INDIA

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

• The country is situated north of the equator between 8°4' and 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' and 97°25' east longitude. It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,166,414 square kilometres (1,222,559 sq mi).

SIZE

CAPITAL

• The city of New Delhi is located within the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi (Listeni/ˌnjuː ˈdɛli/)[4][5] is a district in Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat of the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of the Government of India. It is also the centre of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and is one of the eleven districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

GEOGRAPHY

• The Northern Mountains
• The Peninsular Plateaus
• Indo Gangetic Plains
• Thar Desert
• The Coastal Plains
• The Islands

LANGUAGES

• Official languages Hindi English Hindi in the Devanagari script is the official language of the Union. English is an additional official language for government work. National language None
• Recognised regional languages8th Schedule Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Nepali Odia Punjabi Sanskrit Santali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu

NATIONAL SYMBOLS

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SATYAMEVA JAYATE

LOTUS FLOWER

MANGO

GANGA RIVER

ROYAL BENGAL TIGER