India Facts & Information

Location	Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
Climate	Varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Terrain	Upland plain in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
Population	1,080,264,388
Nationality	Indian
Ethnic groups	Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
Religions	Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%
Languages	English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit, Hindustani
Government Type	Federal republic
Capital	New Delhi
Currency	Indian rupee (INR)
Description of Flag	Three equal horizontal bands of saffron (top), white, and green with a blue chakra centered in the white band
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