List of regions of India
This is a list of unofficial, or quasi-official regions of India. Some are geographic regions, others ethnic, linguistic, dialect, or cultural regions, and some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces.
The five regions
Name |
Population (2011 census) |
Largest City |
Area |
East India |
270,673,657 |
Kolkata |
425,432 km2 |
North India |
543,937,430 |
Delhi |
726,133 km2 |
Northeast India |
44,980,294 |
Guwahati |
255,086 km2 |
South India |
252,557,336 |
Chennai |
636,236 km2 |
West India |
174,800,087 |
Mumbai |
508,042 km2 |
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep (both comprising union territories) are not included in the above regions.[1]
Locator map of East India
See also
References
List of regions of Asia |
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| Sovereign states |
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- China
- Cyprus
- East Timor (Timor-Leste)
- Egypt
- Georgia
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
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| States with limited recognition |
- Abkhazia
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Northern Cyprus
- Palestine
- South Ossetia
- Taiwan
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| Dependencies and other territories |
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Hong Kong
- Macau
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