Facts and Figures on India
Capital : New Delhi
Area : 3,287, 263 Sq. Km.
Population : 1 Billion
Geographical location : Lies between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 °
6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97° 25' east
Coastline length : 7600 km
Languages : 17 major languages, 844 dialects
National anthem : Jan gana mana written by Rabindranath Tagore
National Song : Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra
Chatterji
National emblem : Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath
National flag : Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep
saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the
center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue color
National animal : Tiger (Panthera tigris)
National bird : Peacock
National flower : Lotus
National tree : Banyan
National fruit : Mango
National currency : Rupee (One Rupee=100 paise)
National Sport : Hockey
States : 29
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa,
Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand,
Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar
Pradesh, Uttaranchal, West Bengal
Union Territories :
Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman &
Diu, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry
Principal Religions :
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism,
Judaism
Principal Languages :
Hindi, Sanskrit, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarathi,
Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Sindhi, Assamese, Santali, Kashmiri,
Gondi, Konkani, Dogri, Gorkhali, Bhili, Kurukh, Tulu, Ho, Manipuri
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