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| Land Area |
3.29 million sq km |
| Population (2006 est.) |
1,095,352,000 (2006 estimate)
(Growth rate: 1.38%) (2007 est.)
Birth rate: 22.69/1000 (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 34.61 deaths per
1,000 live births (2007 estimate)
Life expectancy: 68.59 years (2007 estimate)
Female: 71.17 years (2007 estimate)
Male: 66.28 years (2007 estimate)
Density per sq mi: 954
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| Capital 2006 est. |
New Delhi, 15,33,4000 (metro. area),
9,817,439 (city proper)
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| Largest cities with population |
Kolkata: 14.57 mil (2006 est.)
Delhi: 16. 00 mil (2006 est.)
Mumbai: City / Urban
Area Population
18.84 mil (2006 est.)
Calcutta: 14.57 mil (2006 est.)
Bangalore: 6.75 mil (2006 est.)
Chennai: 7.04 mil (2006 est.)
Ahmedabad: 5.34 mil (2006 est.)
Hyderabad: 6.34 mil (2006 est.)
Pune: 4.67 mil (2006 est.)
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| Monetary unit |
Indian rupees (INR) |
| Exchange rate |
Indian rupees per US dollar 39.68
(As on
November 26, 2007)
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| Principal languages |
Hindi (official), English (official), Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all recognized by the constitution). Dialects, 1,600+ |
| Literacy rate (average) |
79.9 % (2007 estimate) |
| Economic summary |
GDP/PPP (2006 est.): $4156 (4th largest in the world)
Real growth rate: 9.4%.
Inflation: 3.8%.
Unemployment: 7.8%.
Arable land: 54%. Agriculture: rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish.
Labor force: 509.3 million; agriculture 60%, services 28%, industry 17% (1999).
Industries: textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software.
Natural resources: coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land.
U.S. Exports to India have gone up from US $ 5.34 billion to US $ 8.63 billion, an increase of 61.76 % and U.S. Imports from India have gone up from US $ 12.16 billion to US $ 13.49 billion, an increase of 10.98 % during the same period in 2007.
• Diamonds & precious stones (27%)
• Textiles (24.81%)
• Iron & Steel (6.72%)
• Organic Chemicals (3.98%)
• Machinery (4.30%)
• Electrical Machinery (5.53%)
Imports: $140 billion (2006 est.): crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals.
Major trading partners: Exports-Partners: U.S., UAE, China, Hong Kong, UK, Singapore Imports-Partners: Switzerland, Belgium (2004) .
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Reserves of foreign
exchange & gold |
$271.148 billion (as on November 16, 2007) |
Telephones - main lines
in use |
49.75 million (2007) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular |
69,193,321 (2006) |
| Radio broadcast stations |
AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998) |
| Television broadcast stations |
562 (of which 82 stations have 1 kW or greater power and 480 stations have less than 1 kW of power) (1997) |
| Internet country code |
.in |
| Internet hosts |
1,543,289 (2006) |
| Internet users |
30.32 million (April 2007) |
| Transportation |
Airports: 341 (2006)
Railways: total: 63,230 km (16,693 km electrified) Roadways: total: 3,383,344 km
Waterways: 14,500 km
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| Ports and terminals |
Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam, Ennore, Kochi, Mormugao, Paradip and Tuticorin |
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