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India
Location marker · geographic overview
20° N / 77° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- New Delhi
- Population
- 1,450,935,791 2024
- Area
- 3,287,263 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English, Hindi, Tamil
- Currency
- Indian rupee (INR)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · India
India (Hindi: भारत Bhārat), the largest country in South Asia, has many of the world's highest mountains, most populated cities, and longest rivers. As one of the great civilisations of the ancient world, once revered as 'the golden bird', India's heritage and culture are a rich amalgam of the past and present.
Landscape & landmarks
Jaipur, the capital of the western state of Rajasthan, is incredibly rich in forts and palaces, including the tremendous Amber Fort, beautiful Jal Mahal (Water Palace) and unique Hawa Mahal.Read the see section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-27. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Calling code
- +91
- Internet domain
- .in
- Land border codes
- BGD, BTN, MMR, CHN, NPL, PAK
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .in. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.