Political Geography of India

Political Geography of India.

Political Map of India shows 28 states and 8 union territories of India. India is a vast country comprising around 140.76 crore people. The country represents people of different ethnicities, cultures, and religions. According to each region and state’s unique political, linguistic, and socioeconomic traits, the map has been split into several regions and states..

The country’s coastline is 7,517 kilometers long, of which 2,094 kilometers are in the Andaman, Nicobar, and Lakshadweep and5,423 kilometers belong to peninsular India.

Political Map of India

Geographical Description of India

The Six part of Geographical Distribution of India is as follows:

1. Western India

India’s western part spans an area of 508,052 square km.Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra are some of the renowned states in the western part of India. Maharashtra’s capital city is Mumbai, the country’s financial hub. The people in the states of Western India feature English, Marathi, Gujarati, and Konkani as their official languages.

2. Eastern India

The states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal are situated in eastern India. 418,323 sq km is the total size of the Eastern zone. The ocial languages of the states of Odisha, Bihar, and Jharkhand are Odia and Hindi. Bengali is spoken in West Bengal. In Eastern India, people also speak English, Maithili, Nepali, and Urdu.

3. Northern India

The six states which constitute North India are Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Haryana, along with the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Ladakh, and Delhi (National Capital Territory). New Delhi which is in North India is the capital of India. Other major cities in North India are Chandigarh, Lucknow, and Srinagar.

4. Southern India

Along with the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, Southern India covers the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. Since it is the nation’s largest exporter of IT goods, Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, is often referred to as the “Silicon Valley of India.” Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cochin, and Mysore are the most populous cities in South India.

5. North-Eastern India

The seven sibling states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland along with brother Sikkim makeup northeastern India.

6. Central India

The topography of Central India is diverse, with lush plains, undulating hills, and deep forests. The lush woods of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are renowned for their diverse flora and fauna, which includes a large number of species.