University of Phoenix
The fastest growing school in the world. Highly career-focused education, designed to accelerate the careers of working professionals. Both campus-based and online. Wide range of degrees, programs, locations.
India People
India People: A summary of information about India People, from government research data as well as independent research and other sources.
India: People
Population
1,014,003,817 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 34% (male 175,228,164; female 165,190,951) 15-64 years: 62% (male 324,699,562; female 301,821,383) 65 years and over: 4% (male 23,925,371; female 23,138,386) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate
1.58% (2000 est.)
Birth rate
24.79 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate
8.88 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.03 male(s)/female total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate
64.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 62.5 years male: 61.89 years female: 63.13 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate
3.11 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality
noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian
Ethnic groups
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
Religions
Hindu 80%, Muslim 14%, Christian 2.4%, Sikh 2%, Buddhist 0.7%, Jains 0.5%, other 0.4%
Languages
English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication, Hindi the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people, Bengali (official), Telugu (official), Marathi (official), Tamil (official), Urdu (official), Gujarati (official), Malayalam (official), Kannada (official), Oriya (official), Punjabi (official), Assamese (official), Kashmiri (official), Sindhi (official), Sanskrit (official), Hindustani (a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India) note: 24 languages each spoken by a million or more persons; numerous other languages and dialects, for the most part mutually unintelligible
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 52% male: 65.5% female: 37.7% (1995 est.)