William

India

Location: Southern Asia, bordering Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 kmmedia type="file" key="Jose and william.wmv" align="right"

Capital: New Delhi

Climate: varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north

Population: 1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.)

Ethnic Make-up: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)

Religions: [|Hindu] 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, [|Sikh] 1.9%, other groups including[|Buddhist], Jain, [|Parsi] 2.5% (2000)

The different states of India have different official languages, some of them not recognized by the central government. Some states have more then one official language. Bihar in east India has three official languages - [|Hindi], Urdu and [|Bengali] - which are all recognized by the central government. But Sikkim, also in east India, has four official languages of which only Nepali is recognized by the central government. Besides the languages officially recognized by central or state governments, there are other languages which don't have this recognition and their speakers are running political struggles to get this recognition. Central government decided that Hindi was to be the official language of India and therefore it also has the status of official language in the states. Why not learn some useful [|Hindi phrases]?

= Main Attractions:Common Food:fruit and veges they prey to cows =

What would attract people to visit this country?They are Himalayas,beaches,desert,tribal territory

Why would you want to visit this country?I want to learn hindi language

=Slogan:where vegetarian people live=

intrasting fact india's people are vegatarians and theres

[[image:theworldwithintheclassroom/india-map.jpg]]
[]