The following information was taken from the CIA World Factbook.
Population: 1,173,108,018 (July 2010 est.)
Ethnic Groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
Religion: Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Language: Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
Note: English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census).
Government Type: Federal Republic
Capital: New Delhi
Independence: 15 August 1947 (from the UK)
Executive Branch: Chief of State: President Pratibha PATIL (since 25 July 2007)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Manmohan SINGH (since 22 May 2004)
Industry: textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software, pharmaceuticals.
Agriculture: rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, lentils, onions, potatoes, dairy products, sheep, goats, poultry, fish.
Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan.
Terrain: Upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north.
YWAM in India:
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To read more information about India, visit the CIA World Factbook.
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Target NationsIn an effort to increase effectiveness in our overseas outreaches and ministry, YWAM Montana adopted the concept of "targeting." Currently we are focusing on India, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine as our first five target nations. We are partnering with YWAM ministries in our target nations and coming alongside of them in tangible ways to help them fulfill their vision and ministry. We do this by building relationships, sending short term teams, resources, finances and staff bridge teams to fulfill specific needs in their endeavors to further the Kingdom of God. |