PULSE MAGAZINE LONDON Issue 3 Spring 2014 | Page 21

OUR PLANET ~ INDIA

FACTS AND STATISTICS
Location: Southern Asia, bordering Bangladesh 4,053 km,
Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690
km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Capital: New Delhi
Climate: varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in
north
Population: 1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.)
Ethnic Make-up: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid
and other 3% (2000)
Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%,
other groups
includingBuddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
Government: Federal Republic

Please see Travel Guide in the next section