Information About India

The information about India is very helpful for those who want to visit India for the first time or want to travel from one part of the country to the other. The information may be subdivided as general information about India and specific information about India. The general information about any country would be an overview of the nation. The specific information will give you necessary details as travel routes, railway time table, cuisine of a particular region, etc.

Here is the general information about India. India is the second largest country in the world in population with a population of 1, 173, 108, 018. It is the seventh largest country in the world in its area. The growth rate of the population is 1.3% with a birth rate of 21.3/1000. The infant mortality rate is 49.1/1000. The average life expectancy of people of India is 66.4 years and the 386 people live per square kilometer on an average.

There totally 30 states and 6 union territories in India that spread over an area of 3, 287, 263 square kilometers. There are 18 official languages in India and Hindi is the main language spoken by majority of people. The national animal, bird, tree, sport and emblem are tiger, peacock, banyan tree, hockey and Saranath Lion respectively. Indian national flag is the tricolor flag with saffron at the top, white in the center and green at the bottom with a blue chakra with 24 spokes in the middle.

The capital of the nation is New Delhi. The unit of currency in India is Rupee. It equals $50 approx. as of November 2011. The major cities of India are Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kanpur and Pune. Pratibha Patil became the President of India in 2007 and Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister in 2004.

India celebrates its Independence day on 15^th August and Republic day on 26^th January. Of total Indian population Indo-Aryans make 72%, Dravidians make 25% and others 3%. 81% of people in India are Hindus while 13% follow Islam and 2% follow Christianity and 2% follow Sikhism.

The per capita income of people of India is $3, 100. The growth rate of the nation is 6.5% with an unemployment rate of 10.7%. The important industries are agriculture, textiles, chemicals, steel, cement, mining, machinery and software. The natural resources obtained in India are coal, iron ore, manganese, mica, diamonds, limestone and bauxite. India ranks fourth in the world in its coal reserves.

More than 50 million people use telephone lines and more than 200 million people use cellular phones. There are more than 60 million internet users in India as of 2005. Total length of railway lines is 63, 221 km and total length of highways is 3, 383, 344 km. According to the year 2007 there are 346 airports in India and the seaports and harbors are located at Chennai, Vishakapatnam, Haldia, Kandla, Kolkata, Cochin, Mumbai and New Mangalore.

There is only one standard time in India which is 5.5 hours ahead of GMT. This is 10.5 hours ahead of American Eastern Standard time and 4.5 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard time.

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