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population: about 1.15 billion, the second most populated country in the world. All but 4 of the 30 most densely populated cities in the world are located in India, and Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) is the eighth most populated urban area in the world: 17 million people, and an amazing population density of 68,000 people per square mile.
size: 1,222,243 square miles, the seventh largest country in the world, and the third largest in Asia.
health: India has the highest number of people living with Tuberculosis in the world—about 3.5 million. India also has the second largest population of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world—5.1 million. Only 33% of Indians have access to sanitation. 20% of the population is undernourished.
economy: 34.7% of Indians live on less than $1 a day.
culture: Hindi, the primary tongue of 30% of the population, is the most popular language.The country has 21 official languages and over 800 dialects are spoken. 80.5% of Indians are Hindu, 13.4% are Muslim, and 2.3% are Christians.
last updated 5/30/08 sources
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India—Issue 24
Amid honking cars, bicycles, mopeds, and carts, walks a man. The streets are an array of colors, contrasting from the local men’s traditional robes to the women’s striking multi-dyed saris. While easily identified ...
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Casting Nets—Issue 22
CC Paso Robles, CA, felt led to help with the tsunami relief. A team traveled to the central and northern coast of India carrying relief aid, a few contacts, and faith in God’s command to ...
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India—Issue 16
A dozen years ago, Pastor Bob Caldwell, CC Boise, Idaho, partnered with native Indian pastor Guna to share Jesus Christ in this Hindu land. They have faithfully sought God’s leading as 22 Calvary ...
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Inductive Bible Study—Issue 16
The Indian air was hot and thick. Eleven hundred pastors were crammed in the partially completed sanctuary at CC Eluru to learn how to study the Bible, verse by verse. The two-story concrete building, with only ...
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