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Statistics on India
India - Facts and Figures
This page shows some interesting facts and figures about India. Some of the collated data might be of out of date. But the trend is evident from the facts and figures - that the population growth is galloping.
| Geography |
| Geographic Coordinates |
20 00 N, 77 00 E |
| Area |
| Land |
2,973,190 sq km |
| Water |
314,400 sq km |
| People |
| Population |
1,095,351,995 (July 2006) |
| Population growth rate |
1.38% |
| Religions |
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001) |
| Languages |
English enjoys associate status and Hindi is the national language; there are 14 other official languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu. |
| Literacy |
59.5% |
| Economy |
| GDP (real growth rate) |
Rs 178.636 trillion (2006) |
| GDP - Per capita (PPP) |
Rs 35,183.639 billion (2006) |
| Unemployment Rate |
7.8% (2006) |
| Investment (gross fixed) |
29.2% of GDP (2006) |
| Budget |
Revenues: Rs 4,834.933 billion
Expenditure: Rs 6,354.954 billion |
| Industrial production growth rate |
7.5% (2006) |
| Transport |
| Airports |
341 (2006) |
| Heliports |
28 (2006) |
| Railways |
63,230 km |
| Roadways |
3,383,344 km |
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