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noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian
Ethnic groups:
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
Religions:
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Languages:
Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% note: English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)
Population:
1,189,172,906 (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 2
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.7% (male 187,450,635/female 165,415,758) 15-64 years: 64.9% (male 398,757,331/female 372,719,379) 65 years and over: 5.5% (male 30,831,190/female 33,998,613) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 26.2 years male: 25.6 years female: 26.9 years (2011 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.344% (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 86
Birth rate:
20.97 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 84
Death rate:
7.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 116
Net migration rate:
-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 118
Urbanization:
urban population: 30% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 2.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
NEW DELHI (capital) 21.72 million; Mumbai 19.695 million; Kolkata 15.294 million; Chennai 7.416 million; Bangalore 7.079 million (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
230 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: 56
Infant mortality rate:
total: 47.57 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 52 male: 46.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 49.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.8 years country comparison to the world: 160 male: 65.77 years female: 67.95 years (2011 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.62 children born/woman (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 79
Health expenditures:
2.4% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 185
Physicians density:
0.599 physicians/1,000 population (2005) country comparison to the world: 118
Hospital bed density:
0.9 beds/1,000 population (2005) country comparison to the world: 153
Drinking water source:
improved: urban: 96% of population rural: 84% of population total: 88% of population unimproved: urban: 4% of population rural: 16% of population total: 12% of population (2008)
Sanitation facility access:
improved: urban: 54% of population rural: 21% of population total: 31% of population unimproved: urban: 46% of population rural: 79% of population total: 69% of population (2008)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.3% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 85
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
2.4 million (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 3
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
170,000 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 3
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: chikungunya, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria animal contact disease: rabies water contact disease: leptospirosis note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
43.5% (2006) country comparison to the world: 1
Education expenditures:
3.1% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 129
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61% male: 73.4% female: 47.8% (2001 census)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2007)
_ இந்தியாவைப்பற்றிய சி.ஐ.ஏ.அலுவலக இணையத்தளத்தில் உள்ள விபரங்களில் சில் மட்டுமே மேலே தரப்பட்டுள்ளது.நம் அரசிடம் கூட இவ்வளவு தெளிவான விபரம் இருக்காது.