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hi i need some facts about india for school

2007-08-18 08:28:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel India Other - India

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Hiya, Here are some India facts for you:

Population: 1,129,866,154

Area: 3.3 million square kilometres

Coastline length: 7600km

Languages: 17 major languages, 844 dialects.
Including - Hindi (official), English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit

Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Tribal Religions 2.5%

Capital City: New Delhi

Time: GMT + 5.5 hours

Currency: Indian Rupee

Number of districts in India : 593

Indian families who own a TV set: 32 %

Number of houses: 179 million

People below poverty line: about 260 million

Poor living in India: one quarter of the world's poor

World's largest slum: located in Mumbai; Dharavi, 432 acres

Number of cows in India: 200 million

Number of buffaloes in India: 90 million

Life expectancy:

Total: 68.6 years

Female: 71.2 years

Male: 66.3 years

Infant mortality rate: 35 deaths per 1,000 live births

Population per physician: 1,951 people

Population per hospital bed: 1,111 people

Literacy rate:

Total: 56.6 percent

Female: 43 percent

Male: 69.5 percent

Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP): 2.9 percent

Number of years of compulsory schooling: 9 years

Number of students per teacher: primary school 41 students per teacher

Form of government: Federal republic

Head of state: President

Head of government: Prime minister

Hope this helps!!

2007-08-19 02:26:06 · answer #1 · answered by sophia f 3 · 0 0

What fact exactly !!
Pls ask more specifically - every data is available

2007-08-18 23:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

log on to http://visit-india2enjoy.blogspot.com

2007-08-18 17:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by drsandy.pmch 1 · 0 1

Please check following links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

http://india.gov.in/

2007-08-18 15:55:27 · answer #4 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0 0

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