India

The country calling code for India is +91. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local India number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

India is assigned IN as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and IND as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for India is .in. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of India is the Indian rupee, with the ISO 4217 code INR and the symbol ₹. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside India are quoted in INR. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for India is +05:30, currently UTC+05:30. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of India is New Delhi. India sits in Asia, specifically the Southern Asia subregion. Its approximate centre point is 20.00000000, 77.00000000. Traffic in India drives on the left. Languages recorded for India: Hindi, English.

India shares a land border with 8 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.