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Northeast India

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Also known as North-east India, Seven Sisters

group of Northeastern Indian states

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Northeast India is a region comprising eight states in the eastern part of India that are geographically connected to the mainland by a narrow corridor. The region is significant for its cultural diversity, strategic location near international borders, and unique ecosystems, though it has historically faced development challenges and connectivity issues.

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Key facts

Country
India
States
Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura Sikkim
Largest city
Guwahati
Major cities 2011 census of india
Agartala Imphal Dimapur Shillong Aizawl Silchar Dibrugarh Jorhat Nagaon
Total
262,184 km (101,230 sq mi)
Estimate 2022
51,670,000
Density
173/km (450/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+5:30 ( Indian Standard Time )
Scheduled languages
Assamese Bengali Bodo Meitei ( Manipuri ) Nepali
State regional official languages
Assamese (of Assam ) Bengali (of Tripura and Barak Valley ) Bodo (of Bodoland ) Kokborok ( Tripuri ) (of Tripura ) Mizo (of Mizoram ) Meitei ( Manipuri ) (of Manipur and Assam Nepali (of Sikkim ) English (of Arunachal Pradesh , Meghalaya and Nagaland ) Sikkimese (of Sikkim )

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Instance of
region
Has part
Sikkim
Country
India
Located in
Guwahati
Area
262230
Image
Northeast india.png
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Northeast India
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Category:Northeast India
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Encyclopedic overview

Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. It comprises eight states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura (commonly known as the "Seven Sisters"), and the state of Sikkim. North-east India is one of the most linguistically diverse regions in the world.

The region has India's international border of 5,182 kilometres (3,220 mi) with five neighbouring countries: China to the north, Myanmar to the east, Bangladesh to the southwest, Nepal to the west, and Bhutan to the northwest. It comprises an area of 262,184 square kilometres (101,230 sq mi), almost 8 per cent of that of India and has a population of 45,772,188, almost 4 per cent that of India. The Siliguri Corridor connects the region to other parts of India.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northeast India” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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