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India (in Hindi, Bharat), officially Republic
of India, federal democracy in southern Asia and a member
of the Commonwealth of Nations, comprising, with Pakistan
and Bangladesh, the subcontinent of India.
Andhra Pradesh, state in southern India,
bordered on the south by Tamil Nadu state, on the west by
Karnataka state, on the north and northwest by Maharashtra
state, on the northeast by Chhattisgarh and Orissa states,
and on the east by the Bay of Bengal.
Languages - Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Banjara,
and English, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi and Oriya. Telugu is
the principal and official language of the State
Area - 106,204 square miles (275,068 square
km)
Population - 66,508,008 (1991)
Time Zone - 5.5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
(+5.5 GMT).
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