Indian Gold Book:Indian Gold Book - Gold Bars Worldwide
Indian Gold Book:Indian Gold Book - Gold Bars Worldwide
Indian Gold Book:Indian Gold Book - Gold Bars Worldwide
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MAP OF INDIA<br />
There are 28 States, 6 Union Territories (UT’s) and Delhi as the National Capital Territory (NCT).<br />
In the 1991 Census, there were 25 States. Uttaranchal (north), Jharkhand (east) and Chhattisgarh (west) were previously<br />
part of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh respectively.<br />
India borders 6 countries: Pakistan, Nepal, China, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Burma. The island of Sri Lanka is offshore.<br />
Languages<br />
There are more than 700 languages and dialects. There are 12 languages that are spoken by at least 1% of the<br />
population. Hindi is spoken as a primary or secondary language by 65%, English by around 20%.<br />
Religions<br />
According to the 1991 Census, the split is recorded as Hindus (82%), Muslims (12%), Christians (2.3%) and others (3.7%).<br />
This report groups <strong>Indian</strong> States into 4 regions for marketing purposes.<br />
The regional breakdown of the 1,012 million population: north (30%), east (25%), west (22%) and south (22%).<br />
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