Interesting facts about India...

Well, our departure date is now only FIVE days away!  I thought I would share some India stats today, just for fun.

• The entire country is five and half hours different from Greenwich Mean Time.  (Why 5.5 hours?  I'm not sure, but it sounds fun!)
  
  
• The Indian flag is orange, white, and green with a blue "wheel" in the middle.
  
  
• The national animal is the tiger, the national bird is the peacock, and the national flower is the lotus.
  
  
• Because of its population, India is the largest democracy in the world.
  
  
• The literacy rate in India is 64.84%, or just under two-thirds.
  
  
• Twenty-two different languages are recognized by the Indian Constitution.  The most commonly spoken language is Hindi, followed by Telegu and Bengali.
  
  
• In India, 81.8% of the population is Hindu, 12.1% is Muslim, and 2.3% is Christian (this includes evangelical and nominal Christians).
  
  
• India is the second most populous country in the world, home to over one billion people.  This means that one out of every six people in the world lives in the country of India!

Source: http://www.webindia123.com/india/ and http://india.gov.in/