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New Delhi
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| Population |
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1,080,264,388 (July 2005 est.)
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| Languages |
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Hindi ( national language ), English , Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit
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| Independence |
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15 August 1947 (from UK)
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| Location |
| Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan |
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| Area |
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total: 3,287,590 sq km ;
land: 2,973,190 sq km ;
water: 314,400 sq km |
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| Land boundaries |
total: 14,103 km
border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
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| Climate |
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
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| Natural resources |
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coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
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| Government type |
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federal republic
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| Currency - Currency code |
Indian rupee (INR)
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| Internet country code: |
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.in
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| Internet users: |
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18.481 million (2003)
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