birth Rate

17.9 ‰

Death Rate

7.2 ‰

Passport
Passport of India
VF : 26 , VOA : 44 MS : 70
Currency : Indian Rupee (INR)

1 US Dollar = 75.51 Rupee
1000 Rupee = 13.24 US Dollar

Economy

Item

Value

GDP2,302.06 bn €

Exportations

479.72 bn €

Importations

574.33 bn €

Tourism receipts

24.68 bn €

Unemployment rate

5.4 %

Inflation rate

7.66 %

corruption index

41 (bad)

Energy consumption

1,137.0 bn kWh

GDP : 2935.570 | GDP(PPP) : 11325.670
Important Cities

City/Region

Population

New Delhi / CapitalNCT

258,000

DelhiNCT

18,498,000

MumbaiMaharashtra

12,442,000

BangaloreKarnataka

8,444,000

ChennaiTamil Nadu

7,088,000

HyderabadTelangana

6,810,000

AhmedabadGujarat

5,571,000

KolkataWest Bengal

4,497,000

SuratGujarat

4,468,000

PuneMaharashtra

3,124,000

JaipurRajasthan

3,073,000

LucknowUttar Pradesh

2,817,000

KanpurUttar Pradesh

2,765,000

PatnaBihar

2,695,000

IndoreMadhya Pradesh

1,992,000

BhopalMadhya Pradesh

1,745,000

VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh

1,730,000

LudhianaPunjab

1,619,000

CoimbatoreTamil Nadu

1,601,000

FaridabadHaryana

1,414,000

SrinagarKashmir

1,181,000

AmritsarPunjab

1,159,000

HaoraWest Bengal

1,072,000

JodhpurRajasthan

1,034,000

ChandigarhChandigarh

961,000

GuwahatiAssam

899,000

VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh

875,000

MysoreKarnataka

868,000

RanchiJharkhand

846,000

ThiruvananthapuramKerala

784,000

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Land Use

Category

Area

7% Urban areas

222,688 km²

55% Agricultural areas

1,797,293 km²

21% Forest

706,727 km²

10% Water areas

314,069 km²

7% Others

246,481 km²

Mother Tongue

Lanaguage

Percent

Hindi

41.0 %

Bengali

8.1 %

Telugu

7.2 %

Marathi

7.0 %

Tamil

5.9 %

Urdu

5.0 %

Gujarati

4.5 %

Kannada

3.7 %

Malayalam

3.2 %

Oriya

3.2 %

Punjabi

2.8 %

Assamese

1.3 %

Maithili

1.2 %

other

5.9 %

Transport

Lanaguage

Percent

Roadways:

4,699,024 km

Railways:

68,525 km

Waterways:

14,500 km

Commercial harbors:

1,731

› Airports:

346

Climate
The climate in IndiaWith an extent of over 2900 km from north to south, it is difficult to make a general statement about the climate. The individual parts of the country would be too different. A predominantly tropical climate is dominating India as it is usual, in all equatorial countries. There is almost no difference between the seasons as in Central Europe. The daylight hours vary little, and the temperature differences between summer and winter are also lower. Depending on the season, the average daytime temperatures range between 24 and 35 degrees. In some parts of the country the temperature raises up to 42 °C. In the colder months and depending in the region, the temperature lowers down to 12°C in a month's average. Average daytime and nighttime temperaturesDetailed climate data fo
The climate in India