OFFICIAL NAME-- republic of India. United state of America.

CAPITAL-- new delhi. Washington.

AREA-- 31.65 lac sq. km. 96.29 lac sq.km.

MAJOR CITIES-- MAJOR CITIES---

Mumbai --- 153.93 lacs. New york-73.80lac.

Calcutta-- 116.73 lac. Los Angeles-35.53lac.

Delhi --98.82lac. chicago - 27.21lac.

Chennai--59.06 lac. Houston- 17.44lac.

POPULATION GROWTH 

RATE--- 1.72 %. 0.89 %.

POPULATION DENSITY-----

305 person/ sq.km. 28 person/sq.km.

URBANIZATION----

Urban -- 27 % 76%.

Rural -- 73 %. 24%.

LIFE EXPECTANCY -----

62 years. 76 years.

Female- 63years. 79 years.

Male - 62 years. 73 years.

INFANT MORTALITY RATE ----

65 death / 1000 live birth. 7/ 1000.

LITERACY RATE -----

Total - 52.1%. 99.5%.

Female - 37.7%. 

Male - 65.5%.

ETHNIC DIVISION -----

Indo aryan- 72% white - 83.4%.

Drandian - 25%. African - 12.4%.

Mongoloid &others- 3%. Asian - 3.3%.

LANGUAGES -----

24 languages each spoken english, spanish,french, 

by at least 1 million people. German, italian etc.

hindi is official national 

language and spoken by 30%

of population others are 

Assamese, bengali, gujarati,

Kannada etc.

RELIGIONS-----

Hindi - 82%. Protestant -56%.

Muslim -12%. Roman catholic- 28%.

Sikh -2%. Jewish - 2%.

Chiristian - 2.3%. none - 10%.

Others - 1.7%. others - 4%.

GOVERNMENT ------

Type - federal republic federal republic.

INDEPENDENCE -------

15 august 1947. 4th july 1776.

(from united kingdom) (from england).

CONSTITUTION -------

26 JANUARY 1950. 17 sept1787

(effective 4th mar.1789).

VOTING RIGHT ------

Universal at age 18. Universal at age 18.

MEMBERSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL 

ORGANIZATION -----

AFDB, FAO, G-6, G-77, AFDB, ANZUS, APEC,

IAEA,SAARC,UN etc. G-24,AEA,Un security 

Council,NATO etc.

ECONOMY ------

Gross domestic product US$ US$7.34 trillion.

356 billion.

GDP per capita. US$380 US$27,680.

GDP by economic sector-----

Agricultures -- 28%. 2%.

Industry -- 29%. 26%.

Services -- 43%. 72%.

MONETARY UNIT -----

I indian rupees consisting of 1 united states dollar

100 paise. Consisting of 100 cents.

EXPORT ------

Clothing, jewellery, engeneering capital goods, transport,

Goods, chemicals etc. equipments, clothing,

Scientific instruments,

Consumer goods etc.

IMPORT ------ 

Crude oil & petroleum products, crude oil &refined petroleum

Machinery, gems etc. products,raw materials,

Machinery etc.

MAJOR TRADING PARTNER FOR EXPORT------

United states,japan, germany, western,european, 

Etc. countries, canada etc.

MAJOR TRADING PARTNER FOR IMPORT -----

United states, germany, canada, western,

Saudi Arabia etc. european countries,

Japan.

INDUSTRIES -------

Textiles, chamicals, food processing. Highly diversified,

Etc. petroleum, printing 

& publishing, metal 

products.

AGRICULTURE-------

Principal crops- rice, wheat, favourable climate &

Oilseeds, cotton etc. soils, support a wide

Variety of crops &

Livestock production.

World's second largest 

Producer & exporters of 

Grains.

NATURAL RESOURCES-------

Coal(4th largest reserve in world) coal, copper,lead,

Iron ore, manganese. Molybdenum.