Area: 3,287,590 sq km Land: 2,973,190 sq km
Arable land: 56% Irrigated land: 535,100 sq km
Infant mortality rate: 63.19 deaths/1,000 live births Total fertility rate: 3.04 children born/woman
Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5%
Ethnic groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
Judicial System: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65)
Legal System: based on English common law
GDP per capita: $2,200 GDP — agriculture: 25% industry: 24% services: 51%
Unemployment rate: NA% Literacy — male: 65.5% female: 37.7%
Exports: $43.1 billion Commodities: textile goods, gems and jewelry,
engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures
Exports partners: US 22%, UK 6%, Germany 5%, Japan 5%, Hong Kong 5%, UAE 4%
Imports: $60.8 billion Commodities: crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals
Import parteners: US 9%, Benelux 8%, UK 6%, Saudi Arabia 6%, Japan 6%, Germany 5%
Telephones — main lines in use: 27.7 million Internet Service Providers: 43
Manpower fit for military service: 164,410,461
Military expenditures: $13.02 billion — 2.5% of GDP
Independence: 15 August 1947 from UK
Government type: Federal Republic
Population: 1,029,991,145