India

Republic of India
भारत गणराज्य
Bhārat Gaṇarājya

Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit)
सत्यमेव जयते (Devanāgarī)
"Truth Alone Triumphs"

Anthem: Jana Gana Mana

National Song
Vande Mataram


Capital New Delhi
Largest city Mumbai

Official languages
Hindi, English[show]
Hindi in the Devanagari script is the official language of the Union and English the "subsidiary official language".
Other official languages:
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Dogri
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu

Demonym Indian

Government Federal republic

Parliamentary democracy
- President Pratibha Patil
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
- Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan

Legislature Sansad
- Upper House Rajya Sabha
- Lower House Lok Sabha

Independence from United Kingdom
- Declared 15 August 1947
- Republic 26 January 1950

Area
- Total 3,287,240‡ km2 (7th)
1,269,210 sq mi
- Water (%) 9.56

Population
- 2008 estimate 1,147,995,904[9] (2nd)
- 2001 census 1,027,015,248
- Density 349/km2 (33rd) (or) 904/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate
- Total $2.965 trillion[10] (4th)
- Per capita $2,563[10] (165th)

GDP (nominal) 2007 estimate
- Total $1.100 trillion[10] (12th)
- Per capita $941[10] (132nd)

Gini (2004) 36.8[11]
HDI (2007) ▲ 0.619 (medium) (128th)
Currency Indian rupee (Rs) (INR)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Drives on the left
Internet TLD .in
Calling code 91