India

1. Republic of India
Bhārat Gaṇarājya
Flag
State emblem
Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit)
"Truth Alone Triumphs"[1]
Anthem: "Jana Gana Mana" (Hindi)[2]
"Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People"[3][2]
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National song
"Vande Mataram" (Sanskrit)
"I Bow to Thee, Mother"[a][1][2]

2. Area controlled by India show n in dark green;
claimed but uncontrolled regions show n in light green.
Capital New Delhi
28°36.8′N 77°12.5′E
Largest city Mumbai
18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E
Official languages Hindi
 English[b][6]
Recognised
regional languages
State level and
Eighth Schedule[7]
[show]
National language None[8][9][10]
Religion  79.8% Hinduism
 14.2% Islam
 2.3% Christianity
 1.7% Sikhism
 0.7% Buddhism
 0.4% Jainism
 0.9% others[c][11]
Demonym Indian
Government Federal parliamentary
constitutional socialist[12]
republic[1]
• President Ram Nath Kovind
• Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi

3. • ChiefJustice Dipak Misra
• Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
Legislature ParliamentofIndia
• Upper house Rajya Sabha
• Lower house Lok Sabha
Independence from the United Kingdom
• Dominion 15 August1947
• Republic 26 January 1950
Area
• Total 3,287,263[5]
km2
(1,269,219 sq mi)[d]
(7th)
• Water (%) 9.6
Population
• 2016 estimate 1,324,171,354[13]
(2nd)
• 2011 census 1,210,854,977[14][15]
(2nd)
• Density 394.4/km2
(1,021.5/sq mi) (31st)
GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate
• Total $9.489 trillion[16]
(3rd)
• Per capita $7,153[16]
(122nd)
GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate
• Total $2.454 trillion[16]
(6th)
• Per capita $1,850[16]
(141st)
Gini (2013) 33.9[17]
medium · 79th
HDI (2015) 0.624[18]
medium · 131st
Currency Indian rupee (₹) (INR)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
DST is not observed
Date format DD-MM-YYYY
Drives on the left
Calling code +91

4. ISO 3166 code IN
Internet TLD .in
Website
india.gov.in