India: Introduction

Capital: New Delhi

Population

Total Population: 1,170,938,000

Annual Growth Rate: 1.3%

Density: 394 Inhabitants/km²

Urban Population: 30.1%

Population of main cities including suburbs: Delhi (22,400,000); Mumbai (22,300,000); Calcutta (16,000,000); Chennai (8,050,000); Bangalore (7,600,000); Hyderabad (7,350,000).

Ethnic Origins: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and Others 3%

Official Language: Hindi (spoken by more than 50% of the country’s population) and English.

Other Languages Spoken: 17 regional languages are recognized by the Constitution of India, which include Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Punjabi, Telegu, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi. Muslims largely speaks Urdu.

Business Language(s): English

Religion: Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%.

Literacy Rate: 61.0%

Local Time:

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Exchange Rate on :

National Currency: Indian Rupee (INR)

Country Overview

Area: 3,287,260 km²

Type of State: India is a federal Republic state based on parliamentary democracy.

Type of Economy: Low-income economy, Emerging Financial Market.
Second greatest population and largest liberal democracy in the world. Importance of agriculture and the IT sector in the economy.

HDI*: 0.519/1

HDI (World Rank): 119/169

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an Indicator Which Synthesizes Several Data Such as Life Expectancy, Level of Education, Professional Careers, Access to Culture etc.

F° | C°

23°

Low: 9° | High: 21°

Humidity: 37% | Wind: 23 km/h
Sunrise: 7:07 am | Sunset: 6:04 pm

New Delhi, Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone Code:
To Make a Call From India, Dial 00
To Make a Call to India, Dial +91

Internet Suffix: .in

Computers: 1.5 per 100 Inhabitants

Telephone Lines: 3.2 per 100 Inhabitants

Internet Users: 7.0 per 100 Inhabitants

Access to Electricity: 56% of the Population

Foreign Trade in Figures

Foreign Trade Indicators	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Imports of Goods (million USD)	178,410	229,370	321,032	257,202	322,702
Exports of Goods (million USD)	121,808	150,159	194,827	164,907	216,162
Imports of Services (million USD)	58,222	70,388	87,760	80,274	116,906
Exports of Services (million USD)	69,456	86,612	103,829	90,193	109,514

Source: WTO - World Trade Organization - Last Available Data.

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