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Time
GMT + 5.5.
Area
3,166,414 sq km (1,222,582 sq miles).
Population
1.1 billion (estimate 2007).
Population Density
347 per sq km.
Capital
New Delhi. Population: 16.6 million (estimate 2007).
Language
The main language of business is English. However most locals will speak their native Indian language often depending on their place of birth and where they were raised. Approximately 40% speak Hindi whereas the others will speak one or several of the 17 dominant Indian languages such as Tamil, Telegu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi. The Muslim population tends to speak Urdu.
Mobile Phone Standard
GSM 900MHz / 1800MHz.
If you are visiting India you may consider buying a prepaid Sim card from Aircel, BPL Mobile, Airtel / Bharti, BSNL, Reliance, Hutch Vodafone, IDEA, MTNL, Tata Mobile or Spice as it can save you a lot of Roaming charges with your home country during your stay in India.
Several Cellular Network providers in India offer as a minimum voice calls such as Aircel, BPL Mobile, Airtel / Bharti, BSNL, Reliance, Hutch Vodafone, IDEA, MTNL, Tata Mobile or Spice and you should be able to purchase a Prepaid Sim card without any hassle from any of the above mobile network providers.
Aircel, BPL Mobile, Airtel / Bharti, BSNL, Reliance, Hutch Vodafone, IDEA, MTNL, Tata Mobile and Spice also offer a Postpaid Plan which is cheaper then the Prepaid Plan rates that normally charge voice calls in minute tacts.
Besides voice calls, or as well data calls via GPRS (General Packet Radio Services), Aircel, BPL Mobile, Airtel / Bharti, BSNL, Reliance, Hutch Vodafone, IDEA, MTNL, Tata Mobile or Spice may also offer EDGE 2.75G (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution), 3G (3rd Generation) or UMTS (Universial Mobile Telecommunications Systems) connections, but we would advise you to check out the data charges as Aircel, BPL Mobile, Airtel / Bharti, BSNL, Reliance, Hutch Vodafone, IDEA, MTNL, Tata Mobile and Spice offer different promotional rates for voice and data calls.
They offer a wide variety of mobile Cellular services such as Voicemail, SMS/MMS under their Prepaid and Postpaid Plans.
Please make sure when leaving your home country that your mobile handset is unlocked as you may otherwise not be able to use Aircel, BPL Mobile, Airtel / Bharti, BSNL, Reliance, Hutch Vodafone, IDEA, MTNL, Tata Mobile or Spice during your stay in India.
Electricity & Power Sockets
230-240 volts 50Hz. Plugs used are type C & D.
Visas
To check if you need a visa to visit India,
please check :
www.visahq.com
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