Interesting Facts about India
| Learn about the geography, history, people, climate, government, economy, politics, military, and other aspects of India. We have nine pages of interesting India facts & figures: on everything from transportation and communications systems to natural hazards to transitional issues facing .India. When you hear another country being discussed on the news, visit WorldCountries.info and gets the facts. |
| Area | total: 3,287,590 sq km land: 2,973,190 sq km water: 314,400 sq km |
| Climate | varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
| Population | 1,129,866,154 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages | English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language |
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