India is in Southern Asia (Asia) and borders Pakistan, Nepal, China, Myanmar, Bhutan, Bangladesh. Its capital is New Delhi. Approximate coordinates: 23°N, 79°E, north of the Equator.

Which continent is India in?

India is in Asia, in the Southern Asia region.

What is the capital of India?

The capital of India is New Delhi.

Which country is New Delhi in?

New Delhi is the capital of India, in Southern Asia.

How many states does India have?

India has 28 states and 8 union territories: Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.

Yes. India is an independent country and one of the 193 UN member states.

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India is a country in Asia, in Southern Asia. Been there? Click it on the globe to add it to your map.

At a glance

India borders 6 countries: China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan. Capital: New Delhi.

Capital: New Delhi
Continent: Asia · Southern Asia
Status: UN member state
Population: 1,366,417,754
Area: 3,155,817 km²

18% of the world’s people, 2.2% of its land

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States of India

India is divided into 28 states and 8 union territories.

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Map of India with its 28 states and 8 union territories

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How India is divided

The administrative levels of India, from the whole country down, and which ones you can mark on VisitedAtlas.

Level	Number	On VisitedAtlas
Country	1	✓ Yes
States and union territoriesSee map	36	✓ YesMark on the map
Districts	736	Not yet
Subdistricts (tehsils)	6,836	Not yet

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India’s 6,836 subdistricts (tehsils): not on VisitedAtlas yetBoundaries: Pathways Data Pvt. Ltd., lgdirectory.gov.in via geoBoundaries (ODbL 1.0)

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Countries bordering India

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Questions about India

Where is India?: India is in Southern Asia (Asia) and borders Pakistan, Nepal, China, Myanmar, Bhutan, Bangladesh. Its capital is New Delhi. Approximate coordinates: 23°N, 79°E, north of the Equator.
Which continent is India in?: India is in Asia, in the Southern Asia region.
What is the capital of India?: The capital of India is New Delhi.
Which country is New Delhi in?: New Delhi is the capital of India, in Southern Asia.
How many states does India have?: India has 28 states and 8 union territories: Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Is India a country?: Yes. India is an independent country and one of the 193 UN member states.
Which countries border India?: India borders 6 countries: China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan.

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