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 Official languages Recognised regional languages National language None Religion
79.8% Hinduism 14.2% Islam 2.3% Christianity 1.7% Sikhism 0.7% Buddhism 0.4% Jainism 0.23% Unaffiliated 0.65% others See Religion in India Demonym(s) Indian Membership UN WTO BRICS SCO Commonwealth of Nations Government Federal parliamentary constitutional republic Ram Nath Kovind Venkaiah Naidu Narendra Modi Sharad Arvind Bobde Om Birla Legislature Parliament Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Independence 15 August 1947 26 January 1950 Area • Total
3,287,263[6] 2 (1,269,219 sq mi)[c] 7th • Water (%)
9.6 Population • 2016 estimate
[9] 2nd • 2011 census
1,210,854,977[10] [11] 2nd • Density
404.1/km2 (1,046.6/sq mi) (31st GDP (PPP 2019 estimate • Total
[12] 3rd • Per capita
[12] 119th GDP (nominal) 2019 estimate • Total
[12] 5th • Per capita
[12] 142nd Gini (2013) 33.9[13] medium HDI (2018) [14] medium 129th Currency Indian rupee INR Time zone UTC IST DST Date format Driving side left Calling code +91 ISO 3166 code IN Internet TLD .in others
The Republic of India (Hindi भारत गणराज्य ) is a country Asia South Asia billion population world [15] South Asia democracy [16] [17] [18]
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 [19] military force nuclear weapon [20]
India's economy became the world's fastest growing in the G20 developing nations People's Republic of China [21] literacy wealth [22] wealth [23] [24] 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 [25] 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 . This came 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 Lingua Franca Nova:
Barat srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски:
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