Facts About India What is the total land area of India? 3,287,590 sq km - slightly more than one-third the size of the US, the seventh largest country in the world.   What is the total population of India? 1.2 billion - almost four times the population of the United States.   How is the population broken down by age groups? 0-14 years: 32.7% 15-64 years: 62.6% 65 years and over: 4.7%   How many people groups are there in India? 4624   What is the rate of growth for the population? 1.8%   What is the life expectancy? 63 years   How much of the population is below the poverty line? 35%   What are the main ethnic groups in India? Indo-Aryan (72%), Dravidian (25%), Mongoloid and other (3%)   What are the main religions? Hindu (74.0%), Muslim (14%), Christian (7.%), Sikh (1.9%), Buddhist, Jain and Parsi (2.5%)   How many languages are spoken in India? There are a total of 1652 languages. While Hindi is the official language, there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language.   English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; 24 languages are spoken by at least one million people each.   What is the literacy rate - people age 15 and over who can read and write? For the total population: 52% Male literacy is 65.5% Female literacy is 37.7%   How many states are there in India? There are 28: Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttaranchal Uttar Pradesh West Bengal What are the main features of the economy of India? India's economy, the world's fifth largest, encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of support services. Overpopulation severely handicaps the economy and about a quarter of the population is too poor to be able to afford an adequate diet. Government controls have been reduced on imports and foreign investment, and privatization of domestic output has proceeded slowly. The economy has posted an excellent average growth rate of 6% since 1990, reducing poverty by about 10 percentage points. India has large numbers of well-educated people skilled in the English language; India is a major exporter of software services and software workers. The poor monsoon of mid-2002 has reduced agricultural output substantially.   What is the inflation rate? 5.4%   What is the rate of unemployment? 8.8%   What are the main industries? Textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software. Agriculture - products: rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry, fish.   What is the currency of India, and what are the exchange rates? Indian rupee (INR) Currently 40.21 Indian rupees per US dollar (June, 2007)   How many people in India own radios? Approximately 130 million   How many own televisions: 180 million   How many internet users are there in India? 12 million   What is the historical background of India? The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, goes back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab incursions starting in the 8th century and Turkish in 12th were followed by European traders beginning in the late 15th century. By the 19th century, Britain had assumed political control of virtually all Indian lands. Nonviolent resistance to British colonialism under Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU led to independence in 1947. The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan. A third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh.   What is the condition of children in India? There are 13 million homeless children in India, and there are also 1.1 million street children. 142 out of 1000 children under 5 die every year in India (as against 9 out of 1000 in nations like Germany/France). 1 out of every 6 girls in India does not live to see her 12th birthday. 4 out of 5 children in India never enter a school. 11,000 children in India die every day of easily preventable diseases. More than 400,000 children, below the age of 14 years are involved in prostitution in India. India has an estimated 115 million child labourers, of these, 1 million work in hazardous occupations.   How has the church contributed to the missionary work in India? 96.8 cents of each dollar contributed by Christians is spent on the 2 billion people who call themselves Christians. (Christians spending money on themselves.) 2.9 cents of each dollar is spent on the 2.6 billion people who have heard and rejected Christ. 1/3 cent of each dollar is spent to reach the 1.6 billion people throughout the world who have never heard or had a chance to respond! Just one tenth of a penny goes to reach India, where a quarter (412 million) of the 1.6 billion unreached live.   How many Bibles and New Testaments have been printed since the invention of the printing press in 1450 A.D.? 6.5 billion.   How many of these have been printed in English? 85%   What percentage of the world speaks English? Only 9%.   Of the total number of Bibles and New Testaments printed, how many have been printed in the rest of the world's languages? Since 1450 AD, a mere 15% of the total number of Bibles and New Testaments ever printed were printed for 91% of the world's population!

Field: Dehra Dun  General Information DEHRA DUN Total area                           3088.00     sqkm Forest area                         2200.56     sqkm  Net sown area                      550.57     sqkm Net Irri. area                         217.53     sqkm Occupied Houses                 189.30     thousands Total Population                  1025.68     thousands Total Males                          556.43     thousands Total Females                      469.25     thousands  Urban Population                  515.48     thousands Urban Pop Male                   282.32     thousands  Urban Pop Female               233.16     thousands Rural Population                  510.20     thousands Rural Pop Male                    274.11     thousands  Rural Pop Female                236.09     thousands Total Literates                     597.39     thousands TOWNS, VILLAGES AND AMENITIES The  district,  at  present  comprises  of  4  Tehsils, namely Dehradun, Chakrata, Vikasnagar and Rishikesh And  6  Community Development blocks, viz, Chakrata, Kalsi, Vikasnagar, Sahaspur, Raipur and Doiwala.  It has 17 towns and 764 villages (746 inhabited  villages and 18 uninhabited villages). EDUCATION The  ratio of 5.11 Primary Schools per 10000 population is obtained  in  urban areas of the district ranging between the maximum of 15.93 in Mussoorie and the minimum of 0.65 in Clement town Cantt. The ratio of Middle Schools works  out to 2.42 per 10000 if urban population in the district.  The maximum ratio of 6.09  Middle Schools is observed in Majra and the minimum of 0.65  in  Clement town  Cantt. For every 10000 of urban population there are 1.45  schools  of Matriculation Standard.  With 5.24 schools of Matriculation Standard,  Landour Cantt.  presents the highest proportion per 10000 of population.  The ratio of intermediate  Colleges  works  out  to 0.94 colleges in  urban  areas  of  the district.   The maximum ration of 5.24 colleges is observed in Landour  Cantt. Thus  Landour  Cantt.   Shows the highest ratio per 10000  of  population  of schools of Matriculation Standard and Intermediate Colleges.