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.

Contents 1 East and North-East India 2 North India 3 South India 4 West India 5 See also

[edit] East and North-East India

• Assam
• Bengal – the Indian state of West Bengal and the independent nation of Bangladesh
• Jharkhand
• Kalinga (Orissa) is sometimes treated as part of south-eastern India
• Manipur
• Meghalaya
• Mizoram
• Nagaland
• Sikkim
• Tripura

[edit] North India

Awadh (Uttar Pradesh) Bagelkhand (Madhya Pradesh) Bundelkhand (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh) 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) Magadha (Bihar) Mahakoshal (Madhya Pradesh) Mallani (Rajasthan) Malwa (Madhya Pradesh) Marwar (Rajasthan) Mewar (Rajasthan) Mewat (Rajasthan, Haryana) Nimar (Madhya Pradesh) Punjab Doaba (Punjab) Majha (Punjab) Malwa (Punjab) Purvanchal (Uttar Pradesh) Rohilkhand (Uttar Pradesh) Shekhawati (Rajasthan) Vagad (Rajasthan) Vindhya Pradesh (Madhya Pradesh)

[edit] South India

Bayaluseeme (Karnataka) Carnatic (Karnataka) Central Travancore (Kerala) Chera Nadu (Kerala) Chettinad (Tamil Nadu) Chola Nadu (Tamil Nadu) Coastal Andhra (Andhra Pradesh) Coromandel Coast (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu) Deccan (Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka) Islands of India Aminidivi Islands (Lakshadweep) Andaman Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) Minicoy Island (Lakshadweep) Nicobar Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Kongu Nadu (Tamil Nadu) Kosta (Andhra Pradesh) Kuttanad (Kerala) Maidan (Karnataka)

Malabar (Kerala) Malnad (Karnataka) Mysore (region) (Karnataka) Northern Circars (Andhra Pradesh, Orissa) Onattukara (Kerala) Palanadu (Andhra Pradesh) Pandya Nadu (Tamil Nadu) Raichur Doab (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka) Rayalaseema (Andhra Pradesh) Telangana (Andhra Pradesh) Thondai Nadu (Tamil Nadu) Travancore (Kerala) Tulu Nadu (Karnataka) Valluvanadu (Kerala) Velanadu (Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh) Venginadu (Andhra Pradesh) Venad (Kerala)

[edit] West India

• Desh (Maharashtra)
• Kandesh (Maharashtra)
• Kathiawar/Saurashtra (Gujarat)
• Konkan (Goa, Maharashtra)
• Kutch (Gujarat)
• Marathwada (Maharashtra)
• Vidarbha/Berar (Maharashtra)

[edit] See also

• Lists of unofficial regions by country

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