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India at a glance


INDIA AT A GLANCE

India at a Glance

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Official NameRepublic of India(Bharat)
Date of IndependenceAugust 15,1947
Area3.28 million sq.km
Population1,21,05,69,573
ClimateRanges from temperate to tropical
Time5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT
CapitalNew Delhi
No. of States29
No. of Union Territories7
Geographical LocationLies between latitude 8° 4' and 37° 6' north and longitude 68° 7' and 97° 25'east.
NeighboursWest:Pakistan and Afghanistan;North:Tibet, china,Nepal and Bhutan;East: Bangladesh and Myanmar,South:Sri Lanka separated by the Palk strait and the Gulf of Mannar.
Land15,200 Km
frontier Coastline7516.6 km
Railways63,974 km
Route Length National Highway70,934 km
LanguageOfficial language is Hindi.22 main language and about 844 dialects.Also English widely used.
CurrencyRs
Fiscal yearApril 1 to May 31
Literacy Rate74.04 percent(2001)
ReligionsHinduism,Islam,Christian,Buddhism,Sikhism,Jainism.
National AnthemJana Gana Mana by Rabindranath Tagore.
National SongVande Mataram by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
National CalenderBased on the Saka era accepted
National EmblemReplica of the Lion Capital of Saranatrh near Varanasi
National FlagHorizontal Tricolour In equal proportion of Saffron on the top,White in the middle and dark Green at the bottom.In the centre of the white band,there is a wheel in navy blue colour.
National AnimalTiger(Panthera tigris)
National BirdPeacock(Pavo cristatus)
National FlowerLotus(Nelumbo nucifera)
National FruitMango(Mangifera indica)
National TreeBanyan(Ficus bengalensis)
National GameHockey