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Location	Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan.
Geographic coordinates	20 00 N, 77 00 E.
Map references	Asia.
Area	Total: 3,287,590 sq km Water: 314,400 sq km Land: 2,973,190 sq km.
Land Boundaries	Total: 14,103 km.
Border Countries	Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km.
Coastline	7,000 km.
Climate	Varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north.
Geography — Note	Dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes.
Population	1,045,845,226 (July 2002 est.)
Age Structure	0-14 years: 32.7% (male 175,858,386; female 165,724,901) 15-64 years: 62.6% (male 338,957,463; female 316,063,497) 65 years and over: 4.7% (male 24,975,465; female 24,265,514) (2002 est.).
Population growth rate	1.51% (2002 est.).
Ethnic groups	Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000).
Religions	Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000).
Languages	English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% 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.
Literacy	Definition: age 15 and over can read and write Total Population: 52% Male: 65.5% Female: 37.7% (1995 est.)
Country Name	Conventional Long Form : Republic of India Conventional Short Form : India
Government type	Federal Republic.
Capital	New Delhi.
Independence	15 August 1947 (from UK).
National holiday	Republic Day, 26 January (1950).
Constitution	26 January 1950.
Legal System	Based on English common law; limited judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations .
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal.
GDP	Purchasing Power Parity - $2.5 trillion (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	5% (2001 est.)
GDP - per capita	Purchasing Power Parity - $2,500 (2001 est.).
GDP - composition by sector	Agriculture: 25% Industry: 26% Services: 49% (2001 est.).
Population below poverty line	25% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share	Lowest 10%: 3.5% Highest 10%: 33.5% (2000)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	3.5% (2001 est.).
Labor force	406 million (1999).
Labor force - by occupation	Agriculture 60%, Industry 17%, Services 23% (1999).
Budget	Revenues: $48.3 billion Expenditures: $78.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $13.5 billion (FY01/02 est.)
Industries	Textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software.
Agriculture - products	Rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish.
Exports	$44.5 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
Exports - commodities	Textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures.
Exports - partners	US 22.8%, Hong Kong 5.8%, Japan 5.3%, UK 5.3%, Germany 4.6% (2000).
Imports	$53.8 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
Imports - commodities	Crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals.
Imports - partners	Benelux 8.5%, US 8%, UK 6.2%, Japan 5.7%, Saudi Arabia 4.6% (2000).
Currency	Indian Rupee (INR).
Currency code	INR.
Fiscal year	1 April - 31 March.
Source : www.cia.gov

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