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Country Profile: India

OFFICIAL NAME	Republic of India
GEOGRAPHY	Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
AREA	3,287,590 sq km / 1,269,338 sq miles
COMPARATIVE	larger than one-third the size of the United States
POPULATION	1.2 billion (UN 2008)
CAPITAL	New Delhi
LITERACY	64% (age 15+ and can read and write)
LANGUAGE	17 major languages, 844 dialects
RELIGION	Hindu - 80% Muslim - 14% Christian - 2.4% Sikh - 2% Buddhist - 0.7% Jains - 0.5% Other - 0.4%
POLITICS	Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic, Parliamentary, based on universal adult franchise
INCOME	Per capita income = US$ 1,220 per year
CURRENCY	Indian Rupee (Rs)
TIME ZONE	GMT/UTC +5.5
SOURCES	Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News.

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