What is the current population of India? 1.35 Billion People
What is the total fertility rate in India? 2.65 children born/woman #81
What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? ranging from 37.2 percent to 77 percent
Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India. 1.The top floor of a hotel was on fire and a gunmen inside would shoot at the people that where trying to put the fire out. 2.A bomb made a passenjer train run into a goods train going the other direction and it killed many people.
The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the counties of the world by poverty. Where does India rank on this list? India ranked 119th of 169 countries
Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India. 400 people died in the flooding, and then, 60 more, as cholera and dengue fever festered in its waterlogged streets. building fell and streets flooded
What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people? There is gas, swuige, and trash in the water. Many people don't get enough water for a day and many people are thirsty.
What is the literacy rate in India?
What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? ranging from 37.2 percent to 77 percent
Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India. 1.The top floor of a hotel was on fire and a gunmen inside would shoot at the people that where trying to put the fire out. 2.A bomb made a passenjer train run into a goods train going the other direction and it killed many people.
The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the counties of the world by poverty. Where does India rank on this list? India ranked 119th of 169 countries
Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India. 400 people died in the flooding, and then, 60 more, as cholera and dengue fever festered in its waterlogged streets. building fell and streets flooded
What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people? There is gas, swuige, and trash in the water. Many people don't get enough water for a day and many people are thirsty.
What is the literacy rate in India?
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61%
male: 73.4%
female: 47.8%
What are the major religions in India? Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%
When did India achieve independence, and from what country? 15 August 1947 (from the UK)
Works Sited:
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india
- http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/world/asia/01india.html
- http://video.nytimes.com/video/2006/09/28/world/1194817098866/part-1-water-woes-in-india.html
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
- http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/28/world/20081128-Mumbai/index.html?ref=terrorism
- http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/05/28/world/asia/1247467939513/india-train-crash-tied-to-maoists.html?ref=terrorism
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