India is officially known as the Republic of India. It comprises a total of 28 states along with eight union territories. India is the second most populated country in the world with an estimated population of 1.37 billion people (in 2020) and the world’s largest democracy. This Post Includes Printable Large Attractive HD Map With Indian States Names. You Can Download All Type Of Map About India From This Post.
India Shares a border with Afghanistan and Pakistan in the northwest; China, Nepal, and Bhutan in the north; and Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar) in the east. It is bounded by the Arabian Sea in the southwest; the Bay of Bengal in the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean in the south. The narrow channel of Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar separates the island nation of Sri Lanka from the Indian mainland.
India Map Facts
- OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of India, Bharat
- FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal republic
- CAPITAL: New Delhi
- POPULATION: 1,296,834,042
- OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Hindi, English, 21 others
- MONEY: Rupee
- AREA: 1,269,345 square miles (3,287,590 square kilometers)
- MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGE: Himalaya
- MAJOR RIVERS: Ganges, Yamuna, Indus, Brahmaputra
India Map With States Names
State Information |
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| Feature | State |
| Largest state (in terms of area) | Rajasthan |
| Smallest state | Goa |
| Most populous state | Uttar Pradesh |
| Least populous state | Sikkim |
| Most populous union territory (not incl Delhi) | Puducherry |
| Least populous union territory | Lakshadweep |
| Most densely populated state | Bihar |
| Least densely populated state | Arunachal Pradesh |
| First state to be formed on linguistic basis | Andhra Pradesh |
| Most literate state | Kerala |
| Least literate state | Bihar |
| The state with the longest coastline | Gujarat |
| The state has boundaries with seven states and two countries | Assam |
| The state surrounded on three sides by Bangladesh | Tripura |
| The state is surrounded by three countries and one state | Sikkim |
| The number of states which have a coastline | Nine |
| The number of Union Territories which have a coastline | Four |
| The states which have neither an international boundary nor a coastline | M.P., Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana |
✅How Many State In India?
India is a federal union made up of 28 states and 8 union territories, totaling 36 separate entities. The 1st state of India, Andhra State was created On October 1, 1953. Varanasi is India’s oldest continually inhabited city.
✅Indian Map With State Names
The 28 states in India are as follows: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha (Orissa), Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.