5 Interesting Facts On India That You Had No Idea About

India is a big country not only in terms of area and population, but also in terms of diversity. Knowing everything about this great country is almost impossible. Here are 5 Interesting Facts On India That You Had No Idea About

1. India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people. The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011.

2. Initially, diamonds were only found in the alluvial deposits in Guntur and Krishna District of the Krishna River Delta. Until diamonds were found in Brazil during the 18th century, India led the world in diamond production.

3. The number of people travelling in Indian Railways is roughly 25 million per day which is like shifting the entire population of Australia. Woaw!

4. India has the fastest growing telecom market and the lowest call rates in the world.

5. India has the largest English-speaking population in the world after USA

And only 11.38% of people in India know the language.