India


  • India lies in south Asia, between Pakistan, China and Nepal. To the north it is bordered by the world's highest mountain chain.
  • The capital of India is New Delhi, and the country’s largest cities are Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Delhi, Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and Chennai.
  • India is the seventh largest country in the world. 
  • India's population is one billion making it the second most populous country after China. 
  • India is the largest democracy (Government by the people, like the UK is) in the world.
  • India is mainly an agricultural country, though it also has a large iron and steel industry and produces every type of manufactured goods.
  • India is in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan