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This is a list of states and territories of India by number of people for whom Tamil is their mother tongue (first language). State/territory 1981 census [ a ] [ b ]
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts and 1 temporary district. These districts, most of which have populations above 12 lakhs, are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience.
Madras State was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969. The north-eastern states of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura were formed on 21 January 1972. [14] Mysore State was renamed Karnataka in 1973. On 16 May 1975, Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Indian Union and the state's monarchy was abolished. [15]
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The ...
The following table contains the Indian states and union territories along with the most spoken scheduled languages used in the region. [1] These are based on the 2011 census of India figures except Andhra Pradesh and Telangana , whose statistics are based on the 2001 census of the then unified Andhra Pradesh.
The states of Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Punjab are exceptions where Sanskrit words are not used in the state name. Mizoram was named after the Mizo tribal dialect and refers to their land. [17] Nagaland (18) Nagaland : Land of Nagas: Naga is an exonym used to describe several tribes in the region.
The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) was established in 1972 to provide transportation in the state with connecting services to adjoining states. [222] The UPSRTC's current fleet consists of 11,238 buses operating on 2,762 routes across a total distance of 768,065 km (477,253 mi) throughout the state, generating an ...
State Portrait Name Took office Ref. Andhra Pradesh: Daggubati Purandeswari: 4 July 2023 (1 year, 215 days) [3] Arunachal Pradesh: Kaling Moyong: 18 January 2025 (17 days) [4] Assam: Dilip Saikia: 17 January 2025 (18 days) [5] Bihar: Dilip Kumar Jaiswal: 26 July 2024 (193 days) [6] Chhattisgarh: Kiran Singh Deo: 21 December 2023 (1 year, 45 ...