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India

Location

Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

Area

Total: 3,287,263 sq km

Land: 2,973,193 sq km

Water: 314,070 sq km

Climate

Varies form tropical monsoon in the south to temperate in the north

Terrain

Upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in the south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in the west, Himalayas in the north

Elevation

Highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,586 m

Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m

Population

1,339,330,514 (July 2021 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)

Religions

Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)