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Line 32: − + − − Religion, caste, and language are major determinants of social and political organization in India today. However, with more job opportunities in the private sector and better chances of upward social mobility, India has begun a quiet social transformation in this area. Although 81% of its people are Hindu, India also is the home of more than 138 million Muslims--one of the world's largest Muslim populations. The population also includes Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, and Parsis.
→People: deleting irrelevant information; there is a separate section on religion, no need to add info on religion here
==People==
==People==
Although India occupies only 2.4% of the world's land area, it supports over 15% of the world's population. India's median age is 25, one of the youngest among large economies. About 70% live in more than 550,000 villages, and the remainder in more than 200 towns and cities. Over the thousands of years of its history, India has been invaded from the Iranian plateau, Central Asia, Arabia, Afghanistan, and the West; Indian people and culture have absorbed and modified these influences to produce a remarkable racial and cultural synthesis.
Although India occupies only 2.4% of the world's land area, it supports over 15% of the world's population. India's median age is 25. About 70% live in more than 550,000 villages, and the remainder in more than 200 towns and cities.
===Language===
===Language===