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india country profile
| Official Name : |
Republic of India |
| Government : |
Federal Republic |
| Head of State : |
H.E. Pratibha Patil, President (since 25
July 2007)
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| Head of Government : |
H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
(since 22 May 2004)
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| Capital : |
New Delhi |
| Location & Borders : |
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian
Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between
Burma and Pakistan; Border countries:
Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605
km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km,
Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
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| Area/Land : |
3,287,590 sq km . |
| Climate : |
Varies from tropical monsoon in south
to temperate in north
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| Population : |
1,147,995,904 (July 2008 est.) |
| Literacy : |
61% |
| Life Expectancy : |
69.25 years |
Language:
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Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%,
Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%,
Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam
3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%,
Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other
5.9%. English is widely spoken.
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| Religion: |
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian
2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspeci-
fied 0.1% (2001 census)
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| Monetary Unit : |
1 Indian Rupee= 100 paise |
| Per Capita GDP/GNI : |
$2,600 (2007 est.) |
| Exports : |
$151.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities: Petroleum
products, textile goods, gems and
jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals,
leather manufactures
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| Imports : |
$230.5 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities: Crude oil,
machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals
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| Internet domain : |
.in
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| International Dialing code: |
+91
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