India 
May 24, 2011 | Posted by Owner | Filed under India, Country Information 

India
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General
Population: 1,189,172,906 (2011)
Land Area: 3,287,590 sq km
Natural Resources: Coal, iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
Capital: New Delhi
Political System: Federal Republic
State Leader: Pratibha Patil (2007)
Head of Government: Manmohan Singh (2004) 
Languages: Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Mathili. Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanscrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Hindustani, English
Currency: Indian Rupee (INR)
Major Religions: Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, Other 1.8%, Unspecified 0.1%
Major Ethnicities: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and Other 3%
Life Expectancy: 66.8 years (2011) 

Economy
GDP Official Exchange Rate: 1.43 trillion (2010)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity: 4.046 billion (2010)
GDP Per Capita (PPP) : 3,400 (2010)
GDP Growth Rate: 8.3% (2010)
GDP Structure: Agriculture 16.1%, Industry 28.6%, Services 55.3% (2011)
Labour Force By Occupation: Agriculture 52%, Industry 14%, Services 34% (2009)
Industries: Textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software
Agriculture Products: Rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish
Human Development Index: 0.519 (119th) 
Tourism Revenue: 2.9 billion (2002)
Unemployment Rate: 10.8% (2010)

Military
Army Size: 1 325 000 (2004)
Budget: 2.5% of GDP (2006) 

Current Situation
India is located in South Asia. India is bordered by Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myammar, Nepal and Pakistan. It also shares close sea borders with the Maldives and Sri Lanka. India economy is growing at a high pace, but it's GDP per capita still has a long way to go. However once India has worked out its high poverty rates and high illiteracy rates it will be become a major economic player. 

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Sources :
CIA World Factbook: India 
The Economist: The World In 2010
Wikipedia: India
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IND.html