INDIA

India (Hindi: भारत) [1] is the largest country in the Indian Subcontinent and shares borders with Pakistan to the west, China and Nepal to the north, Bhutan to the north-east, and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia lie to the south-east in the Indian Ocean. It is the seventh largest country in the world by area and, with over a billion people, is second only to China in population. It's an extremely diverse country, with vast differences in geography, climate, culture, language and ethnicity across its expanse, and prides itself on being the largest democracy on Earth.
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Capital
New Delhi
Government
Federal Republic
Currency
Indian National Rupee (INR)
Area
total: 3,287,590 km2land: 2,973,190 km2water: 314,400 km2
Population
1,147,995,898 (2008 est.)
Language
Hindi, English and 21 other official languages
Religion
Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
Electricity
230V/50Hz, Indian (Old British)/European plugs
Calling Code
+91
Internet TLD
.in
Time Zone
UTC+5.5