Geography

 Air travel distance from India to United States is 8,448 miles. Total travel time: 19h 37m   

JFK to Istanbul Turkey 9h 40m flight time. Istanbul to Mumbai India 6h 10m 

Mumbai to Goa 1h 15m flight time. 

Goa to Belgaum drive time 2h 32m. 

 India shares its border with seven countries- Afghanistan and Pakistan to the north-west, China, Bhutan and Nepal to the north, Myanmar to the far East and Bangladesh to the east. Sri Lanka (from south-east) and Maldives (from south-west) are two countries with water borders 

 With over 1.3 billion people, India is the most populous democracy in the world. It is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 29 states and 7 union territories. 

 The state covers an area of 74,122 sq mi, or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the seventh largest Indian state by area. With 61,130,704 inhabitants. Karnataka is the eighth largest state by population, Kannada is the most widely spoken and official language of the state alongside Konkani, Tulu, and Sanskrit. 

 India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area. Spread over 118,809 sq mi. It is also the world's second-most populous subnational entity. It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a population of approximately 18 million. 

Belgaum Diocese consists of the civil districts of Belgaum, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag and

Haveri in Karnataka State and the Changad Taluk in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra State. The Diocese of Belgaum is extremely poor taking in approximately $95,000 rupee per month or $1,484 dollars.