Capital:	New Delhi
Population:	11 Billion (Year 2004)
Ethnic Groups:	Indo-Aryan	72%
	Dravidian	25%
	Mongoloid	2%
	Others	1%
Religions:	Hindu	82.4%
	Muslim	12%
	Christianity	2.3%
	Sikh	1.9%
	Others (Buddhist, Jain & Parsi)	1.4%
Languages:	Hindi
	English
	16 other Official Languages
Introduction India is the largest country in the Indian Subcontinent in the south of Asia. Though it is the seventh largest country in the world by area, it is the second largest populated. It is also an extremely diverse country with vast differences in geography, climate, culture and ethnicity across its expanse. Economy The currency of India is Indian National Rupee (INR). It has the world’s 12th largest economy – and the third largest in Asia behind Japan and China – with total GDP of around $691 billion in Year 2004. The United States is India’s largest trading partner. Bilateral trade in Year 2004 was $21.7 billion. People and Culture India occupies only 2.4% of the world’s land area, but it supports over 15% of the world’s population. Almost 33% of Indians are younger than 15 years of age. About 70% of the people live in more than 550,000 villages and the remainder live in more than 200 towns and cities.