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Here's an amazing map that shows the populations of Indian states, and the country closest to the same number of people.
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Speaking of population, the shaded green area on this map contains the same population as the entire United States.
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And here, in red, is the land area India’s population would occupy if it had the same population density as the US.
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While this one tells us the percentage of arranged marriages which are conducted without consent, broken down per state.
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Let's roll back the years a little, and take a quick look at pre-independence India.
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Now let's roll back the years a shit ton, and check out what India looked like way back in 1760.
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According to this 2011 map, a lot of Indian households still don't have access to basic sanitation.
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Interestingly, the data more or less coincides with this 2001 map showing the percentage of people still defecating in the open.
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But it's not all bad. Here's a highly detailed schematic map of India's railway system – the 3rd largest in the world.
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Here is a fun map that shows the most common suffixes for the names of places in different parts of India.
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And according to this Redditor, here's what India's map looks like if you use Google Autocomplete to search for every state.
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And finally, here is an author's prediction of what India might look like in the year 2040.
