India
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Full country name: Republic of India
Area: 3.28 million sq km
Population: 1 billion
Capital City: New Delhi
People: 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, 3% other
Language: Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, Kashmiri,
English
Religion: 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4% Christian,
2% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.5% Jains, 0.4% other
Government: federal republic
Head of State: President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Head of Government: Prime Minister Dr.
Manmohan Singh

GDP: US$2.2 trillion
GDP per capita: US$2,200
Annual Growth: 5.4%
Inflation: 5.4%
Major Industries: Textiles, chemicals, food
processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement,
mining, petroleum, machinery, rice, wheat, oilseed,
cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes, cattle, water
buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry, fish
Major Trading Partners: US, Hong Kong, UK,
Japan, Germany, Belgium, Saudi Arabia