India at a Glance *

 

 

General

 

States and Union Territories*

28 states, 7 Union Territories* [* directly administered by the federal/Union government]

Languages

22 languages recognized by the Constitution, 844 dialects used in various parts of India

 

Area and population

 

Area

3.287 million sq km

Land boundary

15,200 km

Coastline

7517 km

Arable land

1.788 million sq km

Population

1,028 million (as on 1 March 2001)

Population density

337 per sq km

Population growth rate

1.93 % [1991-2001 census period]

Sex ratio

933 (2001 census)

Life expectancy

66.28 years (Males); 71.17 years (Females) (2007)

Rate of literacy

64.84 % (overall), 75.26% (males) and 53.67% (females) (2001 census)

 

Economy 

 

GDP based on PPP

[purchasing power parity]

$ 4.726 trillion [2007 estt]

GDP (nominal)

$ 1.089 trillion [2007]

GDP per capita based on PPP

$ 4,182 [2007]

GDP growth rate

9.4% ( 2006-07]

GDP composition

Services-55.1%, Industry-26.4%, Agriculture-18.5% [2006-‘07]

Food grains production

209.20 million tones [2006-'07]

Foreign exchange reserves

$ 276.25 billion [December 2007]

Total exports

$ 124.6 billion [2006-'07]

April-November 2007- US$ 98.386 billion

Total imports

$181.36 billion [2006-'07]

April-November2007 -US$ 151.190 billion

Foreign Direct Investment

$ 19 billion ( 2006-07]

April-Sept 2007- $ 7.25 billion

Foreign Portfolio Investment

$ 9 billion [2007]

Cumulative amount of FDI inflows

$ 61.87 billion [till September2007]

India's share in world trade

0.9 % [2006]

Gross domestic savings as % of GDP

34%[2007]

 

Infrastructure

 

Road length

3.85 million km

Railway routes

63,230 km

Airports

341

Telephone connections 

 

-Fixed lines

40.09 million [June 2007]

 

-Mobile

225. 5 million [November 2007]

Internet users

100 million [November 2007]

Note: India is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables, tea, milk & butter and the second largest producer of rice and wheat.

 

India’s Foreign Trade at a Glance

 

 1. Top five commodities of exports from India (value in US$ Million)

 

Rank

Commodity

Apr-Sep  2006

Apr-Sep  2007

%Growth

%Share

1

Petroleum (Crude & Products)

9,956.06

12,623.44

26.79

17.55

2

Gems & Jewellary

7,731.86

9,371.69

21.21

13.03

3

Machinery and Instruments

3,266.48

4,138.44

26.69

5.76

4

RMG Cotton Incl. Accessories

3,409.11

3,167.09

-7.10

4.40

5

Transport Equipments

2,373.13

3,158.65

33.10

4.39

 

Total

61,141.52

71,909.61

17.61

100.0

 

2. Top five commodities of Imports to India (value in US$ Million)

 

Rank

Commodity

Apr-Sep  2006

Apr-Sep  2007

%Growth

%Share

1

Petroleum (Crude & Products)

29,576.01

34,583.20

16.93

31.00

2

Gold

6,708.39

10,736.88

60.05

9.62

3

Electronic Goods

7,866.36

9,925.14

26.17

8.90

4

Machinery except Electric & Electronic

6,411.69

8,156.52

27.21

7.31

5

Pearls Precious & Semiprecious  Stones

3,607.31

4,710.22

30.57

4.22

 

Total

87,381.78

111,572.12

27.68

100.00

 

 3. Top five destinations of Exports from India (value in USD Million)

 

Rank

Country

Apr-Sep  2006

Apr-Sep  2007

%Growth

%Share

1

USA

9,383.71

9,854.30

5.01

13.70

2

UAE

6,183.81

7,403.93

19.73

10.30

3

China P RP

3,445.52

3,783.94

9.82

5.26

4

UK

2,652.18

3,056.50

15.24

4.25

5

Singapore

3,504.92

3,045.79

-13.10

4.24

 

Total

61,141.52

71,909.61

17.61

100.00

 

4. Top five destinations of Imports to India (value in USD Million)

 

Rank

Country

Apr-Sep  2006

Apr-Sep  2007

%Growth

%Share

1

China P RP

7,991.95

12,534.31

56.84

11.23

2

Saudi Arabia

7,193.43

7,986.98

11.03

7.16

3

USA

5,066.65

6,439.66

27.10

5.77

4

Switzerland

3,933.64

6,192.76

57.43

5.55

5

UAE

4,422.37

6,172.12

39.57

5.53

 

Total

87,381.78

111,572.12

27.68

100.00