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national
country name: Bharat (Hindi)
capital: New Delhi
population:
1.06 billion
area:
3,166,414 sq km (appr. equiv to Western Europe)
population density: 310
persons per sq km
urban:
26.8%
rural:
73.2%
GNI (GNP):
USD 470 per capita per year
highest
point: 8598m (Kanchenjunga)
languages:
22 official + 1600 minor languages and dialects
(dec2003)
national
language: Hindi
major
languages: 40.2% Hindi; 8.3% Bengali; 7.9% Telugu
(1991)
number of states:
28 + 7 union territories
money: Indian rupee
time: GMT + 5,5
hours
electricity:
240V, 50Hz
government
form: constitutional democracy
government:
Congress party led UPA coalition
Prime
Minister: Manmohan Singh
President: Pratibha Patil
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% (male 75.3; fem 53.7%) (2001)
gender ratio: 933
fem to 1000 male (2001)
child
(0-6 yrs) gender ratio: 927 fem to 1000 male (2001)
life expectancy: 61.5yr
male; 62.7yr fem
daily
calories intake: 2,388 per capita
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