| Republic of India
भारत गणराज्य*
Bhārat Ganarājya | ||||||
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| Motto: "Satyameva Jayate"(Sanskrit) सत्यमेव जयते (Devanāgarī) "Truth Alone Triumphs"[1] | ||||||
Anthem:  Jana Gana Mana Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people[2] | ||||||
| National Song[4] Vande Mataram I bow to thee, Mother[3] | ||||||
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Area controlled by India in dark green;
Claimed but uncontrolled territories in light green | ||||||
| Capital | New Delhi 28°36.8′N77°12.5′E / 28.6133°N 77.2083°E | |||||
| Largest city | Mumbai | |||||
| Official language(s) |
Hindi in the Devanagari script is the official language of the Union[5] and English the "subsidiary official language".[6]
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| Recognised regional languages | ||||||
| National languages | None defined by the constitution.[8] | |||||
| Demonym | Indian | |||||
| Government | Federalparliamentary constitutional republic[9] | |||||
| - | President | Pratibha Patil | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh (INC) | ||||
| - | Speaker of the House | Meira Kumar (INC) | ||||
| - | Chief Justice | S. H. Kapadia | ||||
| Legislature | Sansad | |||||
| - | Upper House | Rajya Sabha | ||||
| - | Lower House | Lok Sabha | ||||
| Independence | from the United Kingdom | |||||
| - | Declared | 15 August 1947 | ||||
| - | Republic | 26 January 1950 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | 3,287,263 km2 ‡(7th) 1,269,219 sq mi | |||||
| - | Water (%) | 9.56 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2011 estimate | 1,193,543,000[10] (2nd) | ||||
| - | 2001 census | 1,028,610,328[11] | ||||
| - | Density | 363.1/km2 (31st) 940.4/sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $4.001 trillion[12] (4th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $3,290[12] (127th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $1.430 trillion[12] (11th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $1,176[12] (137th) | ||||
| Gini (2004) | 36.8[13] (79th) | |||||
| HDI (2010) |  0.519[14] (medium) (119th) | |||||
| Currency | Indian rupee ( ) (INR) | |||||
| Time zone | IST(UTC+5:30) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+5:30) | ||||
| Date formats | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) | |||||
| Drives on the | left | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | IN | |||||
| Internet TLD | .in | |||||
| Calling code | 91 | |||||
Non-numbered Footnotes:
*Bharat Ganarajya, that is, the Republic of India in Hindi,[9]written in the Devanagari script. See also other official names
‡ This is the figure as per the United Nations though the Indian government lists the total area as 3,287,260 km2 (1,269,220 sq mi).[15] | ||||||
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