About India
One republic, thirty-six stories
KYIndia is a knowledge platform, not a news feed. It organises India's geography, governance, culture and economy into a single navigable surface.
28
States
8
Union Territories
22
Scheduled languages
43
UNESCO sites
7,500 km
Coastline
1.43 billion
Population
Geography
From the Himalaya in the north to the tropical peninsula, India spans 3.28 million km² across deserts, plateaus, deltas, rainforest and two island chains.
People & languages
The Constitution recognises 22 scheduled languages written in a dozen scripts, alongside hundreds of mother tongues and one of the world's youngest workforces.
Government
A sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic with a parliamentary system, a federal structure and an independent judiciary.
Economy
Among the largest economies in the world, driven by services, manufacturing, agriculture, digital public infrastructure and a deep startup base.
Did you know
- India has 22 scheduled languages and over 120 major spoken languages.
- The Indian Railways moves more than 20 million passengers every single day.
- India has 43 UNESCO World Heritage Sites across 22 states and territories.
- Meghalaya's Mawsynram is the wettest inhabited place on earth.
- India's coastline stretches roughly 7,500 km across nine states.