Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit)

"Truth Alone Triumphs"[1]

Anthem: "Jana Gana Mana"[2][3]
"Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People"[4][2]

National song
"Vande Mataram" (Sanskrit)
"I Bow to Thee, Mother"[a][1][2]

Area controlled by India shown in dark green; regions claimed but not controlled shown in light green

CapitalNew Delhi
28°36′50″N 77°12′30″ELargest city

Mumbai (city proper)Delhi (metropolitan area)

Official languages

HindiEnglish[b][7]

Recognised national languagesNone[8][9][10]Recognised regional languages

State level and Eighth Schedule[11]

AssameseBengaliBodoDogriGujaratiHindiKannadaKashmiriKokborokKonkaniMaithiliMalayalamManipuriMarathiMizoNepaliOdiaPunjabiSanskritSantaliSindhiTamilTeluguUrdu

Native languages447 languages[c]Religion 

(2011)

79.8% Hinduism14.2% Islam2.3% Christianity1.7% Sikhism0.7% Buddhism0.4% Jainism0.23% Unaffiliated0.65% Others[14]

Demonym(s)IndianGovernmentFederal parliamentary constitutional republic

• President

Ram Nath Kovind

• Vice President

Venkaiah Naidu

• Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

• Chief Justice

N. V. Ramana

• Lok Sabha Speaker

Om BirlaLegislatureParliament

• Upper house

Rajya Sabha

• Lower house

Lok SabhaIndependence 

from the United Kingdom

• Dominion

15 August 1947

• Republic

26 January 1950Area

• Total

3,287,263[2] km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)[d] (7th)

• Water (%)

9.6Population

• 2018 estimate

 1,352,642,280[15][16] (2nd)

• 2011 census

1,210,854,977[17][18] (2nd)

• Density

414.6/km2 (1,073.8/sq mi) (19th)GDP (PPP)2022 estimate

• Total

 $11.353 trillion[19] (3rd)

• Per capita

 $8,079[19] (122nd)GDP (nominal)2022 estimate

• Total

 $3.25 trillion[19] (6th)

• Per capita

 $2,313[19] (145th)Gini (2011)35.7[20] [21]
medium · 98thHDI (2019) 0.645[22]
medium · 131stCurrencyIndian rupee (₹) (INR)Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)DST is not observedDate format

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