Explore India Travel Guide

We invite you to explore India - the Land with infinite beauty ! Whether you soar high into Himalayas or peer under the ruins of the Ancient monuments dotting the landscape of India, you will cherish the experience long after your visit ! This India Travel Guide is free from any commercial interest! This site is dedicated to promote India - the vast subcontinent, its glorious past, magnificent landscape and its infinite variety.

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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 Some of the collated data might be of out of date.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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Statistics on India

Statistics on India