India

India
Official languages Capital	Assamese · Bengali · Bodo · Dogri · Gujarati · Kannada · Kashmiri · Konkani · Maithili · Malayalam · Manipuri · Marathi · Nepali · Odia · Punjabi · Sanskrit · Santali · Sindhi · Tamil · Telugu · Urdu New Delhi
Area Government	3,287,590 km2 Partially federal parliamentary constitutional republic
Population Religion	1,210,193,422 79.8% Hinduism 14.2% Islam 2.3% Christianity 1.7% Sikhism 0.7% Buddhism 0.4% Jainism 0.23% unaffiliated 0.65% other
Time zone Currency	IST (UTC+05:30) Indian rupee
Demonym	Indian
Monarch	Current Previous

India, officially known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It's the seventh-largest country in the world by land area and was the most populous as of June 2023. Since gaining independence in 1947, India has been a democracy, meaning the people have a say in how the country is run. It's surrounded by water on three sides—the Indian Ocean to the south, the Arabian Sea to the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southeast. India shares borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. It also has island territories like Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Borders

India borders multiple countries, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean.

Population

India is the most populated country in the world with nearly a fifth of the world's population. India is one of the two countries on the planet with more than a billion people, the other being China. The most populated subdivision of India is Uttar Pradesh while the largest cities include Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. Most of the population of India falls in the age group 15-35.

Languages

This is a simplified representation, and the actual language diversity in India is more extensive.

Language code	Language
HI	Hindi
BN	Bengali
KN	Kannada
TA	Tamil
MR	Marathi
AS	Assamese
UR	Urdu
GU	Gujarati
OD	Odia
ML	Malayalam
PA	Punjabi
KO	Konkani
NE	Nepali
SI	Sinhala
MY	Maithili
KO	Kokborok
SA	Santali
KO	Khasi
MN	Manipuri
SYL	Sylheti

Flag

The Indian flag is also called Tiranga. It consists of three horizontal bands, of equal size: saffron in color at the top (courage), white in the middle (peace) which has in the middle the Ashoka Chakra blue with 24 rays, and green (prosperity) the bottom one.

Climate

The Climate of India is based on the Köppen system, India hosts six major climatic sub-types, ranging from arid desert in the west, alpine tundra and glaciers in the north, and humid tropical regions supporting rain-forests in the southwest and the island territories. Many regions have starkly different micro-climates.

Ganges

Is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh. The river rises in the eastern Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India. It is the third largest river in the world by discharge. It is also called Ganga. It is the most sacred river for Hindus and is worshipped as a goddess in Hinduism. Taj Mahal is located on the banks of river , which is a tributary of the Ganges.

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