India November 3, 2020 Andaman , Arabian Sea , Asia , Bangalore , Bay of Bengal , Bombay , Brahmaputra , British colony , Calcutta , colony , conflicts , Delhi , Ganges , Himalayas , Hyderabad , îles Andaman , Indes , India , Indian Ocean , Kashmir , Kolkata , Madras , mountains , mousson , Mumbai , New Delhi , Pondichéry , South Asia , war Official name Republic of India Name in local language भारत गणराज्य - Bhārat Gaṇarājya (hi) ; Republic of India (en) Continent Asia Subcontinent South Asia Population (ranking: 2e ) 1,372,943,539 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 1.07 % / year Area 3,287,469 km² Density 417.63 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 7e )2,726.323 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 2,016 $USD (2018) GDP growth 7.00 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 69.92 years (2020) Birth rate 20.20 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 2.20 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 6.30 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 33.00 ‰ (2017) Literacy rate 77.70 % (2017) Official languages Hindi, English, French in some small parts (and 21 other regional languages) Currency Indian rupee (₹ INR) HDI (ranking: 167e )0.647 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )30.57 (2018) Government Federal parliamentary constitutional socialist republic Head of State President Ram Nath Kovind ; Prime Minister Narendra Modi National Day January, 26 (Republic), August, 15 (independence), October 2 (birth of Gandhi) ISO Codes IN, IND Demonym Indian Tourists (ranking ) 15,543,000 people (2017)
India is a country in southern Asia that occupies the major part of the Indian subcontinent. It shares borders with China , Nepal , Bhutan to the north, Pakistan to the northwest, Burma and Bangladesh to the east, and Sri Lanka to the south.
Mumbai, economic capital city of India. Photo : A.Savin Andaman Islands, India. Photo : Venkatesh K Karakoram, West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe, India. Photo : Jochen Westermann Taj Mahal, India. Photo : Amal Mongia Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Delhi 26,454,086 inhabitants Mumbai (Bombay) 24,337,933 inhabitants Kolkata (Calcutta) 16,681,589 inhabitants Hyderabad 14,731,106 inhabitants Bangalore 13,180,744 inhabitants Chennai (Madras) 12,906,602 inhabitants Ahmedabad 8,067,743 inhabitants Surate 6,635,001 inhabitants Pune 6,226,959 inhabitants Visakhapatnam 5,618,000 inhabitants Kanpur 3,627,313 inhabitants Jaipur 3,210,570 inhabitants Lucknow 3,089,651 inhabitants Patna 2,803,131 inhabitants Nagpur 2,607,981 inhabitants Indore 2,167,447 inhabitants Coimbatore 2,151,466 inhabitants Kochi 2,117,990 inhabitants Mirat (Meerut) 2,086,194 inhabitants Kozhikode 2,030,519 inhabitants Bhopal 1,883,381 inhabitants Thrissur 1,854,783 inhabitants Nashik 1,832,195 inhabitants Vadodara 1,817,191 inhabitants Agra 1,746,467 inhabitants
Administrative divisions States and Territories Population Area Andaman et Nicobar (Territoire) 380,581 inhabitants 8,249 km² Andhra Pradesh 84,580,777 inhabitants 160,205 km² Arunachal Pradesh 1,383,727 inhabitants 83,743 km² Assam 31,205,576 inhabitants 78,438 km² Bengale-Occidental 91,276,115 inhabitants 88,752 km² Bihar 104,099,452 inhabitants 94,163 km² Chandigarh (Territoire) 1,055,450 inhabitants 114 km² Chhattisgarh 25,545,198 inhabitants 135,192 km² Dadra et Nagar Haveli (Territoire) 343,709 inhabitants 491 km² Daman et Diu (Territoire) 243,247 inhabitants 111 km² Delhi (Territoire) 16,787,941 inhabitants 1,483 km² Goa 1,458,545 inhabitants 3,702 km² Gujarat 60,439,692 inhabitants 196,024 km² Haryana 25,351,462 inhabitants 44,212 km² Himachal Pradesh 6,864,602 inhabitants 55,673 km² Jammu-et-Cachemire 12,541,302 inhabitants 222,236 km² Jharkhand 32,988,134 inhabitants 79,714 km² Karnataka 61,095,297 inhabitants 191,791 km² Kerala 33,406,061 inhabitants 38,852 km² Lakshadweep (Territoire) 64,473 inhabitants 32 km² Madhya Pradesh 72,626,809 inhabitants 308,245 km² Maharashtra 112,374,333 inhabitants 307,713 km² Manipur 2,855,794 inhabitants 22,356 km² Meghalaya 2,966,889 inhabitants 22,489 km² Mizoram 1,097,206 inhabitants 21,087 km²
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