2013-06-12



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India, officilly the Republic of India, is a seventh largest country by area and the second most populous country in South Asia. It is bounded by the Indian ocean on the south, the arabian sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east and land borders with Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north-east, and Burma and Bangladesh to the east.

Facts about India

Capital: New Delhi
Largest City: Mumbai
Official Languages: Hindi, English
Government: Federal parliamentary
constitutional republic
President: Pranab Mukherjee
Vice President: Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh
Speaker of the House: Meira Kumar
Chief Justice: Altamas Kabir
Legislature: Parliament of India
Upper house: Rajya Sabha
Lower house: Lok Sabha

Independence from the United Kingdom

Dominion: 15 August 1947
Republic: 26 January 1950
Area: Total 3,287,263 km2, 1,269,219 sq mi
Water(%): 9.6
Population: 2011 census 1,210,193,422
Density: 373.6/km2, 967.7/sq mi
Currency: Indian Ruppees INR.
Time zone: IST (UTC+05:30)
Calling code: +91
ISO 3166 code: IN
Internet TLD: .in

National Symbols

Flag: Tricolour
Emblem: Sarnath Lion Capital
Anthem: Jana Gana Mana
Song: Vande Mataram
Calendar: Saka
Flower: Lotus
Fruit: Mango
Tree: Banyan
Bird: Indian Peafowl
Land animal: Royal Bengal Tiger
Aquatic animal: River Dolphin
River: Ganga (Ganges)

Tourism in India

Tourism in India is a large industry. The World Travel and Tourism Council calculated that tourism generated $121 billion or 6.4% of the nation's GDP in 2011. It was responsible for 39.3 million jobs, 7.9% of its total employment. The GDP of the tourism sector has expanded 229% between 1990 and 2011. The sector is predicted to grow at an average annual rate of 7.7% in the next decade. In a 2011 forecast the World Travel and Tourism Council predicted the annual growth to be 8.8% between 2011 and 2021. This gave India the fifth rank among countries with the fastest growing tourism industry. India has a large medical tourism sector which is expected to grow at an estimated rate of 30% annually to reach about 9,500 crore by 2015.

Top 10 list of Tourist Destinations in India

Agra

Jaipur / Udaipur

Goa

Kashmir

Kanyakumari

Kerala (Backwaters)

Old Delhi

Ajanta Ellora

Darjeeling

Mysore

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