capital:
New Delhi
population:
1.06 billion
area: 3,166,414
sq km
population density: 310
persons per sq km
GNI (GNP): USD
470 per capita per year
languages: 22 official
+ 1600 minor languages and dialects (dec 2003)
number of states: 28
+ 7 union territories
religion: 80.5%
Hindu, 13.4% Muslim, 2.3% Christian, 1.9% Sikh, 0.8% Buddhist,
0.4% Jain, 0.01% Zoroastrian, 1.3% other (2001)
literacy rate: 64.8%
gender ratio: 933
fem to 1000 male (2001)
life expectancy: 61.5yr
male; 62.7yr fem
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