Country Name Republic of India Area 3,287,000 sq km Population 968 million Capital City New Delhi (pop 10.1 million) People 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian and 3% Mongoloid. Languages Hindi and English, plus 15 other languages and more than 700 dialects. Religion 82% Hindu, 11% Muslim, 2% Buddhist, 2 % Christian, 2% Sikh, and 1% Jain Government Constitutional democracy Currency Indian rupee (Rs) Time Zone Five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT/UTC Country Code 91 Electricity 230V to 240V, 50AC; sockets take plugs with three round pins, similar to European sockets.