India Facts and Figures

India is a secular country with major religions of Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism in it, then came and joined few other religions like Christianity, and Islam. India is rich in its culture and rituals and all its resources too.

Population: India is the second largest country in its population; it has a population of about 1.2 billion people which it will reach the first place if it prolongs to go in the same rate

Land size: India has a seventh largest place in land space and it can accommodate this population.

One quarter of the work force: According to the survey, the next quarter force entering will Indians in all work forces.

Millions: India contains over a million millionaires, though the gap between rich and poor people still exist.

Language: India has a particular official language, that is it uses Hindi as it’s official language and English for common communication purpose, apart from that Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and many other languages are being used accordingly in that particular regions.

Value of PI: Baudhayana was the first Indian mathematician to calculate the value of PI.

University: India first university was started in thakshila at 700 B.C where many thousand people from all over world came and learned various subjects.

Largest postal system: India is the only country which has its largest postal system, and it’s still been used effectively in the country

Trains: India has its second largest rail system

Varanasi: Varanasi is one of oldest city in India and it’s been visited by Buddha at 500 B.C

Wonder: There many sculptural wonders at India like Tanjore temple, and much other sculptural beauty

Food: Cooking and eating are important part of India, many of the festivals and gathering implies that

Roads: India has its largest road network; it consists of over 1.9 miles of roads

Name: The Sanskrit name for India is Bharat Ganarajya.  Now a day’s people often call as, Bharat.

Origin of India name: “India” is named after the Indus River, and it is the earliest settlers of homes. The Indus valley is one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations.