India Facts

1. What is the current population of India? 1,173, 108, 018
2. What is the total fertility rate in India? 2.68 children born/woman
3. What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? 37.2% - 77%
4. Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India. On Feb. 13, people thought to be Islamic terrorists bombed a restaurant in the northern city of Pune, killing 17 people.  Indian authorities on Saturday issued a national alert after 9 people were killed and at least 57 were wounded when a bomb exploded at a bakery in a neighborhood popular with foreign tourists in the western Indian city of Pune.
5. The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty.  Where does India rank on this list?  India ranked 119th of 169 countries.
6. Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India. In less than three days, at least 120 people died. More than 4,000 animal carcasses were later hauled out of the mud. Two weeks after the floods, Surat’s diamond-polishing factories were practically empty of workers, who had fled fearing disease. An industry group estimated the losses at $60 million.
7. What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people? They have it extremely polluted with methane gas, they dump toxic waste into it, dead babies, and human waste flows into it from the city.
8. What is the literacy rate in India? The literacy rate of India is 76.9% for men and 54.5% for women.
9. What are the major religions in India? The major religions of India are Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%.
10. When did India achieve independence, and from what country? India achieved independence in 1947 from Great Britain.

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