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India
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| Location: | Between Burma and Pakistan, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal |
| Area: | Total: 3,287,590 sq km Land: 2,973,190 sq km Water: 314,400 sq km | | Land boundaries: | Total: 14,103 km It has borders with Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km and Pakistan 2,912 km | | Map: |  | | Climate: | Varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north | | People | | |
| Population: | 1,129,866,154 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14 years: 31.8% (male 188,208,196/female 171,356,024) 15-64 years: 63.1% (male 366,977,821/female 346,034,565) 65 years and over: 5.1% (male 27,258,259/female 30,031,289) (2007 est.) |
| Ethnic groups: | Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) |
| Religions: | Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) |
| 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 |
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| Government type: | Federal republic |
| Capital: | New Delhi | | Independence: | 15 August 1947 (from UK) |
| Legal system: | Based on the English common law. Separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus | | Economy | | | | GDP (purchasing power parity): | $4.164 trillion (2006 est.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $3,800 (2006 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | Agriculture: 17.5% industry: 27.9% services: 54.6% (2005 est.) | | Industries: | Textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software |
| Currency (code): | Indian rupee (INR) |
This article was compiled with the aid of the CIA World Fact book.
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