Republic of India Bhārat Gaṇarājya
Area controlled by India shown in dark green;
Capital New Delhi 28°36′50″N 77°12′30″E / 28°36′50″N 77°12′30″E / 28.61389; 77.20833 Largest city Mumbai 18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E / 18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E / 18.97500; 72.82583 Official languages Hindi English [4] [5] Recognised regional languages National language None[7] [8] Religion 79.8% Hinduism Islam Christianity Sikhism Buddhism Jainism [9] [10] Demonym Indian Government Federal parliamentary republic Ram Nath Kovind Venkaiah Naidu Narendra Modi Ranjan Gogoi Sumitra Mahajan Legislature Parliament of India Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 15 August 1947 26 January 1950 Area • Total
3,287,263[11] 2 (1,269,219 sq mi)[b] 7th • Water (%)
9.6 Population • 2016 estimate
1,293,057,000[12] • 2011 census
1,210,854,977[13] [14] • Density
398.7/km2 (1,032.6/sq mi) (31st) GDP (PPP 2016 estimate • Total
$8.727 trillion[15] 3rd • Per capita
$6,664[15] 122nd GDP (nominal) 2016 estimate • Total
$2.384 trillion[15] 7th • Per capita
$1,820[15] 141st Gini (2009) 33.9[16] medium HDI (2014) [17] medium 130th Currency Indian rupee INR Time zone IST (UTC NA (UTC DST Date format dd-mm-yyyy Drives on the left Calling code +91 ISO 3166 code IN Internet TLD .in
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The Republic of India (Hindi भारत गणराज्य ) is a country Asia South Asia billion population world [18] South Asia democracy [19] [20] [21]
India has seven neighbours: Pakistan China Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh Myanmar Sri Lanka
The capital New Delhi peninsula Indian Ocean Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal coastline [22] military force nuclear weapon [23]
India's economy became the world's fastest growing in the G20 developing nations People's Republic of China [24] literacy wealth [25] wealth [26] [27] social economic poverty corruption World Trade Organisation Kyoto Protocol
India has the fourth largest number of spoken languages per country in the world, only behind Papua New Guinea Indonesia Nigeria [28] Hinduism Buddhism Sikhism Islam Christianity Indian subcontinent
National Symbols of India The National emblem of India shows four lions State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005
The name India comes from the Greek word, Indus, ultimately derived from the word sindhu, which in time turned into Hind or Hindi Hindu Hindi
Other Languages
беларуская (тарашкевіца):
Індыя Chavacano de Zamboanga:
India गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni:
भारत বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী:
ভারত srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски:
Indija Lingua Franca Nova:
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