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AND DEMOGRAPHICS
Rachel Hemrick
QUICK FACTS
Capital City: New Delhi
National Independence: August 15, 1947
Population:1,241,491,960 (2011) – World Bank
-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011)
Higher wages in United States.
LAND
Land Area: 3,287,590 km² (7th largest)
Largest State: Rajasthan – 342,269 km²
Smallest State: Lakshadweep – 32 km²
LAND
Highest Point: Kangchenjunga (28,208.7 ft)
Lowest Point: Kuttanad (−7.2 ft)
NATIONAL SYMBOLS
National Bird: Indian Peacock
National Flower: Indian Lotus
National Anthem: “Jana Gana Mana” – January 24, 1950
Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People
POPULATION
Population:1,241,491,960 (2011) – World Bank
Second most populous.
By 2030: exceed 1.53 billion.
Become most populous exceeding China.
POPULATION
Age Structure:
0-14: 29.7%
15-64: 64.9%
65 and older: 5.5 %
3%
25%
Indo-Aryan
Dravidian
Mongoloid/Other
72%
ETHNIC GROUPS
Indo-Aryan:
First people
Aboriginal Australians
Dravidian:
Southern India
Mongoloid:
North East
RELIGION
2% 2% 2% 0%
13% Hindu
Muslim
Christian
Sikh
Other
Unspecified
81%
HINDUISM
34,000 Temples
Tamil Nadu, India
7th century
Worship Shiva as peacock
LANGUAGES
2% 5%
6% Hindi
Bengali
7%
Telugu
Marathi
9%
52% Tamil
Urdu
9% Gujarati
Kannada
10%
HINDI
487 million speakers
4th century AD
First Printed Book:
John Gilchrist's Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language
Published in 1796.
MAJOR DISEASE
HIGH Risk
Malaria
Leptospirosis (water)
Hepatitis A and E
HIV/AIDS
Factors:
Labor migration
Low literacy levels in rural areas
Prostitution
TOURISM
Largest Industry
2011
$121 billion or 6.4% of GDP
Medical Tourism
30% by 2015
TOURISM
Taj Maha
Barren Island Volcano
Edakkal Caves
5 SOURCES
1. http://www.indexmundi.com/india/demographics_profile.html
2. http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/05/15/top-best-25-travel-tourist-
places-destinations-india/
3. http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/indianlanguages.htm
4. http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/literacy-rate.html
5. http://www.hospitalsinindia.org/