Jaipur, India in January 2010 now live one billion 150 million people of which 220 million survive on less than a dollar a day, while another 500 million people live on less than two dollars a day.
Each year, graduating 2 million young people, of which 200 thousand engineers (twice the U.S. and Europe).
However, there are 380 million illiterate people, most of them are women.
India is a young nation: 70% of its population under 35 years, contributing to the development of the country whose growth rate is close to 9%.
Almost 2 million people homeless.
The density of people per square mile in the state of West Bengal touches the 903 people.
The population is divided into thousands of castes, of which 16% is classified as Dalits (nearly 167 million people).
We speak 23 official languages, about 2000 dialects, and they profess a dozen different religions, speaking to a large pantheon as surprising.
It travels on the world's longest rail network or one of the millions of bicycles on the road.
... and these are just some of the complexities of this amazing place!
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