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List of regions in India

List of regions in India

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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. For ecological regions, see Ecoregions of India.
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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. For ecological regions, see Ecoregions of India.

East India
East India
East India, or more properly Eastern India, is a region of India consisting of the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Orissa. The states of Orissa and West Bengal share some cultural and linguistic characteristics with Bangladesh and with the state of Assam...

 

  • Anga
    Anga
    The earliest reference to Angas occurs in the Atharava Veda where they find mention along with the Magadhas, Gandharis and the Mujavatas, all apparently as a despised people....

     (Bihar
    Bihar
    Bihar is a state in eastern India. Bihar is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at 38,202 sq mi , and 3rd largest by population. Close to 85 percent of the population lives in villages...

    )
  • Bhojpur
    Bhojpur
    *India**Bhojpur, Bihar ; a village in Bhojpur District founded by Raja Bhoja***Bhojpur District, Bihar**Bhojpur, Agra**Bhojpur, Madhya Pradesh**Bhojpur, Orissa*Nepal**Bhojpur, Nepal**Bhojpur District, Nepal*Bangladesh**Bhojpur, Bangladesh...

    /Purvanchal
    Purvanchal
    Purvanchal is a geographic region of north-central India, which comprises the eastern end of Uttar Pradesh state. It is bounded by Nepal to the north, Bihar state to the east, Bagelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state to the south, the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh to the west and the end of Doab ...

     (Bihar
    Bihar
    Bihar is a state in eastern India. Bihar is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at 38,202 sq mi , and 3rd largest by population. Close to 85 percent of the population lives in villages...

    )
  • Magadha
    Magadha
    Magadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas or regions in ancient India. The core of the kingdom was the area of Bihar south of the Ganges; its first capital was Rajagaha then Pataliputra...

     (Bihar
    Bihar
    Bihar is a state in eastern India. Bihar is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at 38,202 sq mi , and 3rd largest by population. Close to 85 percent of the population lives in villages...

    )
  • Mithila
    Mithila
    Mithila was a city in Ancient India, the capital of the Videha Kingdom. The name Mithila is also commonly used to refer to the Videha Kingdom itself, as well as to the modern-day territories that fall within the ancient boundaries of Videha...

     (Bihar
    Bihar
    Bihar is a state in eastern India. Bihar is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at 38,202 sq mi , and 3rd largest by population. Close to 85 percent of the population lives in villages...

    )
  • Jharkhand
    Jharkhand
    Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar state on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east. of 28,833 sq mi...

  • Orissa
    Orissa
    Orissa , is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of ancient republican nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Indian Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC, that led to a turning point in the Emperor's life when deeply saddened by the bloodshed...

  • West Bengal
    West Bengal
    West Bengal is a state in eastern India. With Bangladesh, which lies on its eastern border, the state forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. To its northeast lie the states of Assam and Sikkim and the country Bhutan, and to its southwest, the state of Orissa...


North-East India
North-East India
North-East India refers to the easternmost region of India consisting of the contiguous Seven Sister States, Sikkim, and parts of North Bengal . North-East India is ethnically, linguistically and culturally very distinct from the other states of India. This region is officially recognized as a...

  • Arunachal Pradesh
    Arunachal Pradesh
    Arunachal Pradesh is the easternmost state of India. Arunachal Pradesh borders with the Indian state of Assam to the south and Nagaland to the southeast. Burma/Myanmar lies towards the east, Bhutan towards the west, and its boundary with the People's Republic of China to the north is disputed and...

  • Assam
    Assam
    Assam ) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur located in the Guwahati city. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak river valleys and the Karbi Anglong and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles...

  • Manipur
    Manipur
    Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Myanmar to the east. It covers an area of ....

  • Meghalaya
    Meghalaya
    Meghalaya is a small state in north-eastern India. The word "Meghalaya" literally means "The Abode of Clouds" in Sanskrit and other Indic languages. Meghalaya is a hilly strip in the eastern part of the country about 300 km long and 100 km wide, with a total area of about 8,700 sq mi...

  • Mizoram
    Mizoram
    Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States in North Eastern India. It shares land borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur, Bangladesh and the Chin State state of Myanmar. Mizoram became the 23rd state of India on 20 February 1987. Its population at the 2001 census stood at...

  • Nagaland
    Nagaland
    Nagaland is a hill state located in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Burma to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur...

  • Sikkim
    Sikkim
    Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. It is the least populous state in India and the second-smallest in area after Goa. The thumb-shaped state borders Nepal in the west, the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north and the east and Bhutan in the southeast...

  • Tripura
    Tripura
    ' is a state in North-East India, with an area of 4,051 sq. mi. or 10,491.69 km². Tripura has disputed borders and is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west. The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to the east. The capital is Agartala and the main languages spoken is Bengali...


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North India
North India
North India is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage. The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from Tibet and Central Asia...

 


  • Awadh
    Awadh
    Awadh , also known in various British historical texts as Oudh, Oundh, or Oude, is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before Independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh...

     (Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh , [often referred to as U.P.] is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,...

    )
  • Bagelkhand
    Bagelkhand
    Bagelkhand is a region in central India, in northeastern Madhya Pradesh state. It includes the Madhya Pradesh districts of Anuppur, Rewa, Satna, Shadol, Sidhi, and Umaria, and the adjacent Uttar Pradesh district of Sonbhadra and the eastern, Non-doabi parts of Allahabad.The Baghels, who give their...

     (Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out...

    )
  • Bundelkhand
    Bundelkhand
    Bundelkhand is a geographic region of central India...

     (Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out...

    , Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh , [often referred to as U.P.] is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,...

    )
  • Chamba
    Chamba
    Chamba may refer to*Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, city in Himachal Pradesh, India*Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, India*Chamba, Uttarakhand, small town in Tehri-Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India*Chamba people, ethnic group in Nigeria and Cameroon...

    -Kangra
    Kangra
    Kangra is a city and a municipal council in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.-Demographics:As of 2009 India census, Kangra had a population of 9155. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kangra has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national...

     (Himachal Pradesh
    Himachal Pradesh
    Himachal Pradesh is a state in north India.It is spread over 21,629 sq mi , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on north, Punjab on west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on south, Uttarakhand on south-east and by Tibet, China on the east...

    )
  • Doab
    Doab
    A Doab is a term used in India and Pakistan for a "tongue" or tract of land lying between two confluent rivers.-The Doab, Uttar Pradesh, India:...

    /Braj
    Braj
    Braj is a region in Uttar Pradesh of India, around Mathura-Vrindavan. Braj, though never a clearly defined political region in India but is very well demarcated culturally, is considered to be the land of Krishna and is derived from the Sanskrit word vraja...

     (Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh , [often referred to as U.P.] is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,...

    )
  • Dhundhar
    Dhundhar
    Dhundhar is an historical region of Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the districts of Jaipur, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, and Tonk and the northern part of Karauli District...

     (Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan...

    )
  • Garhwal
    Garhwal Division
    Garhwal or Gurwal is a region and administrative division of Uttarakhand state, India, lying in the Himalayas. It is bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Kumaon region, on the south by Uttar Pradesh state, and on the west by Himachal Pradesh state. It includes the districts of Chamoli,...

     (Uttarakhand
    Uttarakhand
    Uttarakhand , is a state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out of Himalayan and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000, becoming the 27th state of the Republic of India...

    )
  • Gird
    Gird
    Gird is a region of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It includes the districts of Bhind, Gwalior, Morena, Sheopur, and Shivpuri. Gwalior is the largest city in the region, and its historic center.The Chambal and Yamuna rivers form the northwestern and northern boundaries of the region...

     (Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out...

    )
  • Godwar
    Godwar
    Gorwar or Godwad, is a region of Rajasthan state in India, which lies in the southwest Rajasthan and borders with the state of Gujarat.-Geography:...

     (Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan...

    )
  • Gondwana
    Gondwana (India)
    Gondwana is a region of India. Named after the Gondi people who live there , the name of the ancient continent of Gondwanaland was derived from Gondwana, because some of the earliest rock formations of this continent were first investigated in part of the region, in modern Orissa.As Gonds are...

     (Chhattisgarh
    Chhattisgarh
    Chhattisgarh , a state in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. Raipur serves as its capital. It is the 10th largest state of India by area of 52,199 sq mi...

    , (Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out...

    ), Maharashtra
    Maharashtra
    Maharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....

    )
  • Hadoti
    Hadoti
    Hadoti , is a region of Rajasthan state in western India...

     (Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan...

    )
  • Jammu
    Jammu
    Jammu is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...

     (Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the Pakistani...

    )
  • Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the Pakistani...

    )
  • Kumaon
    Kumaon Division
    For Kumaoni/Kumauni People see Kumauni PeopleKumaon kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of Uttarakhand, a mountainous state of northern India, the other being Garhwal. It includes the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar...

     (Uttarakhand
    Uttarakhand
    Uttarakhand , is a state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out of Himalayan and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000, becoming the 27th state of the Republic of India...

    )

  • Ladakh
    Ladakh
    Ladakh is a region situated in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south...

     (Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the Pakistani...

    )
  • Magadha
    Magadha
    Magadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas or regions in ancient India. The core of the kingdom was the area of Bihar south of the Ganges; its first capital was Rajagaha then Pataliputra...

     (Bihar
    Bihar
    Bihar is a state in eastern India. Bihar is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at 38,202 sq mi , and 3rd largest by population. Close to 85 percent of the population lives in villages...

    )
  • Mahakoshal
    Mahakoshal
    Mahakoshal is a region of central India. Mahakoshal lies in the upper or eastern reaches of the Narmada River valley in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Jabalpur is the largest city in the region. Nimar region lies to the west, in the lower reaches of the Narmada valley...

     (Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out...

    )
  • Mallani (Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan...

    )
  • Malwa
    Malwa (Madhya Pradesh)
    Malwa is a region in west-central northern India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin in the western part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. This region had been a separate political unit from the time of the Indian tribe of Malawas until 1947, when the British Malwa Agency was merged into Madhya...

     (Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out...

    )
  • Marwar
    Marwar
    Marwar is a region of southwestern Rajasthan state in western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. In Rajasthani dialect "wad" means a particular area. The word Marwar is derived from Sanskrit word 'Maruwat'. English translation of the word is 'The region of death'. , Imperial Gazetteer of...

     (Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan...

    )
  • Mewar
    Mewar
    Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand and Udaipur. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later became a princely state under the British...

     (Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan...

    )
  • Mewat
    Mewat
    Mewat is also a historical region of Haryana and Rajasthan states in northwestern India. The loose boundaries of Mewat are not precisely determined but generally include Mewat District of Haryana and parts of Alwar, Bharatpur, and Dholpur districts of Rajasthan....

     (Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan...

    , Haryana
    Haryana
    Haryana is a state in northern India. It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south. Eastern border to Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh is defined by river Yamuna. Haryana also surrounds Delhi on three sides, forming the northern, western and...

    )
  • Nimar
    Nimar
    Nimar is the southwestern region of Madhya Pradesh state in west-central India.The region lies south of the Vindhya Range, and consists of two portions of the Narmada and Tapti river valleys, separated by a section of the Satpura Range, about 15 miles in breadth...

     (Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out...

    )
  • Punjab
    Punjab region
    The Punjab The Punjab The Punjab (pronounced or ; Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, The Punjab (pronounced or ; [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: [[Gurmukhī script|ਪੰਜਾਬ]], The Punjab (pronounced or ; [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: [[Gurmukhī script|ਪੰਜਾਬ]], [[Shahmukhi script|, ), also spelled Panjab ' onMouseout='HidePop("41192")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Doaba">Doaba
    Doaba
    Doaba is the region of Indian Punjab surrounded by the rivers Beas and Sutlej. The name "Doaba" literally translates to "land of two rivers" . It is one of the most fertile regions of the world, and was the centre of the Green Revolution in India...

     (Punjab
    Punjab (India)
    Punjab is a state in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest. The total area of the state is 50,362 square kilometres...

    )
  • Majha
    Majha
    Majha is a historical region of the Punjab comprising the modern districts of Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran in the Indian State of Punjab and the districts of Lahore and Kasur in the Pakistani Province of Punjab...

     (Punjab
    Punjab (India)
    Punjab is a state in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest. The total area of the state is 50,362 square kilometres...

    )
  • Malwa
    Malwa (Punjab)
    Malwa is a region of Punjab and parts of Haryana between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers. This Malwa should not be confused with the Malwa Plateau region of Madhya Pradesh, Central India. people of Malwa are known for being great fighters, and warriors The Malwa area makes up majority of the Punjab...

     (Punjab
    Punjab (India)
    Punjab is a state in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest. The total area of the state is 50,362 square kilometres...

    )
  • Purvanchal
    Purvanchal
    Purvanchal is a geographic region of north-central India, which comprises the eastern end of Uttar Pradesh state. It is bounded by Nepal to the north, Bihar state to the east, Bagelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state to the south, the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh to the west and the end of Doab ...

     (Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh , [often referred to as U.P.] is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,...

    )
  • Rohilkhand
    Rohilkhand
    Rohilkhand is a region of northwestern Uttar Pradesh state of India..Rohilkhand lies on the upper Ganges alluvial plain and has an area of about 25,000 km² . It is bounded by the Ganges River on the south and the west by Uttarakhand and Nepal on the north, and by the Awadh region to the east...

     (Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh , [often referred to as U.P.] is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,...

    ){Delhi
    Delhi
    Delhi, known locally as Dilli , and also by the official name National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in India...

    }
  • Shekhawati
    Shekhawati
    Shekhawati is a semi-arid historical region located in the northeast part of Rajasthan, India.It encompasses the administrative districts of Jhunjhunu and Sikar. From the administrative and geographical point of view Shekhawati is limited to Jhunjhunu and Sikar districts only...

     (Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan...

    )
  • Vagad
    Vagad
    Vagad is a region in southeastern Rajasthan state of western India. The major cities of the region are Dungarpur and Banswara, both princely states in 19th century....

     (Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan...

    )
  • Vindhya Pradesh
    Vindhya Pradesh
    Vindhya Pradesh is a former state of India. Area 23,185 sq. miles. It was created in 1948, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the eastern portion of the former Central India Agency. It was named for the Vindhya Range, which runs through the center of...

     (Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out...

    )

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South India
South India
South India, also known as the Dravida in the Indian anthem, is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of area...

 


  • Bayaluseeme (Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act...

    )
  • Carnatic
    Carnatic region
    The Carnatic coast is the region of South India lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Coromandel Coast, in the modern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, south eastern Karnataka and southern Andhra Pradesh.-Etymology from Sanskrit:...

     (Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act...

    )
  • Central Travancore
    Central Travancore
    The Central Travancore, Kerala, consists of the South-Central districts of Kottayam, Alapuzha, Pathanamthitta, and parts of Idukki, and Kollam.-Important Cities and Towns in Central Travancore:Kollam District...

     (Kerala
    Kerala
    Kerala , is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis, bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language...

    )
  • Chera Nadu (Kerala
    Kerala
    Kerala , is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis, bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language...

    )
  • Chettinad
    Chettinad
    Chettinad is a region of the Sivaganga district of southern Tamil Nadu state, India. Karaikudi is known as the capital of Chettinad , which includes Karaikudi and 74 other villages...

     (Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh...

    )
  • Chola Nadu
    Chola Nadu
    Chola Nadu is a region of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. It encompasses the lower reaches of the Kaveri River and its delta, and is named for the Chola dynasty, who ruled the region from the 1st century to the 13th century, although the Cholas were at times eclipsed by other Tamil dynasties,...

     (Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh...

    )
  • Coastal Andhra
    Coastal Andhra
    Coastal Andhra or Kosta, is an unofficial region of India's Andhra Pradesh state. It includes the northern coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal, from the northern border with Orissa to south of the delta of the Krishna River...

     (Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

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  • Coromandel Coast
    Coromandel Coast
    The Coromandel Coast is the name given to the southeastern coast of the Indian peninsula.-Etymology:The land of the Chola dynasty was called Cholamandalam in Tamil, literally translated as The realm of the Cholas, from which Coromandel is derived...

     (Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

    , Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh...

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  • Deccan (Maharashtra
    Maharashtra
    Maharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....

    , Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

    , Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act...

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  • Islands of India
    • Aminidivi Islands
      Aminidivi
      Aminidivi are an island group in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It consists of atolls, three reefs Aminidivi are an island group in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It consists of atolls, three reefs Aminidivi are an island group in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India....

       (Lakshadweep
      Lakshadweep
      Lakshadweep , the smallest union territory of India, is a group of islands 200 to 300 km off of the coast of Kerala in the Laccadive Sea. Their total land area is 11 sq mi or 32 km². Ten of the islands are inhabited...

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    • Andaman Islands
      Andaman Islands
      The Andaman Islands are a group of archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal, and are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India. The Andaman Archipelago is an oceanic continuation of the Burmese Arakan Yoma range in the North and of the Indonesian Archipelago in the South...

       (Andaman and Nicobar Islands
      Andaman and Nicobar Islands
      The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a Union Territory of India...

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    • Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep
      Lakshadweep
      Lakshadweep , the smallest union territory of India, is a group of islands 200 to 300 km off of the coast of Kerala in the Laccadive Sea. Their total land area is 11 sq mi or 32 km². Ten of the islands are inhabited...

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    • Minicoy Island (Lakshadweep
      Lakshadweep
      Lakshadweep , the smallest union territory of India, is a group of islands 200 to 300 km off of the coast of Kerala in the Laccadive Sea. Their total land area is 11 sq mi or 32 km². Ten of the islands are inhabited...

      )
    • Nicobar Islands
      Nicobar Islands
      The Nicobar Islands are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean, and are part of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India...

       (Andaman and Nicobar Islands
      Andaman and Nicobar Islands
      The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a Union Territory of India...

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  • Kongu Nadu
    Kongu Nadu
    The name Kongu Nadu originated from the term Kongu, meaning nectar or honey in Sangam Tamil metamorphically referring to the honey or nectar like landscape, forests and the people living in the western regions of Tamil Nadu. The ancient Sangam Tamil literature Pathirruppathu describes about the...

     (Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh...

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  • Kosta (Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

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  • Kuttanad
    Kuttanad
    Kuttanadu in Kerala, India, is the region with the lowest altitude in India, with 500 square kilometres of the region below sea level. Its elevation ranges from 0.6 m above to 2.2 metres below sea level. Most of the area is covered with water throughout the year. Kuttanadu is one...

     (Kerala
    Kerala
    Kerala , is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis, bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language...

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  • Maidan
    Maidan (Karnataka)
    Bayaluseeme is the area lying to the east of Malnad, a region of Karnataka state in South India. The area is largely open plain, with few hillocks...

     (Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act...

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  • Malabar (Kerala
    Kerala
    Kerala , is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis, bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language...

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  • Malnad
    Malnad
    Malenadu , also Malnad, is a region of Karnataka state in South India. Malenadu covers the western and eastern slopes of the Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountain range, roughly 100 kilometers in width...

     (Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act...

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  • Mysore (region)
    Mysore (region)
    The Mysore region is an unofficial region that is part of Karnataka state in southern India. It forms approximately the southern half of the non-coastal areas of that state. The area corresponds almost exactly to that of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore...

     (Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act...

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  • Northern Circars (Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

    , Orissa
    Orissa
    Orissa , is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of ancient republican nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Indian Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC, that led to a turning point in the Emperor's life when deeply saddened by the bloodshed...

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  • Onattukara
    Onattukara
    Onattukara was a principality of ancient Kerala. Also known as Odanadu , Onattukara was at times part of the kingdom of Venad and was comprised of the present day Taluks of Kayamkulam, Mavelikara, Haripad, Karunagapalli, Karthikapalli etc.Historical evidence shows that centuries ago Onattukara...

     (Kerala
    Kerala
    Kerala , is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis, bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language...

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  • Palanadu (Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

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  • Pandya Nadu (Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh...

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  • Raichur Doab
    Raichur Doab
    The Raichur Doab is a Doab, in this case the triangular region of land in the southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka lying between the Krishna River and its tributary, the Tungabhadra River. The doab is named for the town of Raichur in the Raichur District....

     (Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

    , Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act...

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  • Rayalaseema
    Rayalaseema
    Rayalaseema is a geographic region in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It includes the districts of Kurnool, Kadapa , Anantapur, Chittoor, parts of Prakasam and Nellore districts. Bellary district and Pavagada taluk of Tumkur district of the present day Karnataka were part of Rayalaseema till...

     (Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

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  • Telangana
    Telangana
    Telangana or Telingana is a region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It more or less corresponds to that portion of the state which was previously part of the princely state of Hyderabad...

     (Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

    )
  • Thondai Nadu (Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh...

    )
  • Travancore
    Travancore
    Travancore was a princely state from the Indian subcontinent, with its capital at Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. It comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, the Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of Tamil Nadu. Its ruler was accorded a 19-gun salute during the...

     (Kerala
    Kerala
    Kerala , is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis, bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language...

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  • Tulu Nadu
    Tulu Nadu
    Tulu Nadu is the Tulu speaking region of Karnataka and Kerala, India. It consists of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts and the northern parts of the Kasargod district of Kerala up to the river Chandragiri...

     (Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act...

    ,Kerala
    Kerala
    Kerala , is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis, bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language...

    )
  • Valluvanadu
    Valluvanadu
    - Valluvanadu :Valluvars were an ancient Dravidian people who were agriculturists,pastoralists who founded many small principalities within the limits of ancient Chera,Chola and Pandyan Kingdoms. Valluvans excelled in astronomy and medicine.The Panchankam a Dravidian astronomical guide which helped...

     (Kerala
    Kerala
    Kerala , is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis, bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language...

    )
  • Velanadu
    Velanadu
    Velandu is a name of the region on the banks of River Krishna in the ancient Telugu country. The terms Velandu or velnadu are often used synonymous with present Guntur district.-Geography:...

     (Guntur District
    Guntur district
    Guntur District is located in Andhra Pradesh along the east coast of Bay of Bengal. The district has a coastline of around 100 kilometers. Guntur City is the largest city in the district and administrative center of Guntur District...

    , Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

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  • Vengi
    Vengi
    The Vengi kingdom extended from the Godavari River in the north to Mount Mahendragiri in the southeast and to just south of the banks of River Krishna in the south of India. This area was part of Kalinga until that kingdom was conquered by Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire in the mid 200s BC...

    nadu (Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad...

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  • Venad
    Venad
    Venad was one of the eighteen kingdoms of the ancient Cheran empire. Later, it was periodically under the suzerainty of the Madurai Pandiyan kingdom, until Pandiyan power declined after 880 AD....

     (Kerala
    Kerala
    Kerala , is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis, bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language...

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West India
West India
West India or the Western region of India consists of the states of Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra, along with the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is highly industrialized, with a large urban population. Most of Western India was part of the Maratha Empire and...

 

  • Desh
    Desh
    Desh , is a region of Maharashtra state in central India.Desh is bounded on the west by the Western Ghats or Sahyadri range, on the north by the Kandesh and on the east by the Marathwada regions of Maharashtra, and on the south by the state of Karnataka...

     (Maharashtra
    Maharashtra
    Maharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....

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  • Kandesh (Maharashtra
    Maharashtra
    Maharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....

    )
  • Kathiawar
    Kathiawar
    Kathiawar or Kathiawad is a peninsula in western India. It is part of Gujarat state, bounded on the north by the great wetland of the Rann of Kutch, on the northwest by the Gulf of Kutch, on the west and south by the Arabian Sea, and on the southeast and east by the Gulf of Cambay.-Major...

    /Saurashtra (Gujarat
    Gujarat
    Gujarat is the westernmost state in India. It is home to the Gujarati speaking people of India. The state encompasses major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization such as Lothal and Dholavira. Gujarat played an important role in the economic history of India throughout the history of India...

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  • Konkan
    Konkan
    The Konkan , also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore...

     (Goa
    Goa
    Goa is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located on the west coast of India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast.Panaji is...

    , Maharashtra
    Maharashtra
    Maharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....

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  • Kutch (Gujarat
    Gujarat
    Gujarat is the westernmost state in India. It is home to the Gujarati speaking people of India. The state encompasses major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization such as Lothal and Dholavira. Gujarat played an important role in the economic history of India throughout the history of India...

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  • Marathwada
    Marathwada
    The name Marathwada identifies one of the five regions in Maharashtra state of India. The region coincides with the Aurangabad Division....

     (Maharashtra
    Maharashtra
    Maharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....

    )
  • Vidarbha
    Vidarbha
    Vidarbha is the eastern region of Maharashtra state made up of Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. It occupies 31.6% of total area and holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra. It borders the state of Madhya Pradesh to north, Chattisgarh to east, Telangana to south and Marathwada and...

    /Berar (Maharashtra
    Maharashtra
    Maharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....

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