| Capital | New Delhi | ||||||||
| Largest city | Mumbai (city proper) | ||||||||
| Delhi (metropolitan area) | |||||||||
| Official languages | Hindi | ||||||||
| English[b][7] | |||||||||
| Recognised national languages | None[8][9][10] | ||||||||
| Recognised regional languages | show | ||||||||
| State level and Eighth Schedule[11] | |||||||||
| Native languages | 447 languages[c] | ||||||||
| Religion | 79.8% Hinduism | ||||||||
| -2011 | 14.2% Islam | ||||||||
| 2.3% Christianity | |||||||||
| 1.7% Sikhism | |||||||||
| 0.7% Buddhism | |||||||||
| 0.4% Jainism | |||||||||
| 0.23% Unaffiliated | |||||||||
| 0.65% Others[14] | |||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Indian | ||||||||
| Membership | UN | ||||||||
| Commonwealth of Nations | |||||||||
| WTO | |||||||||
| BRICS | |||||||||
| SAARC | |||||||||
| SCO | |||||||||
| G4 nations | |||||||||
| Group of Five | |||||||||
| G8+5 | |||||||||
| G20 | |||||||||
| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional republic | ||||||||
| • President | Ram Nath Kovind | ||||||||
| • Vice President | Venkaiah Naidu | ||||||||
| • Prime Minister | Narendra Modi | ||||||||
| • Chief Justice | N. V. Ramana | ||||||||
| • Lok Sabha Speaker | Om Birla | ||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
| • Upper house | Rajya Sabha | ||||||||
| • Lower house | Lok Sabha | ||||||||
| Independence | |||||||||
| from the United Kingdom | |||||||||
| • Dominion | 17394 | ||||||||
| • Republic | 18289 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Total | 3,287,263[2] km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)[d] (7th) | ||||||||
| • Water (%) | 9.6 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| • 2018 estimate | 1,352,642,280[15][16] (2nd) | ||||||||
| • 2011 census | 1,210,854,977[17][18] (2nd) | ||||||||
| • Density | 412.0/km2 (1,067.1/sq mi) (19th) | ||||||||
| 2021 estimate | ||||||||
| • Total | $10.207 trillion[19] (3rd) | ||||||||
| $7,333[19] (122nd) | ||||||||
| 2021 estimate | ||||||||
| • Total | $3.050 trillion[19] (6th) | ||||||||
| • Per capita | $2,191[19] (145th) | ||||||||
| Gini (2011) | 35.7[20] | ||||||||
| medium · 98th | |||||||||
| HDI (2019) | 0.645[21] | ||||||||
| medium · 131st | |||||||||
| Currency | Indian rupee (₹) (INR) | ||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) | ||||||||
| DST is not observed | |||||||||
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy[e] | ||||||||
| Mains electricity | 230 V–50 Hz | ||||||||
| Driving side | left[22] | ||||||||
| Calling code | 91 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | IN |
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