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Country Name:
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India
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Nationality:
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Indian
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Capital:
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New Delhi
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Government type:
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Federal Republic
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Administrative divisions:
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29 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
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Location:
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Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
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Geographic coordinates:
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20 00 N, 77 00 E
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Map references
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Asia
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Area:
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Total: 3,287,263 sq km
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Land: 2,973,193 sq km
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Water: 314,070 sq km
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Land Boundaries:
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Total: 13,888 km
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Border Countries:
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Bangladesh 4,142 km, Bhutan 659 km, Burma 1,468 km, China 2,659 km, Nepal 1,770 km, Pakistan 3,190 km
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Climate
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varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
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Terrain:
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upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
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Elevation extremes:
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Lowest Point: Indian Ocean 0 m
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Highest Point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
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Natural Resources:
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coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
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Land use:
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Arable land: 47.87%
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Permanent crops:3.74%
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Other:48.39% (2011)
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Irrigated land: 663,340 sq km (2008)
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GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$42.06 billion (2013 est.)
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$40.57 billion (2012 est.)
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$38.7 billion (2011 est.)
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note: data are in 2013 US dollars
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GDP (official exchange rate):
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$19.34 billion (2013 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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3.6% (2013 est.)
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4.9% (2012 est.)
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3.4% (2011 est.)
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GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$1,500 (2013 est.)
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$1,500 (2012 est.)
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$1,400 (2011 est.)
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note: data are in 2013 US dollars
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Population:
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1,236,344,631 (July 2014 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 28.5% (male 187,016,401/female 165,048,695)
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15-24 years: 18.1% (male 118,696,540/female 105,342,764)
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25-54 Years: 40.6% (male 258,202,535/ female 243,293,143)
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55-64 Years: 7% (male 43,625,668 / female 43,175,111)
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65 years and over: 5.7% (male 34,133,175/female 37,810,599) (2014 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 27 years
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male: 26.4 years
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female: 27.7 years (2014 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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1.25% (2014 est.)
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Birth rate:
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19.89 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
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Death rate:
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7.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2014 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
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Urbanization:
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urban population: 31% of total population (2011)
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rate of urbanization: 2.47% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female
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under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
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15-24 Years: 1.13 male(s)/female
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25-54 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
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55-64 Years: 1.08 male(s)/female
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total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
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total population:1.08 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 43.19 deaths/1,000 live births
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male: 41.9 deaths/1,000 live births
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female: 44.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 67.8 years
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male: 66.68 years
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female: 69.06 years (2014 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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2.51 children born/woman (2014 est.)
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Chief of state:
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President Pranab MUKHERJEE (since 22 July 2012); Vice President Mohammad Hamid ANSARI (since 11 August 2007)
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Head of government:
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Prime Minister Narendra MODI (since 26 May 2014)
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Cabinet:
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Union Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
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Elections:
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president elected by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament and the legislatures of the states for a five-year term (no term limits); election last held in July 2012 (next to be held in July 2017); vice president elected by both houses of Parliament for a five-year term; election last held in August 2012 (next to be held in August 2017); prime minister chosen by parliamentary members of the majority party following legislative elections
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Election Results:
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Pranab MUKHERJEE elected president; percent of vote - Pranab MUKHERJEE 69.31%, Purno SANGMA - 30.69%
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Ethnic Groups:
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Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
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Languages:
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Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
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Note: English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% 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 (2001 census)
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Religions:
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Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Source: CIA World Factbook
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