14. ABOUT INDIA (2019)

Capital	New Delhi 28°36′50″N77°12′30″E
Largest city	Mumbai 18°58′30″N72°49′33″E
Official languages	Hindi English[b][7]
Recognised regional languages	State level and Eighth Schedule[8][show]
National language	None[9][10][11]
Religion	79.8% Hinduism 14.2% Islam 2.3% Christianity 1.7% Sikhism 0.7% Buddhism 0.4% Jainism 0.9% others[c][12] See Religion in India
Demonym(s)	Indian
Membership	UN, WTO, BRICS, SAARC, SCO, G8+5, G20, Commonwealth of Nations
Government	Federal parliamentaryrepublic
• President	Ram Nath Kovind
• Vice President	Venkaiah Naidu
• Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
• Chief Justice	Ranjan Gogoi
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Om Birla
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Rajya Sabha
• Lower house	Lok Sabha
Independence from the United Kingdom
• Dominion	15 August 1947
• Republic	26 January 1950
Area
• Total	3,287,263[6] km2(1,269,219 sq mi)[d](7th)
• Water (%)	9.6
Population
• 2016 estimate	1,324,171,354[13](2nd)
• 2011 census	1,210,854,977[14][15](2nd)
• Density	402.6/km2(1,042.7/sq mi) (31st)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$11.468 trillion[16](3rd)
• Per capita	$8,484[16] (119th)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$2.972 trillion[16] (5th)
• Per capita	$2,199[16] (142nd)
Gini (2013)	33.9[17] medium · 79th
HDI (2017)	0.640[18] medium · 130th
Currency	Indian rupee (₹) (INR)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
	DST is not observed
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+91
ISO 3166 code	IN
Internet TLD	.in (others)