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Republic of India Bhārat Gaṇarājya | |
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Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit) "Truth Alone Triumphs"[1] | |
Anthem: "Jana Gana Mana" (Hindi)[2] "Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People"[3][2] | |
National song "Vande Mataram" (Sanskrit) "I Bow to Thee, Mother"[lower-alpha 1][1][2] | |
Capital | New Delhi 28°36.8′N 77°12.5′E |
Largest city | Mumbai 18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E |
Official languages | |
Recognised regional languages | |
National language | None[8][9] |
Religion | 79.8% Hinduism 14.2% Islam 2.3% Christianity 1.7% Sikhism 0.7% Buddhism 0.4% Jainism 0.9% others[lower-alpha 3][10] |
Demonym(s) | Indian |
Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional republic[1] |
Pranab Mukherjee | |
Mohammad Hamid Ansari | |
Narendra Modi | |
Jagdish Singh Khehar[11] | |
Sumitra Mahajan | |
Legislature | Parliament of India |
Rajya Sabha | |
Lok Sabha | |
Independence from United Kingdom | |
• Dominion | 15 August 1947 |
• Republic | 26 January 1950 |
Area | |
• Total | 3,287,263[5] km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)[lower-alpha 4] (7th) |
• Water (%) | 9.6 |
Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 1,326,572,000[12] (2nd) |
• 2011 census | 1,210,854,977[13][14] (2nd) |
• Density | 426.4/km2 (1,104.4/sq mi) (31st) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $9.489 trillion[15] (3rd) |
• Per capita | $7,153[15] (122nd) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $2.454 trillion[15] (6th) |
• Per capita | $1,850[15] (141st) |
Gini (2013) | 33.9[16] medium inequality (79th) |
HDI (2015) | 0.624[17] medium (131st) |
Currency | Indian rupee (₹) (INR) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
DST is not observed | |
Date format | DD-MM-YYYY |
Drives on | left |
Calling code | +91 |
ISO 3166 code | IN |
Internet TLD | .in |
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