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Formal Name	Republic of India
Capital	New Delhi
Main Cities	New Delhi; Mumbai; Kolkata; Chennai; Bangalore
Official Language	Native languages – Hindi (41%; official language), Bengali (8.1%), Telugu (7.2%), Marathi (7%), Tamil (5.9%), Urdu (5%), others (25.8%) Subsidiary official language – English
Currency	Indian rupee (Rs, INR)
Dialling Code	+91
Emergency numbers	Police – 100; Fire – 101; Ambulance – 102
Time Zone	GMT/UTC+5.5
Daylight Savings Time	No DST
Units of Measure	Metric
Electricity	230v, 50 Hz; plug types C, D, M
Government	Federal Republic
Population	1,205,073,612 (July 2012 est.)
Climate	Varies from tropical monsoon in south and west to temperate in north
Land Surface	2,973,193 sq Km
Coastline	7,000 Km
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