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India info

Capital
New Delhi

Largest City and Commercial Capital
Mumbai

Other Metro Cities
Chennai and Kolkata

Population
1,129,866,154 (July 2007)

Area
3.3 Million sq km (7th largest in the world)
28 States and 7 union territories

Government Type
Sovereign Socialist Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary system of Government

Telephone Country Code
+91

Religions
Hindu 80.5 %, Muslim 13.4%, followed by Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, and others (2006)

Languages
Hindi is the national language and the primary language of 30% of the population. English is the most widely used language for communication in the Government and other establishments. There are 14 other official languages: Kashmiri, Punjabi, Sindhi, Oriya, Assamese, Bengali, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit

Natural Resources
Coal, iron ore, manganese ore, mica, bauxite, petroleum, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, magnesite, limestone, arable land, dolomite, barytes, kaolin, gypsum, apatite, phosphorite, steatite, fluorite, etc.

Major Industries
Textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software

Major Sea Ports
Chennai, Haldia, JNPT, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam