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Area: 3,287,590 square kilometers
Capital City: New Delhi
Latitude: Between 8 '4' & 37 '6'
Longitude: Between 68 '7' & 97 '25' east
Coastline: 7516.5 kilometers
Geography: India is a peninsular land with its borders touching Pakistan to its North West, China, Bhutan and Nepal to its North and Bangladesh and Myanmar to its east. The southern end of the mainland is surrounded by Bay of Bengal, Indian Sea and Arabian Sea.
People: 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, rest others
Language: Hindi
Currency: Rupee
Time: India is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Highest Mountain Range: Himalayas (altitude more than 7500 meters)
Largest River Basin: Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin
National Flag of India: Horizontal tricolor- Saffron, White & Green with Navy Blue Ashok Chakra with 24 spokes
Religion: 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4% Christian, 2% Sikh, and rest others
Government: Federal Republic |
