 |
| states |
| |
| Country overview: |
|
Name |
INDIA |
ISO code |
IN |
FIPS code |
IN |
Languages |
Hindi (hi), English (en), etc. |
Time zone
|
+5:30 |
Capital |
New Delhi |
|
India in 1900 was a hodge-podge of British provinces under the direct sovereignty of the British crown, and small states ruled by Indian princes under British hegemony. The British position was called paramountcy, meaning simply that Britain had the power to overrule the native princes' actions. India at that time included present-day Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Aden (now part of Yemen). On the other hand, it excluded a few small enclaves in the possession of France and Portugal, and Sikkim, then a kingdom under British protection. When India obtained its independence on 1947-08-15, the area hitherto known as India was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan. The principle guiding the division was to allocate majority-Hindu areas to India and majority-Muslim areas to Pakistan. In the implementation, the large provinces of Bengal and Punjab were split between the two countries, and Pakistan was created as two pieces on opposite sides of the Indian subcontinent.
Other names of country:
Bharat (formal); Hindustan, Hindoostan (obsolete); Inde (French); Indian Union, Republic of India (formal-English); Indien (German, Swedish); Indland (Icelandic); Intia (Finnish)
Origin of name:
from Sanskrit sindhu: river, after the Indus River
subdivisions:
India is divided into 28 states and seven union territories. Details of all states are given as under : |
| |
| Division |
Population |
Area(km.²) |
Area(mi.²) |
PIN |
Capital |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
356,265 |
8,249 |
3,185 |
744 |
Port Blair |
Andhra Pradesh |
75,727,541 |
275,068 |
106,204 |
50-53 |
Hyderabad |
Arunachal Pradesh |
1,091,117 |
83,743 |
32,333 |
790-792 |
Itanagar |
Assam |
26,638,407 |
78,438 |
30,285 |
78 |
Dispur |
Bihar |
82,878,796 |
99,200 |
38,301 |
80-85 |
Patna |
Chandigarh |
900,914 |
114 |
44 |
16 |
Chandigarh |
Chhattisgarh |
20,795,956 |
135,194 |
52,199 |
49 |
Raipur |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
220,451 |
491 |
190 |
396 |
Silvassa |
Daman and Diu |
158,059 |
112 |
43 |
396 |
Daman |
Delhi |
13,782,976 |
1,483 |
573 |
11 |
Delhi |
Goa |
1,343,998 |
3,702 |
1,429 |
403 |
Panaji |
Gujarat |
50,596,992 |
196,024 |
75,685 |
36-39 |
Gandhinagar |
Haryana |
21,082,989 |
44,212 |
17,070 |
12-13 |
Chandigarh |
Himachal Pradesh |
6,077,248 |
55,673 |
21,495 |
17 |
Shimla |
Jammu and Kashmir |
10,069,917 |
222,236 |
85,806 |
18-19 |
Srinagar, Jammu |
Jharkhand |
26,909,428 |
74,677 |
28,833 |
814-835 |
Ranchi |
Karnataka |
52,733,958 |
191,791 |
74,051 |
56-59 |
Bangalore |
Kerala |
31,838,619 |
38,863 |
15,005 |
67-69 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Lakshadweep |
60,595 |
32 |
12 |
673 |
Kavaratti |
Madhya Pradesh |
60,385,118 |
308,252 |
119,016 |
45-48 |
Bhopal |
Maharashtra |
96,752,247 |
307,690 |
118,800 |
40-44 |
Mumbai |
Manipur |
2,388,634 |
22,327 |
8,621 |
795-796 |
Imphal |
Meghalaya |
2,306,069 |
22,429 |
8,660 |
793-794 |
Shillong |
Mizoram |
891,058 |
21,081 |
8,139 |
796 |
Aizawl |
Nagaland |
1,988,636 |
16,579 |
6,401 |
797-798 |
Kohima |
Orissa |
36,706,920 |
155,707 |
60,119 |
75-77 |
Bhubaneswar |
Pondicherry |
973,829 |
492 |
190 |
605 |
Pondicherry |
Punjab |
24,289,296 |
50,362 |
19,445 |
14-15 |
Chandigarh |
Rajasthan |
56,473,122 |
342,239 |
132,139 |
30-34 |
Jaipur |
Sikkim |
540,493 |
7,096 |
2,740 |
737 |
Gangtok |
Tamil Nadu |
62,110,839 |
130,058 |
50,216 |
60-64 |
Chennai |
Tripura |
3,191,168 |
10,486 |
4,049 |
799 |
Agartala |
Uttaranchal |
8,479,562 |
51,125 |
19,739 |
246-263 |
Dehradun |
Uttar Pradesh |
166,052,859 |
243,286 |
93,934 |
20-28 |
Lucknow |
West Bengal |
80,221,171 |
88,752 |
34,267 |
70-74 |
Kolkata |
35 divisions |
1,027,015,247 |
3,287,263 |
1,269,218 |
|
|
|
|
|
