INDIA

LOCATION &
GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
India’s Location
Where is India located?
India is located in the southern part
of Asia

It is one of the most

recognizable country on
a world map
India is one of the largest
countries on Asia

India is bordered by Pakistan,

China, Nepal, Bangladesh,
Burma, Bhutan and Sri Lanka
 India’s
Geography
India has 4 Major
Mountain Ranges:

The Western Ghats

The Himalayan
Mountains

The Eastern
Ghats

The Karakorum Mountains

 India is not only a
mountainous country, India is
borders the 3 large bodies of
water:

The Bay of Bengal

The Arabian Sea

The Indian
Ocean
 Most of the Mountain
Ranges are located in the
Most of India is bordered
northern part of India
by water than land

India is one of the few

countries that has all these
different environments

Besides for the mountains

and shores, India is full of
Forests, Deserts, and
Grasslands
CLIMATE OF
INDIA
 India has 4 main
climatic regions:
The Tropical Dry climate
dominates regions where the
rate of moisture loss through
evaporation and transpiration
exceeds that from precipitation

The Tropical Wet climate covers

regions experiencing persistent
warm or high temperatures, Northeast India and much of
which normally do not fall below North India are subject to a
18 degrees centigrade. Subtropical Humid climate,
though they experience hot
summers, temperatures during
the coldest months may fall as
India's Northernmost areas are
subject to a Montane, or Alpine,
climate
 Tropical Dry
Subtropical
Humid

Montane
Tropical Wet
BIODIVERSITY
OF INDIA
 India; A Mega diverse
Country

There are over 170 countries in the

world
17 of these countries are
mega diverse
India is one of these mega
diverse countries
 India’s Native
Mammals

The Royal Bengal

Tiger is the
National animal of
India

These are the Big

Cats that roam
India
Indian Mammals
India’s Native
Birds

The Indian
Peacock is
the
National
bird of

Each bird
shown here
inhabit
different
parts of India
India’s Native
Vegetation
The Lotus is
India’s
National
Flower

These
flowers
of India
have
very
exquisit
e
fragranc
India’s Native
Invertebrates
India’s Native Reptiles &
Amphibians
 INDIA AS A
COUNTRY & THE
PEOPLE OF INDIA
India
India has an estimated
population of 1.17
billion people making it
the 2nd most populated
country in the world,
right behind China with
an estimated
population of 1,33

New Delhi maybe the capital

city, but Mumbai or Bombay is
the most populated country
with an estimated population
of 13,9 billion people
 New Delhi is located
New Delhi in the North-Western
corner of India New Delhi is
the capital
city of India
with an
estimated
population of
12,259,230
Indian Tourist
Attractions
Transportation in
India

These are the most

commonly and
affordable uses of
transportation in
India
 India’s Age
Structure
0-14 years: 31.1% (male 190,000,000/female
172,890,000)
15-64 years: 63.6% (male 381,400,000/female
359,800,000)

India’s Average
Age
Total: 25 years
Male: 25 years
Female: 26 years
India’s Ethnic Origin

India is full of
people of different
varieties, this graph
shows the
percentage of
people that inhabit
India from different
Indian Food

When it
comes to
food,
India is
mostly
recognize
d for their
SPICY
 Sports

Field Hockey
is India’s
National Sport

Cricket is
India’s
most
frequentl
y played ,
India also
has one
of the
worlds
best
HISTORY, RELIGION
& CULTURE
 Most of the people
of India believe in Over 800 million Indians
(80.5%) are Hindu,. Other
Hinduism religious groups include
Muslims (13.4%), Christians
(2.3%), Sikhs (1.9%),
Buddhists (0.8%), Jains (0.4%),
Hinduism is the predominant Jewish, Zoroastrians, Baha'is
religion of the Indian
subcontinent. Hinduism is often
referred to as Santana Dharma, a
Sanskrit phrase meaning "the
eternal law", by its adherents.
Hindu beliefs vary widely, with
concepts of God and/or gods
ranging from Pane theism,
pantheism, monotheism
polytheism, and atheism with
Vishnu and Shiva being the most
popular deities. Other notable
 India’s Culture
It is hard to believe
that the traditional
culture has been
preserved so well
and both are used in
India has 2 very
different cultures. One
of the cultures is very
developed and evolved.
The second culture is
the traditional culture
in which they dress,
work etc in the

India's culture is marked by a high

degree of syncretism and cultural
pluralism. It has managed to
preserve established traditions
while absorbing new customs,
traditions, and ideas from
invaders and immigrants and
spreading its cultural influence to
The History of
India In the third century BC, most of
South Asia was united into the
Maurya Empire by Chandragupta
Maurya and flourished under
Ashoka the Great
The first known permanent
settlements appeared over 9,000
years ago and gradually developed
into the Indus Valley Civilization,
dating back to 3300 BC in western

Following invasions from Central Asia

between the 10th and 12th centuries,
much of North India came under the rule
of the Delhi Sultanate and later the
Mughal Empire. Under the rule of Akbar
the Great, India enjoyed much cultural
and economic progress as well as religious
 In the 20th century, a nationwide
struggle for independence was
launched by the Indian National
Congress and other political
organizations. Indian leader
Mahatma Gandhi led millions of
people in national campaigns of

From the 16th century, European powers

such as Portugal, the Netherlands, France,
and the United Kingdom established trading
posts and later took advantage of internal
conflicts to establish colonies in the country.
By 1856, most of India was under the control
 On 15 August 1947, India
gained independence from
British rule, but at the same
time Muslim-majority areas
were partitioned to form 2
separate countries of West
West Pakistan =
Pakistan & East Pakistan
Pakistan
East Pakistan =
GOVERNMENT &
ECONOMY
The National Symbols of
India
 India’s
Government
The President of India, is
the head of state elected
indirectly by an electoral
college for a five-year term.
The Prime Minister is the
head of government and
exercises most executive
powers. Appointed by the
President, the Prime
Minister is by convention
supported by the party or
The executive branch consists of
the President, Vice-President, and
the Council of Ministers (the
Cabinet being its executive
committee) headed by the Prime
The official languages of India
are Hindu and English, but there
21 languages spoken in India
India is the most populous
democracy in the world

The Constitution of India, the

longest and the most
exhaustive constitution of any
independent nation in the
world, came into force on 26
 This is the President of
India, Pratibha Patil

This is India’s Prime

Minister, Manmohan
The is the Vice-President of Singh
India, Mohammad Hamid
India consists of twenty-
eight states and seven
Union Territories. All
states, and the two
union territories of
Puducherry and the
National Capital Territory
of Delhi, have elected
legislatures and
governments
The Legislature of India is
the bicameral Parliament,
which consists of the
upper house called the
Rajya Sabha (Council of
States) and the lower
house called the Lok
Sabha (House of People).
The Rajya Sabha, a
 India’s Economy
Agriculture is the
predominant occupation in
India, accounting for about
60% of employment. The
service sector makes up a
further 28%, and industrial
The economy of India is the sector around 12%
twelfth largest in the world
by market exchange rates
and the fourth largest in the
world by GDP measured on
a purchasing power parity
 The labor force totals
half a billion workers. Major industries include
For output, the textiles, chemicals, food
agricultural sector processing, steel,
accounts for 17% of transportation equipment,
GDP; the service and cement, mining, petroleum,
industrial sectors make machinery and software
up 54% and 29%
respectively. Major
agricultural products
include rice, wheat,
oilseed, cotton, jute, In 2007, India's GDP was $1.237
trillion, which makes it the
twelfth-largest economy in the
world
 India’s Import and Export
Trading Partners

India’s Export India’s Import

Partners Partners
 India’s Minimum Wage

India’s Minimum Wage = 80 rupees 1 Canadian

per day dollar = 41.6
Ontario’s Minimum Wage = 9.5 Indian rupees
The minimum wage in India is slightly
smaller than 2 dollars a day
FAMOUS
PEOPLE
 India has one of the
World’s largest movie
filming industry, called
Bollywood
These are
some of the
major
blockbusters:
hese are some of the actresses of
India
These are some famous
actors of India
These are some of the famous
singers of India
These are some famous
athletes of India
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