Population:
1,147,995,904 (July 2008 est.)
Infant
Mortality Rate:
total: 32.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 36.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 27.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Ethnic Groups:
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
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 associate status but is the most important language
for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national
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)
Literacy Rate:
definition: age 15 and over can
read and write
total population: 61%
male: 73.4%
female: 47.8% (2001 census)
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Projects
IN-004 Villivakkam
IN-008 Cuddalore
IN-005 Porur
IN-006 Avadi
IN-007 Pannaivilai
IN-009 Vijayawada
IN-010 Thippiramalai
IN-011 Valliammalpukam
IN-020 Karikal
IN-021 Karikatakuppam
IN-022 Killai
IN-023 Kovalam
IN-024 Perunthuravukkuppam
IN-025 Sulerikaatukuppam
IN-026 KV Kuppam
IN-027 Mandavaikuppum
IN-028 Palavercadu
IN-029 Nagapattinam
IN-030 Thirupati
IN-031 Kurangani
IN-032 Perianemmeli
IN-033 Srinivasaraothotta
IN-034 Kolathur
IN-035 Satur
IN-036 Gudur |
