 India
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
20 00 N, 77 00 E |
| Area |
total: 3,287,590 sq km land: 2,973,190 sq km water: 314,400 sq km |
| Climate |
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
| Terrain |
upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north |
| Population |
1,129,866,154 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language |
| Imports |
crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals |
| Exports |
textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures |
| Hazards |
droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
| Resources |
coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land |
| Geography |
dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes; Kanchenjunga, third tallest mountain in the world, lies on the border with Nepal |
| Nationality |
noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian |
| Capital |
name: New Delhi geographic coordinates: 28 36 N, 77 12 E time difference: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Internet Country Code |
.in |
| Internet Users |
60 million (2005) |
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