General information
- Official designation
- Republic of India
- Capital and Gov. location
- New Delhi
- Head of State
- Ram Nath Kovind
- Prime Minister
- Narendra Modi (BJP)
- Political system
- Federal Republic; Parlamentarian Democracy
- Area
- 3 287 590 km2 (7th in th World)
- Population
- 1 210 193 422 (2nd in the World, 2011)
- Population density
- 329 inhab/km2
- Predominant religion
- Hinduism, 79,8%; Islamism, 14,2%; Christianism, 2,3%; Sikhism, 1,7%; Budhism, 0,7%;
- Jainism, 0,4%; Others, 0,9%
- Official language
- English and Hindi on the Legal and Administrative Systems. Each State has its own Official Language
- Currency
- Indian Rupee (INR)
- GDP at market prices
- US$ 7.965 Trillions (World Nr. 3, 2015)
- GDP per capita
- US$ 1.617 (World Nr. 143, 2015)