| Area |
: |
3,287,590 square kilometers |
| Capital City |
: |
New Delhi |
| Latitude |
: |
Between 8 '4' & 37 '6' |
| Longitude |
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Between 68 '7' & 97 '25' east |
| Coastline |
: |
7516.5 kilometers |
| Geography |
: |
India shares borders to the northwest with Pakistan , to the north with China , Nepal and Bhutan , and to the east with Bangladesh and Myanmar . To the west lies the Arabian Sea , to the east the Bay of Bengal and to the south the Indian Ocean . |
| People |
: |
72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, rest others |
| Language |
: |
Hindi |
| Currency |
: |
Rupee |
| Time |
: |
India is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. |
| Highest Mountain Range |
: |
Himalayas (altitude more than 7500 meters) |
| Largest River Basin |
: |
Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin |
| National Flag of India |
: |
Horizontal tricolour- Safforn, White & Green with Navy Blue Ashok Chakra with 24 spokes |
| Religion |
: |
80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4% Christian, 2% Sikh, and rest others
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| Government |
: |
Federal Republic |
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