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 local	Area
East India	270,673,657	Kolkata	425,432 km^2
North India	543,937,430	Delhi	726,133 km^2
Northeast India	44,980,294	Guwahati	255,086 km^2
South India	252,557,336	Bangalore	636,236 km^2
Western India	174,800,087	Mumbai	508,042 km^2

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep (both comprising union territories) are not included in the above regions.^[1]

North India

• Awadh (Uttar Pradesh)
• Bagelkhand (Madhya Pradesh)
• Surat (Gujarat)
• Rajkot(Gujarat)
• Bundelkhand [[Madhya

Pradesh]], Uttar Pradesh

• Chamba-Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)
• Doab /Braj (Uttar Pradesh)
• Charotar (Gujarat)
• Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
• Dadra (Dadra and Nagar Haveli)
• Daman (Daman and Diu)
• Desh (Maharashtra)
• Diu (Daman and Diu)
• Halaar (Gujarat)
• Kathiawar (Gujarat)
• 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)
• Magadha (Bihar)
• Mahakoshal (Madhya Pradesh)
• Malwa (Madhya Pradesh)
• Marwar (Rajasthan)
• Mewar (Rajasthan)
• Mewat (Rajasthan, Haryana)
• Nimar (Madhya Pradesh)
• Punjab
• Haryana
• Rewari (Haryana)
• Doaba (Punjab)
• Majha (Punjab)
• Malwa (Punjab)
• Purvanchal (Uttar Pradesh)
• Rohilkhand (Uttar Pradesh)
• Shekhawati (Rajasthan)
• Vagad (Rajasthan)
• Vindhya Pradesh (Madhya Pradesh)

East India

Locator map of East India

• Karonda Mandal
• Kosal region, Western Odisha
• Kalahandi Balangir Koraput
• Odisha
• Mithila
• Seemanchal
• Southern Bengal

Northeast India

• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Manipur
• Meghalaya
• Mizoram
• Nagaland
• Sikkim
• Tripura

South India

Central Travancore (Kerala) Chera Nadu (Kerala) Chettinad (Tamil Nadu) Chola Nadu (Tamil Nadu) Kosta/Coastal Andhra (Andhra Pradesh) Coromandel Coast (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu) Deccan (Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Goa) Konaseema (Andhra Pradesh) Kanara (Karnataka, Kerala) Kongu Nadu (Tamil Nadu) Kuttanad (Kerala) Maidan (Karnataka) Malabar (Kerala) Malnad (Karnataka) Mysore (region) (Karnataka)

Onattukara (Kerala) Palanadu (Andhra Pradesh) Uttarandhra (Andhra Pradesh) Pandya Nadu (Tamil Nadu) Puducherry Raichur Doab (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka) Rayalaseema (Andhra Pradesh) Thondai Nadu (Tamil Nadu) Travancore (Kerala) Tulu Nadu (Karnataka, Kerala) Valluvanadu (Kerala) Velanadu (Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh) Venginadu (Andhra Pradesh) Venad (Kerala)

• warangal (telangana)

Western India

• Malwa (Madhya Pradesh)
• Nimar (Madhya Pradesh)
• Saurashtra, Gujarat
• Vidarbha (Maharashtra)
• Berar (Maharashtra)
• Halaar, Saurashtra
• Makaji Meghpar
• Charotar (Gujarat)
• Ahmedabad Gujarat
• Dadra (Dadra and Nagar Haveli)
• Daman (Daman and Diu)
• Desh (Maharashtra)
• Diu (Daman and Diu)
• Halaar (Gujarat)
• Kathiawar (Gujarat)
• Saurashtra (Gujarat)
• Khandesh (Maharashtra)
• Konkan (Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka)
• Kutch (Gujarat)
• Marathwada (Maharashtra)
• Nagar Haveli DNH (Dadra and Nagar Haveli)
• Surat (Gujarat)
• Bhal region (Gujarat)
• Central Gujarat (Gujarat)
• East Gujarat (Gujarat)
• North Gujarat (Gujarat)
• South Gujarat (Gujarat)
• Saraostus (Gujarat)
• Malvan (Maharashtra)
• Paschim Maharashtra (Maharashtra)

Islands of India

• Aminidivi Islands (Lakshadweep)
• Car Nicobar (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
• Great Andaman (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
• Great Nicobar (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
• Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep)
• Minicoy Island (Lakshadweep)

See also

• Administrative divisions of India
• Districts of India
• Divisions of India

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2012.