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| Geographical Data |
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| India, with an area of 32,87,263 sq.km. is the seventh largest country in the world. |
| The countries which are larger than India (in area) are Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and Australia. |
| India has a land frontier of about 15,200 km and a coastline of 7516.6 km. A ratio of approximately 2 : 1 |
| Among the Indian states, Gujarat has the longest coastline of approximately 1600 km. |
| The southernmost point of Indian mainland is Kanyakumari. Indira Point which is the southernmost point of India was submerged in the 2004 Tsunami. |
| The countries which have a common border with India are Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. |
| India shares the longest border with Bangladesh (4,000 km appx). |
| The nearest country with which India does not share a border is Sri Lanka which is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by Palk Strait on one side and Gulf of Mannar on the other. |
| Demographic Data |
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| India’s population as on 1 March 2011 stood at 1,21,05,69,573 (62,31,21,843 males and 58,74,47,730 females). |
| India accounts for a meagre 2.4 per cent of the world surface area of 135.79 million sq km. Yet, it supports and sustains a whopping 16.7 per cent of the world population.. |
| The sex ratio is 943 females per 1000 males. |
| The overall literacy rate is 74.04% (82.14 for males and 65.46 for females). |
| Three most populous countries of the world viz. China (1.34 billion), India (1.21 billion) and USA (308.7 million) account for 40% population of the world. |
| The census moment, the referral time at which the snapshot of the population is taken was 00.00 hours of 1 March 2001. Until the 1991 Census, the sunrise of 1 March was taken to be the census moment. |
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