| India |
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| Geography | |
| Location: | Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan |
| Area: | total:
3,287,263 sq km land: 2,973,193 sq km water: 314,070 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: | 1,173,108,018 (July 2010 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14
years: 30.1% (male 187,397,168/female 165,403,830) 15-64 years: 64.6% (male 391,430,598/female 366,256,167) 65 years and over: 5.3% (male 29,806,029/female 32,814,226) (2010 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 1.376% (2010 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 21.34 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| Death rate: | 7.53 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at
birth: 1.12 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2010 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total:
49.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total
population: 66.46 years country comparison to the world: 159 male: 65.46 years female: 67.57 years (2010 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 2.65 children born/woman (2010 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 0.3% (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 2.4 million (2007 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): | $3.56 trillion (2009 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | $1.095 trillion (2009 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate: | 6.5% (2009 est.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $3,100 (2009 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture:
17% industry: 28.2% services: 54.9% (2009) |
| Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture:
52% industry: 14% services: 34% (2009 est.) |
| Population below poverty line: | 25% (2007 est.) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 10.9% (2009 est.) |
| Investment (gross fixed): | 32.3% of GDP (2009 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, pharmaceuticals |
| Industrial production growth rate: | 8.2% (2009 est.) |
| Exports - commodities: | petroleum products, precious stones, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, vehicles, apparel |
| Currency (code): | Indian rupee (INR) |
| Others | |
| Nationality: | noun:
Indian(s) adjective: Indian |
| Religions: |
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) |
| 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) |
| 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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