List of regions 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.
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[edit] The five regions
Name |
Population (2010 estimate) |
Largest City |
Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| East India | 226,925,195 | Kolkata | 418,323 km2 |
| Northeast India | 38,857,769 | Guwahati | 262,230 km2 |
| North India | 504,196,432 | Delhi | 1,624,160 km2 |
| South India | 233,036,874 | Bangalore | 635,780 km2 |
| West India | 147,801,774 | Mumbai | 508,052 km2 |
[edit] East India
- Anga (Bihar)
- Bhojpur/Purvanchal (Bihar)
- Magadh (Bihar)
- Mithila (Bihar)
- Jharkhand[1]
- Orissa[2]
- Utkala
- Kalinga or Uttara Andhra
- Dakshina Koshala or Kosala
- West Bengal
[edit] North-East India
- Arunachal Pradesh[3]
- Assam [4]
- Manipur[5]
- Meghalaya[6]
- Mizoram [7]
- Nagaland[8]
- Sikkim[9]
- Tripura[10]
[edit] North India
- Awadh (Uttar Pradesh)[11]
- Bagelkhand (Madhya Pradesh)[12]
- Bundelkhand (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh)[13]
- Chamba-Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)
- Doab/Braj (Uttar Pradesh)
- Dhundhar (Rajasthan)
- Garhwal (Uttarakhand)
- Gird (Madhya Pradesh)
- Godwar (Rajasthan)
- Gondwana (Chhattisgarh, (Madhya Pradesh), Maharashtra)
- Hadoti (Rajasthan)
- Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Kumaon (Uttarakhand)
- Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir)[14]
- Magadha (Bihar)
- Mahakoshal (Madhya Pradesh)
- Mallani (Rajasthan)
- Mandi-Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
- Malwa (Madhya Pradesh)
- Marwar (Rajasthan)[15]
- Mewar (Rajasthan)[16]
- Mewat (Rajasthan, Haryana)[17]
- Nimar (Madhya Pradesh)
- Punjab[18]
- Doaba (Punjab)
- Majha (Punjab)
- Malwa (Punjab)
- Purvanchal (Uttar Pradesh)[19]
- Rohilkhand (Uttar Pradesh){Delhi}
- Shekhawati (Rajasthan)[20]
- Vagad (Rajasthan)[21]
- Vindhya Pradesh (Madhya Pradesh)
[edit] South India
[edit] West India
- Desh (Maharashtra)
- Khandesh (Maharashtra)[33]
- Kathiawar/Saurashtra (Gujarat)
- Konkan (Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka)[34]
- Kutch (Gujarat)[35]
- Charotar (Gujarat)
- Marathwada (Maharashtra)[36]
- Vidarbha/Berar (Maharashtra)[37]
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This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] See also
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