North India
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North India is a group of states located in the northern part of India, including regions like the Ganges River plains and the foothills of the Himalayas. It matters as a significant cultural, political, and economic center of India, home to major cities, historical sites, and a large portion of the country's population.
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- States and union territories
- Chandigarh Delhi Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Punjab Rajasthan Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh
- Total
- 1,069,867 km (413,078 sq mi)
- Density
- 344.0292/km (891.0315/sq mi)
- Demonyms
- North Indian , See all demonyms Awadhi Bagheli Brajwasi Bundeli Dogra Garhwali Haryanvi Himachali Kashmiri Kumaoni Mahasui Marwari Mewari Punjabi
- Time zone
- IST ( UTC+05:30 )
- Official languages
- Dogri English Hindi Kashmiri Punjabi Urdu
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North India is a geographical region, loosely defined as a cultural region comprising the northern part of India wherein Indo-Aryans (speaking Indo-Aryan languages) form the prominent majority population, while Tibeto-Burmans (speaking Tibeto-Burman languages) form the significant minority population. It extends from the Himalayan mountain range in the north to the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the Thar Desert, till Central Highlands. It occupies nearly two-quarters of the area and population of India and includes one of the three mega cities of India: Delhi. In a more specific and administrative sense, North India can also be used to denote the northern Indo-Gangetic Plain within this broader expanse, to the Thar Desert.
Several major rivers flow through the region including the Indus, the Ganges, the Yamuna and the Narmada rivers. North India includes the states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and union territories of Chandigarh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Occasionally, states of Western, Central and Eastern India are referred as "North Indian" in a broader term.