India

Republic of India · भारत · இந்தியா

India (IN, IND) is a country in Southern Asia, with New Delhi as its capital. The currency is the Indian Rupee (INR, ₹). The international dialling code is +91 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 081234 56789. The time zone is Asia/Kolkata. Official languages: Hindi and English.

CurrencyINR₹

Dial code+91e.g. 081234 56789

Time zoneKolkataUTC+05:30

LanguageHindi+1 more

CapitalNew Delhi

Population1.4B3.3M km²

Overview

Official name: Republic of India
Native name: India · भारत · இந்தியா
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: IN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: IND
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 356
IOC code: IND
Demonym: Indian
Capital: New Delhi
Region: Asia › Southern Asia
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Southern Asia
United Nations
Internet domain: .in
Coordinates: 20, 77
Area: 3,287,590 km²
Population: 1,409,130,000
GDP: $13.1T ($9.3K per person)
Literacy: 62.8%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇧🇹 Bhutan
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma)
🇨🇳 China
🇳🇵 Nepal
🇵🇰 Pakistan

Currency

Indian Rupee INR

Symbol: ₹
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: ₹1,234.50

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population	Writing
Hindi hi	Official	41% (577.7M)
English en	Official	19% (267.7M)
Bangla bn	Official (regional)	8.1% (114.1M)
Telugu te	Official (regional)	7.2% (101.5M)
Marathi mr	Official (regional)	7% (98.6M)
Tamil ta	Official (regional)	5.9% (83.1M)
Urdu ur	Official (regional)	5% (70.5M)
Gujarati gu	Official (regional)	4.5% (63.4M)
Kannada kn	Official (regional)	3.7% (52.1M)
Malayalam ml	Official (regional)	3.2% (45.1M)
Odia or	Official (regional)	3.2% (45.1M)
Punjabi pa	Official (regional)	2.8% (39.5M)
Assamese as	Official (regional)	1.3% (18.3M)
Maithili mai	Official (regional)	1.2% (16.9M)
Nepali ne	Official (regional)	0.56% (7.9M)
Santali sat	Official (regional)	0.55% (7.8M)
Kashmiri ks	Official (regional)	0.41% (5.8M)
Konkani kok	Official (regional)	0.32% (4.5M)
Sindhi sd	Official (regional)	0.26% (3.7M)
Sindhi (Devanagari) sd-Deva	Official (regional)	0.14% (2M)
Khasi kha	Official (regional)	0.08% (1.1M)
Sanskrit sa	Official (regional)	0.0012% (16.9K)
Bhojpuri bho		2.3% (32.4M)
Awadhi awa		1.9% (26.8M)	5%
Haryanvi bgc		1.2% (16.9M)
Magahi mag		1.2% (16.9M)
Marwari mwr		1.2% (16.9M)
hne hne		1.1% (15.5M)
dcc dcc		0.99% (14M)
bjj bjj		0.56% (7.9M)
wtm wtm		0.46% (6.5M)
rkt rkt		0.43% (6.1M)
knn knn		0.37% (5.2M)
swv swv		0.28% (3.9M)
gbm gbm		0.27% (3.8M)
lmn lmn		0.27% (3.8M)
Gondi gon		0.24% (3.4M)
kfy kfy		0.22% (3.1M)
Dogri doi		0.2% (2.8M)
Kurukh kru		0.19% (2.7M)
sck sck		0.18% (2.5M)
wbq wbq		0.18% (2.5M)
Kangri xnr		0.16% (2.3M)
khn khn		0.15% (2.1M)
Tulu tcy		0.15% (2.1M)
wbr wbr		0.15% (2.1M)
Bodo brx		0.14% (2M)
noe noe		0.13% (1.8M)
bhb bhb		0.12% (1.7M)
Manipuri mni		0.11% (1.6M)
Hindi (Latin) hi-Latn		0.1% (1.4M)
Rajasthani raj		0.1% (1.4M)
hoc hoc		0.099% (1.4M)
mtr mtr		0.097% (1.4M)
unr unr		0.094% (1.3M)
bhi bhi		0.092% (1.3M)
hoj hoj		0.082% (1.2M)
kfr kfr		0.075% (1.1M)
grt grt		0.053% (746.8K)
unx unx		0.048% (676.4K)
bfy bfy		0.037% (521.4K)
srx srx		0.035% (493.2K)
Sourashtra saz		0.029% (408.6K)
Chakma ccp		0.028% (394.6K)
Badaga bfq		0.023% (324.1K)
Ao Naga njo		0.023% (324.1K)
ria ria		0.013% (183.2K)
Tibetan bo		0.011% (155K)
Bishnupriya bpy		0.0068% (95.8K)
bft bft		0.0062% (87.4K)
Braj bra		0.0041% (57.8K)
lep lep		0.0035% (49.3K)
Kuvi kxv		0.0029% (40.9K)
btv btv		0.0026% (36.6K)
lif lif		0.0026% (36.6K)
Western Panjabi lah		0.0025% (35.2K)
kht kht		0.0006% (8.5K)
Divehi dv		0.0003% (4.2K)
Dzongkha dz		0.0002% (2.8K)
Pali (Devanagari) pi-Deva		0% (0)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Asia/Kolkata		UTC+05:30	none	India Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +91
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 8–13 digits
Emergency number: 100 pattern 1(?:0[0-28]|12|298)|2611

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	074104 10123	+91 74104 10123	XXXXXX XXXXX	10
Mobile	081234 56789	+91 81234 56789	XXXXXX XXXXX	10
Toll free	1800 12 3456	+91 1800 12 3456	XXXX XX XXXX	[8-13]
Premium rate	1861 123 456 789	+91 1861 123 456 789	XXXX XXX XXX XXX	13
Shared cost	1860 345 1234	+91 1860 345 1234	XXXX XXX XXXX	11
Universal access	140 930 5260	+91 140 930 5260	XXX XXX XXXX	10

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Show the 11 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{7})`	`575`	`$1`	`$1`
`(\d{8})`	`5(?:0\|2[23]\|3[03]\|[67]1\|88) \| 5(?:0\|2(?:21\|3)\|3(?:0\|3[23])\|616\|717\|888) \| 5(?:0\|2(?:21\|3)\|3(?:0\|3[23])\|616\|717\|8888)`	`$1`	`$1`
`(\d{4})(\d{4,5})`	`180 \| 1800`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`140`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{2})(\d{4})(\d{4})`	`11\|2[02]\|33\|4[04]\|79[1-6]\|80[2-46] \| 11\|2[02]\|33\|4[04]\|79[1-6]\|80(?:[2-4]\|6[0-589]) \| 11\|2[02]\|33\|4[04]\|79(?:[124-6]\|3(?:[02-9]\|1[0-24-9]))\|80(?:[2-4]\|6[0-589])`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})`	1(?:2[0-249]\|3[0-25]\|4[145]\|[68]\|7[1257])\|2(?:1[257]\|3[013]\|4[01]\|5[0137]\|6[0158]\|78\|8[1568])\|3(?:26\|4[1-3]\|5[34]\|6[01489]\|7[02-46]\|8[159])\|4(?:1[36]\|2[1-47]\|5[12]\|6[0-26-9]\|7[0-24-9]\|8[013-57]\|9[014-7])\|5(?:1[025]\|22\|[36][25]\|4[28]\|5[12]\|[78]1)\|6(?:12\|[2-4]1\|5[17]\|6[13]\|80)\|7(?:12\|3[134]\|61\|88)\|8(?:16\|2[014]\|3[126]\|6[136]\|7[078]\|8[34]\|91)\|(?:43\|59\|75)[15]\|(?:1[59]\|29\|67)[14] \| 1(?:2[0-24]\|3[0-25]\|4[145]\|[59][14]\|6[1-9]\|7[1257]\|8[1-57-9])\|2(?:1[257]\|3[013]\|4[01]\|5[0137]\|6[058]\|78\|8[1568]\|9[14])\|3(?:26\|4[1-3]\|5[34]\|6[01489]\|7[02-46]\|8[159])\|4(?:1[36]\|2[1-47]\|3[15]\|5[12]\|6[0-26-9]\|7[0-24-9]\|8[013-57]\|9[014-7])\|5(?:1[025]\|22\|[36][25]\|4[28]\|[578]1\|9[15])\|674\|7(?:(?:3[34]\|5[15])[2-6]\|61[346]\|88[0-8])\|8(?:70[2-6]\|84[235-7]\|91[3-7])\|(?:1(?:29\|60\|8[06])\|261\|552\|6(?:12\|[2-47]1\|5[17]\|6[13]\|80)\|7(?:12\|31)\|8(?:16\|2[014]\|3[126]\|6[136]\|7[78]\|83))[2-7] \| 1(?:2[0-24]\|3[0-25]\|4[145]\|[59][14]\|6[1-9]\|7[1257]\|8[1-57-9])\|2(?:1[257]\|3[013]\|4[01]\|5[0137]\|6[058]\|78\|8[1568]\|9[14])\|3(?:26\|4[1-3]\|5[34]\|6[01489]\|7[02-46]\|8[159])\|4(?:1[36]\|2[1-47]\|3[15]\|5[12]\|6[0-26-9]\|7[0-24-9]\|8[013-57]\|9[014-7])\|5(?:1[025]\|22\|[36][25]\|4[28]\|[578]1\|9[15])\|6(?:12(?:[2-6]\|7[0-8])\|74[2-7])\|7(?:3171\|5[15][2-6]\|61[346]\|88(?:[2-7]\|82))\|8(?:70[2-6]\|84(?:[2356]\|7[19])\|91(?:[3-6]\|7[19]))\|73[134][2-6]\|8(?:16\|2[014]\|3[126]\|6[136]\|7[78]\|83)(?:[2-6]\|7[19])\|(?:1(?:29\|60\|8[06])\|261\|552\|6(?:[2-4]1\|5[17]\|6[13]\|7(?:1\|4[0189])\|80)\|7(?:12\|88[01]))[2-7]	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{4})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	1(?:[2-479]\|5[0235-9])\|[2-5]\|6(?:1[1358]\|2[2457-9]\|3[2-5]\|4[235-7]\|5[2-689]\|6[24578]\|7[235689]\|8[1-6])\|7(?:1[013-9]\|3[129]\|5[29]\|6[02-5]\|70)\|807 \| 1(?:[2-479]\|5[0235-9])\|[2-5]\|6(?:1[1358]\|2(?:[2457]\|84\|95)\|3(?:[2-4]\|55)\|4[235-7]\|5[2-689]\|6[24578]\|7(?:[23569]\|8[0-57-9])\|8[1-6])\|7(?:1(?:[013-8]\|9[6-9])\|3(?:17\|2[0-49]\|9[2-57])\|5(?:2[1-3]\|9[0-6])\|6(?:0[5689]\|2[5-9]\|3[02-8]\|4\|5[0-367])\|70[13-7])\|807[19] \| 1(?:[2-479]\|5(?:[0236-9]\|5[013-9]))\|[2-5]\|6(?:2(?:84\|95)\|355\|8(?:28[235-7]\|3))\|73179\|807(?:1\|9[1-3])\|(?:1552\|6(?:(?:1[1358]\|2[2457]\|3[2-4]\|4[235-7]\|5[2-689]\|6[24578])\d\|7(?:[23569]\d\|8[0-57-9])\|8(?:[14-6]\d\|2[0-79]))\|7(?:1(?:[013-8]\d\|9[6-9])\|3(?:2[0-49]\|9[2-57])\|5(?:2[1-3]\|9[0-6])\|6(?:0[5689]\|2[5-9]\|3[02-8]\|4\d\|5[0-367])\|70[13-7]))[2-7]	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{5})(\d{5})`	`16\|[6-9]`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{4})(\d{2,4})(\d{4})`	`18[06] \| 18[06]0`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`0`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`
`(\d{4})(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`18`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}

{Organization}

{Street address}

{T}

{F}

{L}

{City} {Postal code}

{State/province}

Required fields: Street address, City, State/province, Postal code
Region label: state
Predefined regions: 36

Postal code

Pattern: \d{6}
Examples: 110034 · 110001
Label: pin
Post office lookup: https://dac.indiapost.gov.in/

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Sunday
Weekend: Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 12-hour (1–12), also H
Calendars: gregorian, indian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: as-IN
bgc-IN
bho-IN
bn-IN
bo-IN
brx-IN
ccp-IN
doi-IN
en-IN
gu-IN
hi-IN
hi-Latn-IN
kn-IN
kok-Deva-IN
kok-Latn-IN
ks-Arab-IN
ks-Deva-IN
kxv-Deva-IN
kxv-Latn-IN
kxv-Orya-IN
kxv-Telu-IN
mai-IN
ml-IN
mni-Beng-IN
mni-Mtei-IN
mr-IN
ne-IN
or-IN
pa-Guru-IN
raj-IN
sa-IN
sat-Deva-IN
sat-Olck-IN
sd-Deva-IN
ta-IN
te-IN
ur-IN
xnr-IN

Number and date formats

As written by the Hindi (India) locale (hi-IN), amounts in INR.

Number: 12,34,567.891
Percent: 45.7%
Currency (INR): ₹12,34,567.89
Accounting: -₹12,34,567.89
Currency, name: 12,34,567.89 भारतीय रुपए
Compact short: 12 लाख
Compact long: 12 लाख
Scientific: 1.235E6
Speed: 88 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटा
Temperature: 21.5°से॰
Date, full: शुक्रवार, 27 मार्च 2026
Date, long: 27 मार्च 2026
Date, medium: 27 मार्च 2026
Date, short: 27/3/26
Time, medium: 3:04:05 pm
Time, short: 3:04 pm
Date and time: 27 मार्च 2026, 3:04 pm
Month and year: मार्च 2026
Weekday: शुक्रवार
Relative time: कल · 3 दिन में · 2 घंटे पहले
List: and: A, B, और C
List: or: A, B या C