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Largest Cities |
| City |
Population |
Estimated |
| Mumbai (Bombay) |
12,147,100 |
2002 |
| New Delhi |
10,009,200 |
2002 |
| Calcutta |
4,670,000 |
2002 |
Key Data |
| Region: |
Asia |
| Population: |
1,047,074,600 October 2002 |
| Area Total: |
3,287,590 km2 |
| Area Land: |
2,973,190 km2 |
| Coast Line: |
7,000 km km |
| Capital: |
New Delhi |
| Climate: |
Varies from tropical monsoon in
south to temperate in north. |
| Languages: |
English
Hindi
Bengali
Telugu
Marathi
Tamil
Urdu
Gujarati
Malayalam
Kannada
Oriya
Punjabi
Assamese
Kashmiri
Sindhi
Sanskrit |
| Currency: |
1 Indian rupee (Rs) = 100 paise |
| Holiday: |
Anniversary of the Republic, 26
January (1950) |
Average Daily Temperature |
| Capital: |
New Delhi |
| January: |
14.1°C / 57.4°F |
| July: |
31°C / 87.8°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
706.4mm / 27.8'' |
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|
Boundaries |
|
Bangladesh: |
4,053km |
|
China: |
3,380km |
|
Pakistan: |
2,912km |
|
Nepal: |
1,690km |
|
Myanmar: |
1,463km |
|
Bhutan: |
605km |
Ethnic Divisions |
| Indo-Aryan |
72% |
| Dravidian |
25% |
| Mongoliad and Other |
3% |
Religions |
| Hindu |
80% |
| Muslim |
14% |
| Christian |
2% |
| Sikh |
2% |
| Buddhist |
1% |
| Jains |
1% |
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