India (English: India; Hindi: भारत), officially that. Bharat (English: Republic of India; Hindi: भारत गणराज्य) is located in South Asia. A large part of the Indian subcontinent. Has the world's second largest population. And is the country's most populous democracy in the world. With a population of over one billion people. Eight hundred languages are spoken by about the Indian economy has the purchasing power ranked fourth in the world north of the border with China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north-west Pakistan. Myanmar to the east South-west Indian Ocean. South-east Sri Lanka. Bangladesh is surrounded on the north, east and west. With an area of 3,287,590 square kilometers India is the seventh largest country in the world.