What about India?

A union of states in which the Constitution's Seventh Schedule divides every subject between the Union, the states, and a concurrent list where both may legislate. That single design decision from 1950 is why almost every practical question in India — about land, rent, police, electricity, schooling or stamp duty — has a different answer in each state. This section explains the country before the rest of the site explains the paperwork.

Land area

3.29 million km²

Seventh largest country by area

Population

≈ 1.44 billion

The world's most populous country since 2023

States

28 + 8 UTs

Union territories include Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir

Constitution

In force since 1950

The longest written constitution of any sovereign country

Head of state

The President

Head of government is the Prime Minister

Currency

Indian rupee (INR)

Issued by the Reserve Bank of India

Figures from the UN World Population Prospects, the Survey of India and the Ministry of Law and Justice. Each is sourced again, in context, on the page it belongs to.