Bhutan in brief

"Bhutan" is a kachari word, as at one time Bhutan was in the area of Tibet. the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a small landlocked state inSouth Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China. Bhutan is separated from the nearby country of Nepal to the west by the Indian state ofSikkim, and from Bangladesh to the south by West Bengal.Bhutan's landscape ranges from subtropical plains in the south to the Sub-alpineHimalayan heights in the north, with some peaks exceeding 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). The state religion is Vajrayana Buddhism, and the population of 691,141 is predominantlyBuddhist, with Hinduism the second-largest religion. The capital and largest city isThimphu. The climate in Bhutan varies with altitude, from subtropical in the south to temperate in the highlands and polar-type climate, with year-round snow, in the north.It is estimated that between two thirds and three quarters of the Bhutanese population follow Vajrayana Buddhism, which is also the state religion.