India is the seventh largest country in the world. The country's official name, India is derived from the Old Persian version of Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the river Indus.

India is the seventh largest country in the world. The country's official name, India is derived from the Old Persian version of Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the river Indus.

Capital	Delhi
Area	3,287,263 Sq.Km
Latitude	Between 8’4’ and 37’6’ north
Coastline	7516.5 ( including Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands )
Land Frontier	15,200 km
Highest Mountain Range	Himalayas (altitude more than 7500 m)
Highest Mountain Peak	K2( 8,611, above sea level )
Largest River Basin	Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin
Longest River	Brahmaputra 2,900 km ( Ganga 2,510 km )
Language	15 Languages specified in Eighth Schedule of the Constitution
National Flag	Horizontal tricolor of deep saffron at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportions. In the centre of the white-band is the Ashoka Chakra , in navy blue, with 24 spokes.
National Emblem	Adaptation of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka
National Anthem	Jana-Gana-Mana
National Calendar	This is based on Saka Era with Chaitra as its first month and a normal year of 365 days. Dates of the national calendar have a permanent correspondence with dates of Gregorian
Calendar	Chaitra 1 generally falls on March 22 and in a leap year on March 21
National Bird	Indian Peacock
National Animal	Tiger
Population	1,147,995,898
Male	591,681,864
Female	556,314.014