Country Name:
Republic of India
Area:
3,287,000 sq km
Population:
968 million
Capital City:
New Delhi (pop 10.1 million)
People:
72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian and 3% Mongoloid.
Languages:
Hindi and English, plus 15 other languages and more than 700 dialects.
Religion:
82% Hindu, 11% Muslim, 2% Buddhist, 2 % Christian, 2% Sikh, and 1% Jain
Government:
Constitutional democracy
Currency:
Indian rupee (Rs)
Time Zone:
Five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT/UTC
Country Code:
91
Electricity:
230V to 240V, 50AC; sockets take plugs with three round pins, similar to European sockets.


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