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August 29, 2007

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Geography Of India

Location:
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

Geographic coordinates:
20 00 N, 77 00 E

Map references:
Asia

Area:
total: 3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km

Area - comparative:
slightly more than one-third the size of the US

Land boundaries:
total: 14,103 km
border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km

Coastline:
7,000 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

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

Terrain:
upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m

Natural resources:
coal, iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
Land use:
arable land: 54.4% permanent crops: 2.74% other: 42.86% (2001)

Irrigated land:
590,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards:

droughts
flash floods
widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains
severe thunderstorms
earthquakes

People Of India:

Population:
1,080,264,388 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 31.2% (male 173,634,432/female 163,932,475)

15-64 years: 63.9% (male 356,932,082/female 333,283,590)

65 years and over: 4.9% (male 26,542,025/female 25,939,784)

Median age:
total: 24.66 years male: 24.64 years female: 24.67 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.4% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
22.32 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
8.28 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 56.29 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 56.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 55.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 64.35 years
male: 63.57 years
female: 65.16 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.78 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.9% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
5.1 million (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
310,000 (2001 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis
animal contact disease: rabies (2004)

Nationality:
noun: Indian(s)
adjective: Indian

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

Religions:
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)

Languages:

English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication
Hindi is the national language
Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Transportation in India:

Railways

Highways

Waterways

Pipelines
Ports & Harbors

Merchant Marines
Heliports
Airports

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There are some travellers' tips for the people who are want to travel :

1) Learn about the culture of the place you are travelling to, so you may be able to avoid some sensitive topics when chatting with the natives there.

2)Learn some simple sentences to communicate with the natives and it may help when you get in trouble over there.

3)Bring a local map with you in case you get lost in the city.

4)Bring food that will not rot easily, such as buns, bread.

5)Bring food, water, money, a dagger for safety purposes, a map, a compass if you are travelling by sea and your goods to trade.

6)If you are travelling by land, a couple of guards will be able to help when you encounter some bandits or robbers. Some natural disasters, such as earthquakes or volcano eruptions, may also occurred when you are on your way to the trading places.

7)If you are travelling on sea, a compass is very important because it is able to help you to identify the location you are in. You may encounter some pirates so try to hire some guards to protect you and your goods. Some natural disasters such as typhoons, strong storms, big waves, may cause your ship to capsize and lost precious goods.

8)Pack your things lightly so it will not be so difficult to carry.
Hired some guards to protect you as there might be pirates at sea. Bring enough money to spend for transport, food and to have a room in a inn to rest.
Bring enough water to drink during the journey.

9)Guides are very important as you can know more about the trading place and the path that lead to it.

10)When you are trading with another trader, be sure that the goods that the trader has is good in quality of goods and try to negotiate the price with the trader to the lowest. After trading the goods, check the goods if they are in good conditions and handle then with care.

11)Go around looking at goods the other traders are trading, trade with them with a reasonable price if you think their goods are worth it.

12)The best time to travel the trading route is during the spring season, as during this period, the weather conditions are better than any other seasons, summer is very warm, autumn rains a lot and as for winter, it snows.

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About The Traveller:

FAXIAN is Chinese Buddhist monk, translator, and the earliest successful Chinese Buddhist pilgrim to India. Faxian's family name was Gong; he was born in Wuyang in Pingyang Prefecture, during the time of the Qin dynasty. His name at birth was Sehi. Later he took the name of Faxian, which means "Splendor of Religious Law." He leave China at the age of 25 and travelled to India and Southeast Asia. His writings provided a good primary source about life in India in the time of the Guptas and to people who want to know about travel at the time, as well as for the the places he visited and the beliefs of the people there.

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