India is a country in Southern Asia. India has 15,106.7 km of land border and a coastline of 7,516.6 km including island territories. India is the seventh largest country in the world after Russia, Canada, China, US, Brazil and Australia. It shares border with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan , Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
According to World Bank Report of 2011, Indian economy is at tenth position according to nominal GDP(adjusted GDP) and third largest according to PPP.
Indian Map
Politics:
In Politics of India, there are 7 recognised national parties and more than 45 regional parties. Currently the main two national parties are Congress and Bjp. Currently the government is of alliance of Congress – UPA. There are mainly three alliances in Politics of India. They are : UPA, NDA and Third Front.
States:
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Orissa
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
Union Territories
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Chandigarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Lakshadweep
- National Capital Territory of Delhi
- Pondicherry
Demographics:
India is the second most populous country in the world. According to Census 2011 Data, India’s Population is 1,21,01,93,422. From 2001 to 2011 its population has grown by 17.64%. The density of population of India is 382 per sq. km.
According to 2001 census, Hinduism is the largest religion(80.5%) followed by Islam (13.4%), Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism (1.9%), Buddhism (0.8%) Jainism (0.4%), Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and the Bahá’í Faith
Sources:
http://www.census2011.co.in/p/glance.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_India
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/document/papers/mha07-08/chapter3-07.pdf
