1. INDIA GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHICS Rachel Hemrick

2. 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.

3. LAND  Land Area: 3,287,590 km ² (7 th largest)  Largest State: Rajasthan – 342,269 km ²  Smallest State: Lakshadweep – 32 km ²

4. LAND  Highest Point: Kangchenjunga (28,208.7 ft)  Lowest Point: Kuttanad ( − 7.2 ft)

5. 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

6. POPULATION  Population:1,241,491,960 (2011) – World Bank  Second most populous.  By 2030: exceed 1.53 billion.  Become most populous exceeding China.

7. 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

8. LITERACY RATE  2011: 74.04%  1947: 12%  End of British rule

9. ETHNIC GROUPS

10.  Indo-Aryan:  First people  Aboriginal Australians  Dravidian:  Southern India  Mongoloid:  North East

11. RELIGION

12. HINDUISM  34,000 Temples  Tamil Nadu, India  7 th century  Worship Shiva as peacock

13. LANGUAGES

14. HINDI  487 million speakers  4 th century AD  First Printed Book:  John Gilchrist's Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language  Published in 1796.

15. MAJOR DISEASE  HIGH Risk  Malaria  Leptospirosis (water)  Hepatitis A and E  HIV/AIDS  1 hospital bed/1000 people

16. HIV/AIDS  1.5 million people  2011 AIDS report  50% decline in last 10 years  3 rd Largest population suffering  Factors:  Labor migration  Low literacy levels in rural areas  Prostitution

17. TOURISM  Largest Industry  2011  $121 billion or 6.4% of GDP  13.3 million jobs or 7.9%  Expansion  2011-2021: 8.8 % growth  5 th rank fastest growing tourism  Medical Tourism  30% by 2015

18. TOURISM  Taj Maha  Barren Island Volcano  Edakkal Caves

19. 5 SOURCES 1. http://www.indexmundi.com/india/demographics_profile.html http://www.indexmundi.com/india/demographics_profile.html 2. http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/05/15/top-best-25-travel-tourist- places-destinations-india/ http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/05/15/top-best-25-travel-tourist- places-destinations-india/ 3. http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/indianlanguages.htm http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/indianlanguages.htm 4. http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/literacy-rate.html http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/literacy-rate.html 5. http://www.hospitalsinindia.org/ http://www.hospitalsinindia.org/