india questions

1. What is the current population of India?- 1,173,108,018 (July 2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 2    cia factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
2. What is the total fertility rate in India? 2.65 children per woman http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/india/terrorism/index.html?offset=25&s=newest
3. What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? 25% (2007 est.) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
4. Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India. 17 people died by a bomb in one attack and 150 died in another bombing http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/india/terrorism/index.html?offset=25&s=newest 
5. The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty.  Where does India rank on this list?
6. Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India. the affects of monsoons in india destroys crops and kills cattle and many people. the latest one killed 120 people and killed 4000 cattle.
7. What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people? It can not be transfered through pips, especially in the slums, and water is usually obtained through rivers that are dirty.
8. What is the literacy rate in India? males-73.4% femals-47.8%
9. What are the major religions in India? Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% 
10. When did India achieve independence, and from what country? India achieved their independence from China / Pakistan