Thursday, 21 April 2011

Facts and Statistics

Location : Southern Asia, bordering Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km,
China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km

Capital : New Delhi


Climate : varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north


Population : 1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.)


Ethnic Make-up : Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)


Religions : Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)


Government : federal republic

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