India

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Offical Flag of India
FIPS Code :   IN
ISO Code :   IN
ISO 3 Code :   IND
Numeric ISO :   356
Continent :   Asia
Area in (Sq KM) :   3287590
DMS :   20° 35' 37.26" N, 78° 57' 46.37" E
Phone Code :   91
Currency :   Rupee (INR)
In Native :   भारत

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by area, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

August 15 India Independence Day: On the 15th of August 1947, India became completely independent from British rule
 
Capital :   New Delhi
Neighbour Countries :   China,   Nepal,   Myanmar,   Bhutan,   Pakistan,   Bangladesh
Languages :   English,   Hindi,   Bengali,   Telugu,   Marathi,   Tamil,   Urdu,   Gujarati,   Kannada,   Malayalam,   Oriya (macrolanguage),   Panjabi,   Assamese,   Bihari languages,   Kashmiri,   Nepali (macrolanguage),   Sindhi,   Sanskrit,   French

Regions in India

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttaranchal
West Bengal

Time zones in India

Countries can have more than one time zone. Date time has been calculated using UTC.

Time Zone Id GMT Offset Current Date Time
Asia/Kolkata 5.5 Friday, April 4, 2025 4:57:50 AM

Time Zone Name GMT Offset Current Date Time
India Standard Time 5.5 Friday, April 4, 2025 4:57:50 AM

Largest Cities and Populated Areas of India