India has a population of over 1 billion people, with 70% living in rural areas and 30% in urban areas. It is divided into 28 states and 9 union territories for administrative purposes. The country has over 20 official languages and is majority Hindu, with other religious groups including Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jains. Key cities include Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Chennai.

1. Asia Continent
Region - South Asia
Presented by Tony Samuel

2. Nation INDIA
ADM level - 1 State
ADM level - 2 District
Sub District City/Town Ethnic Groups
Language Religion
(Rural) (Urban) (People)
Panchayat Municipality Forward-FCs Families Hindus
Backward-OBCs Muslims
Castes- SCs Christians
Villages Wards Language Others
Tribes-STs
ADM = Administration unit

3. World - At a glance
Demography Divisions
Population 6,768,181,146 # of Continents 7 (5)
Urban Population: 50.5% # of Regions 22
Area Sq Km 510.072 million # of Countries 196
# of Primary Divisions 3,366
Literacy: 82%
# of Secondary Divisions 39,162
Male Literacy: 87%
# of Ethnic Groups 8,395+
Female Literacy: 77%
# of Languages 6,909+
Christians 33.32%
# of Religions 19+
Muslims 21.01%
Other Religions Hindus 13.26% Land area 70.9%
Buddhists 5.84% Water Area 29.1%
Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2011
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4. India
At a glance Divisions
Population 1,173,108,018 # of States 30
Rural - Urban % 70 - 30 # of Divisions 105
Land - Water % -
90.45 9.55 # of Cities & Towns 8,210
Christian % 5.87 # of Ethnic Groups 4,635
Area Sq2 Km 3,287,590 # of Languages 445
Density 344 # of Districts 640
Nationality Indian # of Postal codes 21,042
Capital New Delhi # of Post Offices 151,273
Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2011
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5. Southern Asia, bordering the
Arabian Sea and the Bay of
Bengal, between Burma and
Pakistan
Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2011
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6. Administrative divisions are each granted a certain degree of
autonomy, and are required to manage themselves through their own
local governments. Countries are divided up into these smaller units
to make managing their land and the affairs of their people easier.
Administration level:
For better planning and
States 30
prayer purpose we will
Divisions 105
focus the third
Districts 640
administration level
Sub Districts 6,400
Source: GADM database of Global Administrative Areas, 2010
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7. Source: Census of India 2011
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8. Source: Census of India 2011
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9. State City Population Latitude Longitude
Maharashtra Mumbai 13,830,884 18.96°N 72.82°E
Delhi Delhi 12,565,901 28.67°N 77.21°E
Karnataka Bangaluru 5,438,065 12.97°N 77.56°E
West Bengal Kolkotta 5,138,208 22.57°N 88.36°E
Tamil Nadu Chennai 4,616,639 13.09°N 80.27°E
Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad 4,068,611 17.40°N 78.48°E
Gujarat Ahmadābād 3,959,432 23.03°N 72.58°E
Maharashtra Pune 3,446,330 18.53°N 73.84°E
Source: World Gazetteer 2011
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11.  Urbanization is the movement of
population from rural to urban areas
and the resulting increasing proportion
of a population that resides in urban Urban
rather than rural places. 30%
 The process of urbanization is rapid all
over the world. Rural
 The facilities like education, healthcare 70%
system, employment avenues, civic
facilities and social welfare are reasons
attracting people to urban areas.
Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2011
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12. • Ethnic group - People of the same race or nationality
who share a distinctive culture.
• An ethnic group (or ethnicity) is a group of people
whose members identify with each other, through a
common heritage, often consisting of a common
language, a common culture (often including a shared
religion) and/or an ideology that stresses common
ancestry or endogamy.
Note: People groups approach
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13. Number of People groups = 4,635
Mongoloid
And Other
3% 3249
Dravidian
25%
Indo-
Aryan
72% 751 635
SC ST Others
Source: People of India, Singh. K.S., Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1999
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14. People Group Population Language Religion
Shaikh (Urdu) 47,610,427 Urdu - (urd) Islam
Mahratta (Marathi) 26,650,052 Marathi - (mar) Hinduism
Yadava (Hindi) 26,648,306 Hindi - (hin) Hinduism
Shaikh (Bengali) 20,795,821 Bengali - (ben) Islam
Kayastha 13,668,782 Bengali - (ben) Hinduism
Jat 13,388,020 Panjabi - (pan) Sikhism
Brahman (Awadhi) 13,085,249 Awadhi - (awa) Hinduism
Mahishya 12,700,598 Bengali - (ben) Hinduism
Source: ASI and Census of India 2001
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15. Number of Language spoken = 445
Number of Indigenous Language = 438
Number of Immigrant Language = 7
41%
8.10% 7.20% 7% 5.90% 5.90%
5% 4.50% 3.70% 3.20% 3.20% 2.80% 1.30% 1.20%
Hindi Bengali Telugu Marathi Tamil Urdu Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Oriya Punjabi Assamese Maithili other
Source: Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 2009
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16. Family Languages Percentage of people speak
Sino-Tibetan 157 Sino-Tibetan
Austro- 1%
Asiatic Others
Indo-Aryan 150 1% 1%
Dravidian 83
Dravidian
Austro-Asiatic 32 21%
Andamanese 13
Tai-Kadai 6 Indo-Aryan
77%
Creole 4
Unclassified 3
Source: Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 2009
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17. Language ETH Population Bible NT Portion GRA ‘Jesus’ Film
Hindi HIN 180,000,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bengali BEN 70,600,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Telugu TEL 69,600,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Marathi MAR 68,000,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tamil TAM 61,500,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Urdu URD 48,100,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gujarati GUJ 45,500,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Awadhi AWA 37,700,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Source: Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 2009
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19. Largest religions Percentage
Christianity 29% - 32%
Islam 19% - 23%
Buddhism 7% - 23%
Hinduism 14%
Source: The Association of Religion Data Archives - 2011 and Census data
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20. • Religion is a collection of cultural
systems, belief systems, and worldviews that
establishes symbols that relate humanity to Hindus 80.50
spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.
Muslims 13.40
• Many religions have
narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred
Christians 2.30
histories that are intended to give meaning
to life or to explain the origin of life or the
Sikh 1.90
universe.
• They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious Others 1.80
laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas
about the cosmos and human nature. unspecified 0.10
Source: Census of India 2001
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21. Religion Population %
Buddhists, 0.68
Hindus 764,207,361 72.82 Christians, 5.87
Sikhs, 2.19 Jains, 0.52
Chinese , 0.01
Muslims 130,272,844 12.41 Muslims, 12.41
Christians 61,646,000 5.87
Sikhs 22,980,751 2.19 Hindus, 72.82
Buddhists 7,151,056 0.68
Jains 5,421,964 0.52
Source: The Association of Religion Data Archives - 2011
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22. Number of Postal Codes = 21,042 Records = 151,273
Postal Format = 999999 Denomination = PIN code
• A postal code (known in various countries as a Pin codes, post
code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a
postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Once postal codes were
introduced, other applications became possible.
• The Universal Postal Union (UPU) currently has 192 members. World Post day
is each year on October 9, (UPU) in 1874 in Bern, Switzerland.
Source: Geo Postal Code 2011
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23. State City PIN Lat Lng
Andhra Pradesh Wallaee Street 500001 16.7024 78.1036
Assam Fancy Bazar 781001 26.2546 91.5444
Himachal Pradesh Namhol 174032 31.3083 76.4542
Jharkhand Dumka Ho. 814101 23.6333 85.5167
Madhya Pradesh Badagaon (Gugar) 450052 22.186 76.5803
Maharashtra Adam Stores 400001 19.0167 72.85
Orissa Ashti (Parabhani) 751507 16.9833 75.2
Rajasthan Alwar Jey Paltan 301001 27.45 76.5333
Source: Geo Postal Code 2011
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24. • In order to communicate effectively we 0-14 Years 30.5
need to develop tools and materials for
various age groups. 15-64 Years 64.3
• Age group is defined as - A group of people
having approximately the same age. 65 Years + 5.2
Age groups Population % Male Female
0-14 years 352,482,981 30.5% 187,197,389 165,285,592
15-64 years 743,927,829 64.3% 384,131,994 359,795,835
65 years and over 60,486,956 5.2% 28,816,115 31,670,841
Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2011
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25. Sources used:
• Census of India 2011 & 2001
• National Informatics Center (NIC) District websites.
Data source • Sing, K.S., People of India, ASI, Kolkata 1999
• Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th edition. 2009
• Postal Department for Pin Codes
• Census of India 2011 & 2001
• Dive-GIS Software, Data and Shape files.
Map source: • Maps of India – New Delhi
• Presentation Point
• CE Info data with Census of India
Software • MSOffice 2007 – Excel, Access, Power Point
• Arc View 9.3 software from ESRI
used: • Data Point from Presentation Point
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