Facts about India |
Facts & Data of India
India Geography
| Location: |
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan |
| Geographic coordinates: |
Lies between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97 ° 25' east |
| Area: |
total: 3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km |
| Coastline: |
7,516 kms |
| Land Frontier |
15,200 km |
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India at a glance
| Capital |
New Delhi |
| National Language: |
Hindi |
| National Parks |
94 |
| Wildlife Sanctuaries |
501 |
Sex Ratio
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933 females per 1000 males
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| Literacy |
65.38 %
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Male Literacy
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75.85 %
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| Female Literacy |
54.16 % |
| Major religions: |
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism |
| National anthem: |
Jan gana mana written by Rabindranath Tagore |
| National emblem |
Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath |
| National flag: |
Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue colour |
| National animal: |
Tiger |
| National bird: |
Peacock |
| National flower: |
Lotus |
| National tree: |
Banyan |
| National fruit: |
Mango |
| National currency: |
Indian Rupee |
| States : |
- 28 States and 7 Union Territories
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| Population |
1,210,193,422 (2011 Census) |
| Languages |
Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
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