Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Things you need to know about India!

Capital city: New Delhi

Size: 3.29 million sq. km

Population: 1.17 billion

Religions: Hindu 80.5%; Muslim 13.4%; Christian 2.3%; Sikh 1.9%; other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi within 1.8%; unspecified 0.1%.Major Cities: Mumbai (Bombay), Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune

Oceans: Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea

Rivers: Brahmaputra, Ganges, Meghna, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Indus, Narmada, Tapti

Mountains: The Himalayan Mountain Range, The Purvanchal Range, The Vindhya Range, The Satpura Range, The Aravalli Range, The Sahyadri Range and the Eastern Ghat

Valleys: Just to name a few- Bhakra Nangal Valley, Damodar Valley and the Sutlej Valley

Beaches: Include- Varkala Beach, Gokarna Beach, Baga Beach and Marari Beach

Deserts: Thar Desert and Kutch Desert



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