India Statistics

India is my country. All indians are my bros and sis... reminds me of my good ole days at school.. anyways, for here is a must-know for all indians

national country name: Bharat (Hindi)
capital: New Delhi
population: 1.06 billion
area: 3,166,414 sq km (appr. equiv to Western Europe)
population density: 310 persons per sq km
urban: 26.8%
rural: 73.2%
GNI (GNP): USD 470 per capita per year
highest point: 8598m (Kanchenjunga)
languages: 22 official + 1600 minor languages and dialects (dec2003)
national language: Hindi
major languages: 40.2% Hindi; 8.3% Bengali; 7.9% Telugu (1991)
number of states: 28 + 7 union territories
money: Indian rupee
time: GMT + 5,5 hours
electricity: 240V, 50Hz
government form: constitutional democracy
government: Congress party led UPA coalition
Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh
President: Pratibha Patil
religion: 80.5% Hindu, 13.4% Muslim, 2.3% Christian, 1.9% Sikh, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.4% Jain, 0.01% Zoroastrian, 1.3% other (2001)
literacy rate: 64.8% (male 75.3; fem 53.7%) (2001)
gender ratio: 933 fem to 1000 male (2001)
child (0-6 yrs) gender ratio: 927 fem to 1000 male (2001)
life expectancy: 61.5yr male; 62.7yr fem
daily calories intake: 2,388 per capita