"India is the cradle of human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. " - Mark Twain.
INTRODUCTION TO INDIA
Region: Southern Asia
Continent: Asia
Capital: New Delhi
Area: 3,287,590 sq km
Population: 1,220,800,359 (2013)
Urban population: 31.1% of the total population
Currency: Rupeese
Languages: While the national languages are Hindi and English, there are about 22 official languages and nearly 400 living languages spoken in various parts of the country - Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
Religion: 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4% Christian, 2% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.5% Jains, 0.4% other
Time Zone: UTC +8h
People: 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, 3% other
Population Growth Rate: 1.25%
Birth Rate: 19.89 births/1000 population
Death Rate: 7.35 deaths/1000 population
Life expectancy: 67.48 years
Migration Rate: -0.05 migrations /1000 population
Sex Ratio: 1.08 males/females
GDP (per capita): $4000
GDP (percentage composition by sector of origin) : agriculture-16.9%, industry-17%, services-66.9%
Health expenditure: 3.9% of GDP (2011)
Education expenditure: 3.3% of GDP (2010)
Literacy rate:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 62.8%
male: 75.2%
female: 50.8% (2006 est.)
Unemployment (age 15-24):
total: 10.2%
male: 9.8%
female: 11.5% (2010)
Major Infectious Diseases:
Degree of Risk: Very High
Food or Waterborne Diseases: Bacterial Diarrhoea, Hepatitis A and E and Typhoid fever
Vector-borne Diseases: Dengue Fever, Japanese Encephalitis and Malaria
Water Contact Diseases: Leptospirosis
Animal Contact Diseases: Rabies
Natural Hazards: droughts, floods, severe thunderstorms, earthquakes, volcanism
Environmental Issues: deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water
Continent: Asia
Capital: New Delhi
Area: 3,287,590 sq km
Population: 1,220,800,359 (2013)
Urban population: 31.1% of the total population
Currency: Rupeese
Languages: While the national languages are Hindi and English, there are about 22 official languages and nearly 400 living languages spoken in various parts of the country - Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
Religion: 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4% Christian, 2% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.5% Jains, 0.4% other
Time Zone: UTC +8h
People: 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, 3% other
Population Growth Rate: 1.25%
Birth Rate: 19.89 births/1000 population
Death Rate: 7.35 deaths/1000 population
Life expectancy: 67.48 years
Migration Rate: -0.05 migrations /1000 population
Sex Ratio: 1.08 males/females
GDP (per capita): $4000
GDP (percentage composition by sector of origin) : agriculture-16.9%, industry-17%, services-66.9%
Health expenditure: 3.9% of GDP (2011)
Education expenditure: 3.3% of GDP (2010)
Literacy rate:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 62.8%
male: 75.2%
female: 50.8% (2006 est.)
Unemployment (age 15-24):
total: 10.2%
male: 9.8%
female: 11.5% (2010)
Major Infectious Diseases:
Degree of Risk: Very High
Food or Waterborne Diseases: Bacterial Diarrhoea, Hepatitis A and E and Typhoid fever
Vector-borne Diseases: Dengue Fever, Japanese Encephalitis and Malaria
Water Contact Diseases: Leptospirosis
Animal Contact Diseases: Rabies
Natural Hazards: droughts, floods, severe thunderstorms, earthquakes, volcanism
Environmental Issues: deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water
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