INDIA: A COUNTRY STUDY

Ethnically, 72 percent of Indians are Indo-Aryan. Dravidians account for 25 percent of India's population, while the remaining three-percent are Mongolian. A total of 16 languages are spoken by significant proportions of India's population. Hindi is the country's official language, while English is an associate official language. In the context of religion, India is largely a Hindu nation, with 83 percent of the Indian population identifying themselves as Hindu. Muslims account for 11 percent of the Indian population, while Christians account for three-percent, Sikh's two-percent, and all others one-percent (Hunter, 1995, pp. 693-711).

India is a republic and frequently is referred to as the world's largest democracy. The country is comprised of 25 states and seven territories (Hunter, 1995, p. 695).

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ercent of the country's consumption through nationalized industries. The main fields are located in Assam, Gujarat, and offshore in the Gulf of Cambay (Hunter, 1995, p. 702). Communications (Exclusive of Transportation) India operates more than 152,000 post offices and approximately 43,000 telegraph offices. A department of the national government operates the telephone systems throughout the country with the exceptions of Bombay and Delhi, where telephone service is provided by public corporations. Television reaches 84 percent of the Indian population through a network of more than 560 transmitters. The country also is served by more than 160 radio stations and by more than 250 radio transmitters for the national radio network. India has a monumental number of newspapersù35,595, of which 369 publish daily in 18 different languages (Hunter, 1995, p. 708). Urbanization India's population in 1990 was estimated at 851 million (World Bank, 1995, p. 157). The age distribution of the Indian population is as follows: Through age 14: 36.8 percent; 15 through 59: 56.4 percent; and Aged 60 and older: 6.8 percent (World Bank, 1995, p. 157). The population density in India is 658 persons per square mile. Approximately 28 perc
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