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Southern India

Southern India comprises five major states in peninsular and two island groups – in the Arabian Sea off the west coast of India and in the Bay of Bengal off the east coast.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Bangalore and Chennai.

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, also known as Bengaluru, is the capital of the state of . It is a large, cosmopolitan city with a large working population. is the major centre of India's information technology industry and is known worldwide as the "Silicon Valley of India".

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, formerly Madras, is the capital of the Southern Indian state of . With a population of 8.6 million, 's urbanised area is the most populous in Southern India and the fourth most populous in India.

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, also known as the Pearl City, is the capital of in Southern India. Secunderabad, 8 km away, is its twin city. Though at one point the twins were two different cities, relentless urbanisation has meant that they are now conjoined into one metropolis, called Greater .

Destinations to Discover

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A state in Southern India, stretches from in the north to in the south. It has a coastal region with numerous coconut trees and beautiful beaches and an interior with mountains, valleys and farmlands.

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, the land of Tamils, is a state in the south of known for its temples and architecture, food, movies and classical Indian dance and Carnatic music.

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, a state in Southern India, is known as a tropical paradise of waving palms and wide, sandy beaches. is also known as God's own Country. It is a narrow strip of coastal territory that slopes down the Western Ghats in a cascade of lush, green vegetation and reaches the Arabian sea.

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is a state in Southern India, with Bay of Bengal on the east and shares boundaries with on the north, and on the north-east, on the south and on the west. is the capital of this state.

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is a state in Southern India. It is a mainly agricultural state, but a cosmopolitan atmosphere can be found in the major city and capital, .

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The are a group of nearly 600 islands in the Bay of Bengal. Although part of politically, they are closer to and than to the Indian mainland.

Southern India

Latitude of center
16.1499° or 16° 8′ 60″ north
Longitude of center
77.9711° or 77° 58′ 16″ east
Population
253,000,000
Elevation
271 metres (889 feet)
Geo­Names ID
13354035
Wiki­data ID
Q542146
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Southern India” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “India e Jugut”
  • Arabic: “جنوب الهند”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Հնդկաստան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Hindistan”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko India”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Індыя”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ভারত”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна Индия”
  • Catalan: “Índia meridional”
  • Catalan: “Sud de l’Índia”
  • Central Bikol: “Habagatan na Indya”
  • Chinese: “南印度”
  • Chinese: “印度南部”
  • Cornish: “Eynda soth”
  • Croatian: “Južna Indija”
  • Czech: “Jižní Indie”
  • Danish: “Sydindien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Hindıstan Veroci”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Hindıstanê Veroci”
  • Dotyali: “दक्षिण भारत”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-India”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Barato”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Intia”
  • French: “Inde du Sud”
  • French: “Inde méridionale”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი ინდოეთი”
  • German: “Südindien”
  • Greek: “Νότια Ινδία”
  • Hebrew: “דרום הודו”
  • Hindi: “दक्षि‍ण भारत”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण भारत”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-India”
  • Indonesian: “India Selatan”
  • Irish: “An India Theas”
  • Italian: “India meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南インド”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾರತ”
  • Kashmiri: “جۆنوٗبی بَہارَت”
  • Korean: “남인도”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidindija”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Indija”
  • Magahi: “दक्खिनभारत”
  • Magahi: “दक्षि‍णभारत”
  • Malay: “India Selatan”
  • Malayalam: “തെക്കേ ഇന്ത്യ”
  • Malayalam: “ദക്ഷിണേന്ത്യ”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण भारत”
  • Minangkabau: “India Salatan”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण भारत”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-India”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-India”
  • Norwegian: “Sør-India”
  • Oriya: “ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଭରତ”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Инди”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ ਭਾਰਤ”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਭਾਰਤ”
  • Persian: “جنوب هند”
  • Polish: “Południowe Indie”
  • Portuguese: “Índia do Sul”
  • Russia Buriat: “Урда Энэдхэг”
  • Russian: “Южная Индия”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिण भारत”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिण भारतम्”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिणभारतम्”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Indija”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ انڊيا”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ ڀارت”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ هندستان”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ ھندستان”
  • Sindhi: “سائوٿ انڊيا”
  • Sinhala: “දක්‍ෂිණ භාරතය”
  • Sinhala: “භාරතය”
  • Slovenian: “Dekanski polotok”
  • Slovenian: “Južna Indija”
  • Spanish: “India del Sur”
  • Spanish: “India meridional”
  • Swedish: “Sydindien”
  • Tajik: “Ҳиндустони Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tamil: “தென்னிந்தியா”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ భారతదేశం”
  • Turkish: “Güney Hindistan”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Індія”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی بھارت”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی ہند”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی ہندوستان”
  • Venetian: “Ìndia meridionałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Ấn Độ”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی بھارت”
  • Wu Chinese: “南印度”
  • Yue Chinese: “南印度”

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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 “Southern India”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.