INDIA GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHICS Rachel Hemrick. QUICK FACTS Capital City: New Delhi National...
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- INDIA GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHICS Rachel Hemrick
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- QUICK FACTS Capital City: New Delhi National Independence:
August 15, 1947 Population:1,241,491,960 (2011) World Bank -0.05
migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011) Higher wages in United
States.
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- LAND Land Area: 3,287,590 km (7 th largest) Largest State:
Rajasthan 342,269 km Smallest State: Lakshadweep 32 km
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- LAND Highest Point: Kangchenjunga (28,208.7 ft) Lowest Point:
Kuttanad ( 7.2 ft)
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- NATIONAL SYMBOLS National Bird: Indian Peacock National Flower:
Indian Lotus National Anthem: Jana Gana Mana January 24, 1950 Thou
Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People
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- POPULATION Population:1,241,491,960 (2011) World Bank Second
most populous. By 2030: exceed 1.53 billion. Become most populous
exceeding China.
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- POPULATION Age Structure: 0-14: 29.7% 15-64: 64.9% 65 and
older: 5.5 % Population Growth Rate: 1.312% Birth Rate: 20.6/1000
Death Rate: 7.43/1000
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- LITERACY RATE 2011: 74.04% 1947: 12% End of British rule
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- ETHNIC GROUPS
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- Indo-Aryan: First people Aboriginal Australians Dravidian:
Southern India Mongoloid: North East
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- RELIGION
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- HINDUISM 34,000 Temples Tamil Nadu, India 7 th century Worship
Shiva as peacock
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- LANGUAGES
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- HINDI 487 million speakers 4 th century AD First Printed Book:
John Gilchrist's Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language Published in
1796.
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- MAJOR DISEASE HIGH Risk Malaria Leptospirosis (water) Hepatitis
A and E HIV/AIDS 1 hospital bed/1000 people
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- HIV/AIDS 1.5 million people 2011 AIDS report 50% decline in
last 10 years 3 rd Largest population suffering Factors: Labor
migration Low literacy levels in rural areas Prostitution
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- TOURISM Largest Industry 2011 $121 billion or 6.4% of GDP 13.3
million jobs or 7.9% Expansion 2011-2021: 8.8 % growth 5 th rank
fastest growing tourism Medical Tourism 30% by 2015
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- TOURISM Taj Maha Barren Island Volcano Edakkal Caves
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- 5 SOURCES 1.
http://www.indexmundi.com/india/demographics_profile.html
http://www.indexmundi.com/india/demographics_profile.html 2.
http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/05/15/top-best-25-travel-tourist-
places-destinations-india/
http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/05/15/top-best-25-travel-tourist-
places-destinations-india/ 3.
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/indianlanguages.htm
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/indianlanguages.htm 4.
http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/literacy-rate.html
http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/literacy-rate.html 5.
http://www.hospitalsinindia.org/
http://www.hospitalsinindia.org/