About India

 

Republic of India Bhārat Gaṇarājya (see other local names)
Flag State emblem
Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit) "Truth Alone Triumphs"[1]
Anthem: "Jana Gana Mana"[2][3] "Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People"[4][2]
National song "Vande Mataram" (Sanskrit) "I Bow to Thee, Mother"[a][1][2]
Area controlled by India shown in dark green; regions claimed but not controlled shown in light green
Capital	New Delhi 28°36′50″N 77°12′30″E
Largest city	Mumbai (city proper) Delhi (metropolitan area)
Official languages	Hindi English[b][7]
Recognised national languages	None[8][9][10]
Recognised regional languages	State level and Eighth Schedule[11] Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Kokborok Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Mizo Nepali Odia Punjabi Sanskrit Santali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu
Native languages	447 languages[c]
Religion  (2011)	79.8% Hinduism 14.2% Islam 2.3% Christianity 1.7% Sikhism 0.7% Buddhism 0.4% Jainism 0.23% Unaffiliated 0.65% others[14] See Religion in India
Demonym(s)	Indian
Membership	UN WTO BRICS SAARC SCO G4 nations Group of Five G8+5 G20 Commonwealth of Nations
Government	Federal parliamentaryconstitutional republic
• President	Ram Nath Kovind
• Vice President	Venkaiah Naidu
• Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
• Chief Justice	Sharad Arvind Bobde
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Om Birla
• Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha	Harivansh Narayan Singh
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Rajya Sabha
• Lower house	Lok Sabha
Independence  from the United Kingdom
• Dominion	15 August 1947
• Republic	26 January 1950
Area
• Total	3,287,263[2] km2(1,269,219 sq mi)[d](7th)
• Water (%)	9.6
Population
• 2018 estimate	1,352,642,280[15][16](2nd)
• 2011 census	1,210,854,977[17][18](2nd)
• Density	408.8/km2(1,058.8/sq mi) (19th)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$8.683 trillion[19](3rd)
• Per capita	$6,283[19] (118th)
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$2.59 trillion[19](6th)
• Per capita	$1,876[19] (139th)
Gini (2013)	33.9[20] medium · 79th
HDI (2018)	0.647[21] medium · 129th
Currency	Indian rupee (₹) (INR)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
	DST is not observed
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy[e]
Mains electricity	230 V–50 Hz
Driving side	left[22]
Calling code	+91
ISO 3166 code	IN
Internet TLD	.in (others)