Area |
3,287,590 square kilometers |
Capital City |
New Delhi |
Latitude |
Between 8 '4' & 37 '6' |
Longitude |
Between 68 '7' & 97 '25' east |
Coastline |
7516.5 kilometers |
Geography |
India shares borders to the northwest with Pakistan , to the north with China , Nepal and Bhutan , and to the east with Bangladesh and Myanmar . To the west lies the Arabian Sea , to the east the Bay of Bengal and to the south the Indian Ocean . |
People |
72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, rest others |
Language |
Hindi |
Currency |
Rupee |
Time |
India is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. |
Highest Mountain Range |
Himalayas (altitude more than 7500 meters) |
Largest River Basin |
Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin |
National Flag of India |
Horizontal tricolour- Safforn, White & Green with Navy Blue Ashok Chakra with 24 spokes |
Religion |
80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4% Christian, 2% Sikh, and rest others |
Government |
Federal Republic |
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