India is the largest democracy, the 6th largest Country in the world and second highest in population. India has population of around 1 billion persons and area of 3.3 million square km with 7600 km costal length. The geographical area is very diverse. It has snow mountain ranges, deserts, hills, forests, and islands. India has 28 states, 7 union territories and more than 6 lacs villages. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma are the neighboring countries.
India is second largest growing economy of world and growing at 8 % GDP. Major industries of India are textiles industry, chemicals industry, food processing industry, steel industry, cement industry, mining, petroleum and IT industry.
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