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Full Name - Republic of India

Capital City - New Delhi

Area - 3,287,590 sq Kilometers (1,269,338 sq miles)

Population -1,000,000,000

Time Zone - GMT/UTC +5.5 ()

Coastline length - 7,600 km

Languages - Hindi (official)

Hindi is spoken as a mother tongue by about 20% of the population, mainly in the northern states which includes Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Hindi is also popular in other states as well along with the regional languages like Punjabi, Kashmiri, Urdu, Marathi, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati.

-English

A product of British rule, English is still widely spoken and written in most Indian states 50 years after independence.

Religion

- 82% Hindu, 12% Muslim, 2.3% Christian, 1.9%Sikh,0.8%Buddist ,0.5% Jains, 0.5% others.

Currency - INR Indian Rupee (Rs)

Electricity - 230-240V 50HzHz

Electric Plug Details

- South African/Indian-style plug with two circular metal pins above a large circular grounding pin

Country Dialing Code - 91

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