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This article is about the Republic of India.

Capital New Delhi

(2836.8N 7712.5E)

Largest city Mumbai

185830N 724933E

Official languages
Hindi ,English

National language None

Religion
79.8% Hinduism
14.2% Islam
2.3% Christianity
1.7% Sikhism
0.7% Buddhism
0.4% Jainism
0.9% others

Demonym Indian

Government Federal parliamentary

constitutional republic
President Ram Nath Kovind
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Chief Justice Dipak Misra
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan

Legislature Parliament of India

 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[5] km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)[d] (7th)
Water (%) 9.6

Population
2017 estimate 1,326,572,000[12] (2nd)
2011 census 1,210,854,977[13][14] (2nd)
Density 393.6/km2 (1,019.4/sq mi) (31st)

GDP (PPP) (2017 estimate)

Total $9.489 trillion[15] (3rd)
Per capita $7,153[15] (122nd)

GDP (nominal) (2017 estimate)

Total $2.454 trillion[15] (6th)
Per capita $1,850[15] (141st)

Currency Indian rupee

() (INR)

Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Date format DD-MM-YYYY
Drives on the left
Calling code+91
ISO 3166 code IN
Internet TLD .in