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General Information
| Population |
1,027 million (2001
Census) |
| Area |
3.3 million square
kilometres |
| Geographical
Location |
Lies between latitudes
8°4' and 37°6 ' north and longitudes 68°7 ' and 97°25'
east |
| Coastline
Length |
7,600 km |
| Languages |
17 major languages, 844
dialects |
| Major
Religions |
Hinduism, Islam,
Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism |
| National
Anthem |
"Jan gana mana" by
Rabindranath Tagore |
| National
Emblem |
Replica of the Lion
Capital of Sarnath |
| National Flag |
Horizontal tricolour in
equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in
the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the centre
of the white band is a wheel in navy blue colour. |
| National
Animal |
Tiger (Panthera
tigris) |
| National
Bird |
Peacock |
| National
Flower |
Lotus |
| National Tree |
Banyan |
| National fruit |
Mango |
| National
Currency |
Rupees (One Rupees = 100
paise) |
Political Information
| India |
Sovereign, Socialist,
Secular, Democratic Republic |
| The Indian
Union |
28 States and seven
centrally administered Union Territories |
| Form of
government |
Parliamentary, based on
universal adult franchise |
| Legislature |
Parliament, consists of
President and the two Houses, known as Rajya Sabha
(Council of States) and Lok Sabha (House of the People) |
| Executive |
Consists of President,
Vice-President and Council of Ministers led by the Prime
Minister |
| Judiciary |
Independent of executive |
Economic Indicators
GDP – real growth rate |
9.2% (2007) |
GDP – per capita (PPP) |
$2,700 (2007) |
Inflation rate (consumer prices |
6.4% (2007) |
Industrial production growth rate |
8.9% (2007) |
Electricity production |
661.6 billion kWh (2005) |
Oil production |
834,600 bbl/day (205) |
Oil proved reserves |
5.7 billion bbl (2007) |
Natural gas production |
28.68 billion cum (2005) |
Natural gas – proved reserves |
1.056 trillion cum (1 January 2006) |
Exports |
$150.8 bilion f.o.b. (2007) |
Imports |
$230.2 f.o.b. (2007) |
Reserves of foreign Exchange and gold |
$275 billion (31 Dec. 2007) |
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