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Republic of India Flags

Flag Colors and Description

India's flag consists of three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white band.

People

Population: 1,095,351,995 (July 2006 estimate)

Population Growth Rate: 1.38% (2006 estimate)

Spoken Languages: 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 30% 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

Government

Government Type: federal republic

Capital: New Delhi

Economics

GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $4.042 trillion (2006 estimate)

GDP per capita: $3,700 (2006 estimate)