India

Capital:	Delhi
Population:	1,389,637,446 (2022 est.)
Land Area:	2,973,193 km²
Religions:	Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)
Languages:	Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; note – English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births:	30.31 (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:	67.22 (2022 est.)
GDP – per capita (PPP):	USD $6,100 (2020 est.); note: data are in 2017 dollars

Holy Childhood Association – 2022	Funding provided for projects: $27,000.00(USD)
Projects Funded:
	Spiritual Formation for Syro-Malabar Diocese of Mandya Infant Jesus Church in Syro-Malabar Diocese of Mandya St. Mary Church – Heggedde in Syro-Malabar Diocese of Mandya St. Joseph Church – Hanbal in Syro-Malabar Diocese of Mandya St. Joseph Church – Palaya in Syro-Malabar Diocese of Mandya Diocesan Programme – Faith Formation for Syro-Malabar Diocese of Shamshabad St. Alphonsa Seminary in Syro-Malabar Diocese of Thamarasserry Sacred Heart Lower Primary School in Syro-Malabar Diocese of Thuckalay Arukani Lower Primary School in Syro-Malabar Diocese of Thuckalay Spiritual Formation for Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Trichur