| Local Name:Bharat |
| Captial:New Delhi |
| Continent:Asia |
| Major Cities:Mumbai, (Old) Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Lucknow, Jaipur, Indore, Kanpur, Nagpur, Vadodara, Cochin, Trivandrum, Bhubaneswar. |
| Government |
| Constitutional Form:Republic |
| Head of State:Ceremonial |
| Basis of Executive:Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence |
| Head of State:President Pratibha Patil |
| Head of Government:Prime Minister Manmohan Singh |
| Area |
| Area Rank: 7 |
| Total Area: 3,166,414 km2(1,222,559 sqmi) |
| Land: 2,973,193 km2(1,147,956 sqmi) |
| Water: 314,070 km2(121,260 sqmi) |
| Water in Percent: 9.55% |
| Population |
| Population Rank: 2 |
| Population: 1,210,193,422 |
| Date: 1-Mar-11 |
| World Population: 17.30% |
| Source : Census result |
| Languages:Assamese (Assamese script), Bengali (Bengali script), English, Gujarati (GujarÄti script), Hindi (Devanagari script), Kannada (Kannada script), Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic script), Konkani (Devanagari script), Malayalam (Malayalam script), Marathi (Devanagari script), Nepali (Devanagari script), Oriya (Oriya script), Panjabi (Gurmukhi script), Sanskrit (Devanagari script), Sindhi (Perso-Arabic script), Tamil (Tamil script), Telugu (Telugu script), Urdu (Perso-Arabic script) |
| Currency |
| Currency: Indian rupee |
| Currency Sign: |
| Currency ISO Code: INR |
| Fractional Unit: Paisa |
| Number to Basic: 100 |
| Time Zone:UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| International Codes |
| ISD Code: +91 |
| ISO Code A2: IN |
| ISO Code A3: IND |
| ISO Number: 356 |
| Coordinates |
| Latitude: 20 |
| Longitude: 77 |
| Information: India News |
| Drive on:Left side |