INDIA GEOGRAPHY
AND DEMOGRAPHICS
Rachel Hemrick
QUICK FACTS
 Capital City: New Delhi
 National Independence: August 15, 1947
 Population:1,241,491,960 (2011) – World Bank
 -0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011)
 Higher wages in United States.
LAND
 Land Area: 3,287,590 km² (7th largest)
 Largest State: Rajasthan – 342,269 km²
 Smallest State: Lakshadweep – 32 km²
LAND
 Highest Point: Kangchenjunga (28,208.7 ft)
 Lowest Point: Kuttanad (−7.2 ft)
NATIONAL SYMBOLS
 National Bird: Indian Peacock
 National Flower: Indian Lotus
 National Anthem: “Jana Gana Mana” – January 24, 1950
 Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People
POPULATION
 Population:1,241,491,960 (2011) – World Bank
 Second most populous.
 By 2030: exceed 1.53 billion.
 Become most populous exceeding China.
POPULATION
 Age Structure:
 0-14: 29.7%
 15-64: 64.9%
 65 and older: 5.5 %
 Population Growth Rate: 1.312%
 Birth Rate: 20.6/1000
 Death Rate: 7.43/1000
LITERACY RATE
 2011: 74.04%
 1947: 12%
 End of British rule
ETHNIC GROUPS
3%
25%
Indo-Aryan
Dravidian
Mongoloid/Other
72%
ETHNIC GROUPS
 Indo-Aryan:
 First people
 Aboriginal Australians
 Dravidian:

Southern India
 Mongoloid:
 North East
RELIGION
2% 0%
2%
2%
13%
81%
Hindu
Muslim
Christian
Sikh
Other
Unspecified
HINDUISM
 34,000 Temples
 Tamil Nadu, India
 7th century
 Worship Shiva as peacock
LANGUAGES
2%
6%
5%
7%
9%
52%
9%
10%
Hindi
Bengali
Telugu
Marathi
Tamil
Urdu
Gujarati
Kannada
HINDI
 487 million speakers
 4th century AD
 First Printed Book:
 John Gilchrist's Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language
 Published in 1796.
MAJOR DISEASE
 HIGH Risk
 Malaria
 Leptospirosis (water)
 Hepatitis A and E
 HIV/AIDS
 1 hospital bed/1000 people
HIV/AIDS
 1.5 million people
 2011 AIDS report
 50% decline in last 10 years
 3rd Largest population suffering
 Factors:
 Labor migration
 Low literacy levels in rural areas
 Prostitution
TOURISM
 Largest Industry
 2011
 $121 billion or 6.4% of GDP
 13.3 million jobs or 7.9%
 Expansion
 2011-2021: 8.8 % growth
 5th rank fastest growing tourism
 Medical Tourism
 30% by 2015
TOURISM
 Taj Maha
 Barren Island Volcano
 Edakkal Caves
5 SOURCES
1.
http://www.indexmundi.com/india/demographics_profile.html
2.
http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/05/15/top-best-25-travel-touristplaces-destinations-india/
3.
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/indianlanguages.htm
4.
http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/literacy-rate.html
5.
http://www.hospitalsinindia.org/