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Key Facts

Population: 913,600,000 (urban 28%)
Area: 3,287,590 sq km
Safe Water: 84%
Literacy: 52%
Secondary Education: 39% F, 59% M
Telephones: 09/100
Per capita GNP: $460
 

 
Introduction
India may be one country but it is so large that it is referred to as a subcontinent. When it was part of the British Empire it also included Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 1947 it was separated into two along religious lines with India being predominantly Hindu and Pakistan Muslim.