Facts and Figures:
Republic of India
National name: Bharat
President: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (2002)
Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh
(2004)
Area: 1,269,338 sq mi (3,287,590 sq
km)
Population (2005 est.): 1,080,264,388
(growth rate: 1.4%); birth rate:
22.3/1000; infant mortality rate:
56.3/1000; life expectancy: 64.3;
density per sq mi: 851
Capital (2003 est.): New Delhi,
17,037,900 (metro. area), 10,203,700
(city proper)
Largest cities: Bombay (Mumbai),
17,012,100 (metro. area), 12,383,100
(city proper); Calcutta (Kolkata),
14,090,200 (metro. area), 4,760,800
(city proper); Bangalore, 4,461,100;
Madras (Chennai), 4,382,100;
Ahmedabad, 3,653,700; Hyderabad,
3,585,600; Kanpur, 2,631,800
Monetary unit: Rupee
Principal languages: Hindi (official),
English (official), Bengali, Gujarati,
Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya,
Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu,
Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi
(all recognized by the constitution).
Dialects, 1,600+
Ethnicity/race: Indo-Aryan 72%,
Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other
3% (2000)
Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Islam 12%,
Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other
(including Buddhists, Jains, and
Parsis) 2.5%
Literacy rate: 60% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $3.319 trillion; per capita $3,100.
Real growth rate: 6.2%. Inflation: 4.2%.
Unemployment: 9.2%. Arable land:
54%. Agriculture: rice, wheat, oilseed,
cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes;
cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats,
poultry; fish. Labor force: 482.2 million;
agriculture 60%, services 23%,
industry 17% (1999). Industries:
textiles, chemicals, food processing,
steel, transportation equipment,
cement, mining, petroleum, machinery,
software. Natural resources: coal
(fourth-largest reserves in the world),
iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite,
titanium ore, chromite, natural gas,
diamonds, petroleum, limestone,
arable land. Exports: $69.18 billion
(f.o.b., 2004 est.): textile goods, gems
and jewelry, engineering goods,
chemicals, leather manufactures.
Imports: $89.33 billion (f.o.b., 2004
est.): crude oil, machinery, gems,
fertilizer, chemicals. Major trading
partners: U.S., UAE, Hong Kong, UK,
China, Germany, Belgium (2003).
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use: 48.917 million (2003);
mobile cellular: 26,154,400 (2003).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 153,
FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998).
Television broadcast stations: 562 (of
which 82 stations have 1 kW or
greater power and 480 stations have
less than 1 kW of power) (1997).
Internet hosts: 86,871 (2003). Internet
users: 18.481 million (2003).
Transportation: Railways: total: 63,230
km (16,693 km electrified) (2004).
Highways: total: 2,525,989 km; paved:
1,448,655 km; unpaved: ,077,334 km
(1999). Waterways: 14,500 km; note:
5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km
on canals suitable for mechanized
vessels (2004). Ports and harbors:
Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru,
Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai
(Bombay), New Mangalore,
Vishakhapatnam. Airports: 333 (2004
est.).
International disputes: China and India
launched a security and foreign policy
dialogue in 2005, consolidating
discussions related to the dispute over
most of their rugged, militarized
boundary, regional nuclear
proliferation, Indian claims that China
transferred missiles to Pakistan, and
other matters; recent talks and
confidence-building measures have
begun to defuse tensions over
Kashmir, site of the world's largest and
most militarized territorial dispute with
portions under the de facto
administration of China (Aksai Chin),
India (Jammu and Kashmir), and
Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern
Areas); in 2004, India and Pakistan
instituted a cease fire in the Kashmir
and in 2005, restored bus service
across the highly militarized Line of
Control; Pakistan has taken its dispute
on the impact and benefits of India's
building the Baglihar dam on the
Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir
to the World Bank for arbitration; UN
Military Observer Group in India and
Pakistan (UNMOGIP) has maintained
a small group of peacekeepers since
1949; India does not recognize
Pakistan's ceding historic Kashmir
lands to China in 1964; disputes
persist with Pakistan over Indus River
water sharing; to defuse tensions and
prepare for discussions on a maritime
boundary, in 2004, India and Pakistan
resurveyed a portion of the disputed
boundary in Sir Creek estuary at the
mouth of the Rann of Kutch; Pakistani
maps continue to show Junagadh
claim in Indian Gujarat State;
discussions with Bangladesh remain
stalled to delimit a small section of
river boundary, to exchange 162
miniscule enclaves in both countries,
to allocate divided villages, and to stop
illegal cross-border trade, migration,
violence, and transit of terrorists
through the porous border;
Bangladesh protests India's attempts
to fence off high-traffic sections;
dispute with Bangladesh over New
Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island
in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime
boundary delimitation; India seeks
cooperation from Bhutan and Burma to
keep Indian Nagaland and Assam
separatists from hiding in remote
areas along the borders; Joint Border
Committee with Nepal continues to
demarcate minor disputed boundary
sections; India has instituted a stricter
border regime to keep out Maoist
insurgents and control illegal
cross-border activities from Nepal.
Republic of India
National name: Bharat
President: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (2002)
Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh
(2004)
Area: 1,269,338 sq mi (3,287,590 sq
km)
Population (2005 est.): 1,080,264,388
(growth rate: 1.4%); birth rate:
22.3/1000; infant mortality rate:
56.3/1000; life expectancy: 64.3;
density per sq mi: 851
Capital (2003 est.): New Delhi,
17,037,900 (metro. area), 10,203,700
(city proper)
Largest cities: Bombay (Mumbai),
17,012,100 (metro. area), 12,383,100
(city proper); Calcutta (Kolkata),
14,090,200 (metro. area), 4,760,800
(city proper); Bangalore, 4,461,100;
Madras (Chennai), 4,382,100;
Ahmedabad, 3,653,700; Hyderabad,
3,585,600; Kanpur, 2,631,800
Monetary unit: Rupee
Principal languages: Hindi (official),
English (official), Bengali, Gujarati,
Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya,
Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu,
Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi
(all recognized by the constitution).
Dialects, 1,600+
Ethnicity/race: Indo-Aryan 72%,
Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other
3% (2000)
Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Islam 12%,
Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other
(including Buddhists, Jains, and
Parsis) 2.5%
Literacy rate: 60% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $3.319 trillion; per capita $3,100.
Real growth rate: 6.2%. Inflation: 4.2%.
Unemployment: 9.2%. Arable land:
54%. Agriculture: rice, wheat, oilseed,
cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes;
cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats,
poultry; fish. Labor force: 482.2 million;
agriculture 60%, services 23%,
industry 17% (1999). Industries:
textiles, chemicals, food processing,
steel, transportation equipment,
cement, mining, petroleum, machinery,
software. Natural resources: coal
(fourth-largest reserves in the world),
iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite,
titanium ore, chromite, natural gas,
diamonds, petroleum, limestone,
arable land. Exports: $69.18 billion
(f.o.b., 2004 est.): textile goods, gems
and jewelry, engineering goods,
chemicals, leather manufactures.
Imports: $89.33 billion (f.o.b., 2004
est.): crude oil, machinery, gems,
fertilizer, chemicals. Major trading
partners: U.S., UAE, Hong Kong, UK,
China, Germany, Belgium (2003).
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use: 48.917 million (2003);
mobile cellular: 26,154,400 (2003).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 153,
FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998).
Television broadcast stations: 562 (of
which 82 stations have 1 kW or
greater power and 480 stations have
less than 1 kW of power) (1997).
Internet hosts: 86,871 (2003). Internet
users: 18.481 million (2003).
Transportation: Railways: total: 63,230
km (16,693 km electrified) (2004).
Highways: total: 2,525,989 km; paved:
1,448,655 km; unpaved: ,077,334 km
(1999). Waterways: 14,500 km; note:
5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km
on canals suitable for mechanized
vessels (2004). Ports and harbors:
Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru,
Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai
(Bombay), New Mangalore,
Vishakhapatnam. Airports: 333 (2004
est.).
International disputes: China and India
launched a security and foreign policy
dialogue in 2005, consolidating
discussions related to the dispute over
most of their rugged, militarized
boundary, regional nuclear
proliferation, Indian claims that China
transferred missiles to Pakistan, and
other matters; recent talks and
confidence-building measures have
begun to defuse tensions over
Kashmir, site of the world's largest and
most militarized territorial dispute with
portions under the de facto
administration of China (Aksai Chin),
India (Jammu and Kashmir), and
Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern
Areas); in 2004, India and Pakistan
instituted a cease fire in the Kashmir
and in 2005, restored bus service
across the highly militarized Line of
Control; Pakistan has taken its dispute
on the impact and benefits of India's
building the Baglihar dam on the
Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir
to the World Bank for arbitration; UN
Military Observer Group in India and
Pakistan (UNMOGIP) has maintained
a small group of peacekeepers since
1949; India does not recognize
Pakistan's ceding historic Kashmir
lands to China in 1964; disputes
persist with Pakistan over Indus River
water sharing; to defuse tensions and
prepare for discussions on a maritime
boundary, in 2004, India and Pakistan
resurveyed a portion of the disputed
boundary in Sir Creek estuary at the
mouth of the Rann of Kutch; Pakistani
maps continue to show Junagadh
claim in Indian Gujarat State;
discussions with Bangladesh remain
stalled to delimit a small section of
river boundary, to exchange 162
miniscule enclaves in both countries,
to allocate divided villages, and to stop
illegal cross-border trade, migration,
violence, and transit of terrorists
through the porous border;
Bangladesh protests India's attempts
to fence off high-traffic sections;
dispute with Bangladesh over New
Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island
in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime
boundary delimitation; India seeks
cooperation from Bhutan and Burma to
keep Indian Nagaland and Assam
separatists from hiding in remote
areas along the borders; Joint Border
Committee with Nepal continues to
demarcate minor disputed boundary
sections; India has instituted a stricter
border regime to keep out Maoist
insurgents and control illegal
cross-border activities from Nepal.
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