Country Name: Republic of India Area: 3,287,000 sq km Population: 968 million Capital City: New Delhi (pop 10.1 million) People: 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian and 3% Mongoloid. Languages: Hindi and English, plus 15 other languages and more than 700 dialects. Religion: 82% Hindu, 11% Muslim, 2% Buddhist, 2 % Christian, 2% Sikh, and 1% Jain Government: Constitutional democracy Currency: Indian rupee (Rs) Time Zone: Five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT/UTC Country Code: 91 Electricity: 230V to 240V, 50AC; sockets take plugs with three round pins, similar to European sockets.