Area controlled by India shown in dark green;
regions claimed but not controlled shown in light green
Capital New Delhi
28°36′50″N 77°12′30″E
Largest city Mumbai (city proper)
Delhi (metropolitan area)
Official languages Hindi
English[b][7]
Recognised None[8][9][10]
national languages
Recognised
State level and
regional languages
Eighth Schedule[11][show]
Native languages 447 languages[c]
Religion 79.8% Hinduism
(2011) 14.2% Islam
2.3% Christianity
1.7% Sikhism
0.7% Buddhism
0.4% Jainism
0.23% Unaffiliated
0.65% others[14]
See Religion in India
Demonym(s) Indian
Membership UN, WTO, BRICS, SAARC, SCO, G4
nations, Group of
Five, G8+5, G20, Commonwealth of
Nations
Government Federal parliamentary constitutional republic
President Ram Nath Kovind
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
Speaker of the Lok Om Birla
Sabha
Deputy Chairman of Harivansh Narayan Singh
the Rajya Sabha
Legislature Parliament
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[2] km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)[d] (7th)
Water (%) 9.6
Population
2018 estimate 1,352,642,280[15][16] (2nd)
2011 census 1,210,854,977[17][18] (2nd)
Density 407.6/km2 (1,055.7/sq mi) (19th)
GDP (PPP) 2020 estimate
Total $12.363 trillion[19] (3rd)
Per capita $9,027[19] (118th)
GDP (nominal) 2020 estimate
Total $3.202 trillion[19] (5th)
Per capita $2,338[19] (139th)
Gini (2013) 33.9[20]
medium ꞏ 79th
HDI (2018) 0.647[21]
medium ꞏ 129th
Currency Indian rupee (₹) (INR)
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
DST is not observed
Date format dd-mm-yyyy[e]