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India is located on the subcontinent in Asia, sharing its western border with Pakistan; its northeastern border with China, Nepal, and Bhutan; its eastern border with Myanmar; and its southern border in the eastern part of the state with Bangladesh. The capital city is New Delhi.
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  • Population: 1,080,264,388
  • Land Area: 2,973,190 sq km
  • Capital City: New Delhi
  • Languages: Bengali,  English,  Hindi(official),  Kannada,  Malayalam,  Marathi,  Oriya,  Sanskrit,  Sindhi,  Tamil,  Telugu,  Urdu,  Hindustani,  Gujarati,  Punjabi,  Assamese,  Kashmiri
  • Religions: 1% Buddhist, 1.9% Sikh, 1% Jains, 2.3% Christian, 12% Muslim, 81.3% Hindu, 2.5% other
  • Government: federal republic
  • Date of independence: 8/15/1947
  • GDP: $3.319 trillion (2004 est.)

These data are from the World Factbook


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