Eastern India
Eastern India, stretched from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, consists of four states: Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal. Although economically less developed than other regions of India, Eastern India is culturally rich and perhaps the most welcoming to outsiders.Photo: Vinay nihal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kolkata and East Kolkata.
Kolkata
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Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, is one of the largest in India, with a metro population of over 22.5 million. Once called Calcutta in colonial times and is still fondly called as such, the city once served as the capital of the British Raj till 1911.
East Kolkata
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East Kolkata comprises the new areas on the eastern side of the metropolis that have been growing since the 1990s. It houses the IT hub of Kolkata, shopping emporia, amusement parks and splurge hotels.
Southern Suburbs
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The Southern Suburbs of Kolkata cover the rapidly mushrooming suburbs to the south and west of the city, including Behala, Dhakuria, Garden Reach, Garia, Golf Green, Jadavpur, Joka, Kidderpore, New Alipore, Pailan, Thakurpukur and Tollygunge.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as West Bengal and Odisha.
West Bengal
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West Bengal, a state in Eastern India, presents some of the marvellous landscape features and natural scenic beauty, from the picturesque hills of Darjeeling to the mangrove rainforest of the Sundarbans.
Odisha
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Odisha, spelled Orissa until 2011, is a state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area, and the eleventh-largest by population, with over 41 million inhabitants.
Jharkhand
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Jharkhand is a state in Eastern India. Home to the Chota Nagpur Plateau, Jharkhand can fairly claim to be one of the most attractive parts of the country.
Sikkim
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Sikkim in Eastern India, is a mountainous border state in the Himalayan foothills. It is bounded by China, Nepal and Bhutan to its north, west and east respectively, with West Bengal forming its southern border.
Eastern India
- Type: region
- Description: geographic region, group of eastern Indian states
- Also known as: “East India”
- Location: India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
24.25° or 24° 15′ northLongitude of center
87.87° or 87° 52′ 12″ eastWikidata ID
Q1151572
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Eastern India” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شرق الهند”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Hindistan”
- Belarusian: “Усходняя Індыя”
- Bengali: “পূর্ব ভারত”
- Bhojpuri: “पूरबी भारत”
- Bhojpuri: “पूर्ब भारत”
- Bhojpuri: “पूर्व भारत”
- Bhojpuri: “पूर्वी भारत”
- Catalan: “Índia de l’est”
- Catalan: “Índia Oriental”
- Chinese: “印度东部”
- Chinese: “印度東部”
- Dimli (individual language): “Hindıstanê Rocvetışi”
- Dotyali: “पूर्वी भारत”
- Dutch: “Oost-India”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Barato”
- Finnish: “Itä-Intia”
- Finnish: “Itäinen Intia”
- French: “Inde de l’Est”
- French: “Inde orientale”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ინდოეთი”
- German: “Ostindien”
- Greek: “Ανατολική Ινδία”
- Hebrew: “מזרח הודו”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी भारत”
- Indonesian: “India Timur”
- Italian: “India orientale”
- Japanese: “インド東部”
- Japanese: “東インド”
- Japanese: “東部インド”
- Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಭಾರತ”
- Kirghiz: “Ост-Индия”
- Korean: “동 인도”
- Korean: “동부 인도”
- Korean: “동부인도”
- Korean: “동인도”
- Korean: “인도 동부”
- Korean: “인도동부”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Indija”
- Magahi: “पूरुबभारत”
- Magahi: “पूर्वभारत”
- Malagasy: “India Atsinanana”
- Malay: “India Timur”
- Malayalam: “കിഴക്കേ ഇന്ത്യ”
- Marathi: “पूर्व भारत”
- Nepali: “पूर्वी भारत”
- Oriya: “ପୂର୍ବ ଭାରତ”
- Oriya: “ପୂର୍ବଭାରତ”
- Persian: “شرق هند”
- Polish: “Indie Wschodnie”
- Portuguese: “Índia Oriental”
- Romanian: “India de Est”
- Romanian: “India Răsăriteană”
- Romanian: “Indiile Răsăritene”
- Russian: “Восточная Индия”
- Sanskrit: “पूर्व भारत”
- Sanskrit: “पूर्वभारतम्”
- Sanskrit: “पूर्वी भारत”
- Santali: “ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ”
- Serbian: “Источна Индија”
- Sindhi: “اوڀر هندستان”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna Indija”
- Spanish: “India oriental”
- Spanish: “India Oriental”
- Tajik: “Ҳиндустони Шарқӣ”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கிந்தியா”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு இந்தியா”
- Ukrainian: “Східна Індія”
- Urdu: “مشرقی بھارت”
- Venetian: “Ìndia orientałe”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Ấn Độ”
- “पूरबी भारत”
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