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Eastern India

From the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, Eastern India consists of five states: , , , , and . Although economically less developed than other regions of India, Eastern India is culturally rich and perhaps the most welcoming to outsiders.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Kolkata and Bhubaneswar.

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, formerly Calcutta, is the capital and largest city of and the cultural capital of . is an "in your face" city that shocks and charms the unsuspecting visitor.

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, the capital of , lies on the banks of the River Kuakhai which is part of the Mahanadi River delta. Together with and , it forms the Swarna Tribhuja or Golden Triangle of Odisha tourism.

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is a bustling, friendly hill station, and the capital of the Himalayan state of . The name is derived from the Tibetan word for 'hillside,' and the city has a population of around 100,000 being a mixture of indigenous Sikkimese and people of Nepalese and Tibetan ancestry.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as West Bengal and Odisha.

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The East Indian state of presents some of the marvellous landscape features and natural scenic beauty, from the picturesque hills of to the mangrove rainforest of the .

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, 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.

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is a state in Eastern India. Home to the Chota Nagpur Plateau, can fairly claim to be one of the most attractive parts of the country.

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is a landlocked state in . It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous.

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in East India, is a mountainous border state in the Himalayan foothills. It is bounded by , and to its north, west and east respectively, with forming its southern border.

Eastern India

Latitude of center
24.25° or 24° 15′ north
Longitude of center
87.87° or 87° 52′ 12″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q1151572
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • 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 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”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Eastern India”. Photo: Vinay nihal, CC BY-SA 3.0.