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India People in general
The people of India include a variety of racial types and cultures. Within the entire country, 15 major languages and over 800 different dialects are spoken. Hindi language is spoken by approximately 40%. With a population of over 1 billion residents, they are quite a diverse nation and one of the most populous countries of the world.
As for religious beliefs, most people of India practice Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Hindu accounts for more than three quarters of the population, though many differences exist in beliefs and from divisions of caste.
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