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  • A2Z The USAID Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project

    Topics: Child Health, Health, International Health, Maternal Health, Nutrition

    Approaches: Nutrition, Nutrition,

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Asia & the Pacific, India, Philippines, Middle East & North Africa, Gaza Strip, West Bank

  • Anti-Sweatshop

    Topics: Advocacy, Human Rights

    Approaches: Human Rights, Human Rights

    Geographic Areas: China, El Salvador, India, Latin America & the Carribean, Mexico, North America

  • dot-EDU – Technology Tools for Teaching & Training in India (Project T4)

    Topics: Education, Girls Education

    Approaches: Girls Education,

    Geographic Areas: Asia & the Pacific, India

  • Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II Project

    Topics: Health, HIV/AIDS, Maternal Health, Nutrition

    Approaches: Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition, NutritionNutrition

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Asia & the Pacific, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Latin America & the Carribean, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Zambia

  • GE Foundation Non-US Initiatives

    Topics: Primary Education

    Approaches: Primary EducationPrimary EducationPrimary Education

    Geographic Areas: Asia & the Pacific, Brazil, China, India, Latin America & the Carribean

  • LINKAGES

    Topics: Child Health, HIV/AIDS, Maternal Health, Reproductive Health

    Approaches: Reproductive Health,

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Jordan, Latin America & the Carribean, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania

  • POUZN

    Topics: Child Health, International Health, Private Sector and Enterprise Development, Water

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Asia & the Pacific, India, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania

  • South Asia Regional Initiative/Energy

    Topics: Efficiency, Energy, Regional Cooperation, Regulation

    Approaches: Regulation,

    Geographic Areas: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka

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Indiaat a Glance

LocationSouthern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

Population1,080,264,388

Population Growth Rate 1.4%

ReligionsHindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%

Languages– English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language

Literacy
definition:  age 15 and over can read and write
total population:  59.5%
male: 70.2%
female:  female: 48.3% (2003 est.)

Related Resources
CIA Factbook-India