LanguagesHindi 43.6%Bengali 8%Marathi 6.9%Telugu 6.7%Tamil 5.7%Gujarati 4.6%Urdu 4.2%Kannada 3.6%Odia 3.1%Malayalam 2.9%Punjabi 2.7%Assamese 1.3%Maithili 1.1%other 5.6%English is the subsidiary official language but is the most important one for nationalpoliticaland commercial communication (2011 est.)
TimezonesUTC+5
Area3,287,263 km²
Map ReferenceSouthern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
BordersBangladeshBhutanBurmaChinaNepalPakistan
Demographics
Population (2023)1,438,069,596
Density437.5 per km²
Urban Population36.4%
Median Age29.8 years
Life Expectancy68.2 years
Major CitiesNEW DELHIMumbaiKolkataBangaloreChennaiHyderabad
