Western India
Western India comprises three large states, one small state and one small union territory. It is bounded by Pakistan and the Arabian Sea to its west and the Gangetic Plains to its east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Mumbai
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Mumbai, earlier known as Bombay, is the largest city in India and the capital of the state Maharashtra. A cosmopolitan metropolis, Mumbai was built on seven islands on the Konkan coastline which over time were joined to form the island city of Bombay.
Ahmedabad
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Ahmedabad is the seventh largest city in India with a population of 8.5 million. Although it is the commercial hub of one of the most prosperous states of India, Gujarat, it's not the state capital, which is its twin city of Gandhinagar, 30 km to the north.
Jaipur
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Jaipur, also known as the Pink City, is the capital of Indian state of Rajasthan, and its largest city. The city was built in the 18th century by Sawai Jai Singh as India's first planned city, and today it's a major tourist attraction for Indians and for international visitors.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Maharashtra
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Maharashtra in Western India is the third-largest state of India by size and the second-largest by population. It stretches from the west coast to the interior regions with a variable climate.
Gujarat
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Gujarat is a state in the western region of India. Lothal, near to Ahmedabad and Dholavira, near to Kutch are sites of a Harappan civilisation, which existed more than 4,000 years ago.
Rajasthan
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Rajasthan is a state in the northwest of India. It is mainly arid and its western border is adjacent to Pakistan. The main attractions for travellers are the vast Thar Desert, one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world - the Aravalis - and the Rajput…
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Western India
- Type: region
- Description: geographic region of India
- Also known as: “West India” and “Western region of India”
- Location: India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
23.85° or 23° 51′ northLongitude of center
76.68° or 76° 40′ 48″ eastWikidata ID
Q1151567
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Western India” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غرب الهند”
- Belarusian: “Заходняя Індыя”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম ভারত”
- Catalan: “Oest de l’Índia”
- Chinese: “印度西部”
- Chinese: “西印度”
- Dimli (individual language): “Hindıstan Rocawani”
- Dimli (individual language): “Hindıstanê Rocawani”
- Dutch: “west India”
- Dutch: “West-India”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Barato”
- Estonian: “Lääne-India”
- French: “Inde de l’Ouest”
- French: “Inde occidentale”
- Georgian: “დასავლეთი ინდოეთი”
- German: “westliches Indien”
- German: “Westliches Indien”
- Greek: “Δυτική Ινδία”
- Hebrew: “מערב הודו”
- Hindi: “पश्चिमी भारत”
- Hungarian: “Nyugat-India”
- Italian: “India occidentale”
- Japanese: “インド西部”
- Japanese: “西インド”
- Korean: “서 인도”
- Korean: “서부 인도”
- Korean: “서부인도”
- Korean: “서인도”
- Korean: “인도 서부”
- Korean: “인도서부”
- Malagasy: “India Andrefana”
- Malay: “India Barat”
- Malayalam: “പടിഞ്ഞാറേ ഇന്ത്യ”
- Malayalam: “പശ്ചിമേന്ത്യ”
- Manipuri: “ꯅꯣꯡꯆꯨꯞ ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥ”
- Marathi: “पश्चिम भारत”
- Nepali: “पश्चिमी भारत”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-India”
- Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮ ਭਾਰਤ”
- Persian: “غربی هند”
- Russian: “Западная Индия”
- Sanskrit: “पश्चिम भारत”
- Sanskrit: “पश्चिमभारतम्”
- Santali: “ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ”
- Serbian: “Западна Индија”
- Spanish: “India occidental”
- Tajik: “Ҳиндустони Ғарбӣ”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு இந்தியா”
- Turkish: “Batı Hindistan”
- Ukrainian: “Західна Індія”
- Urdu: “مغربی بھارت”
- Venetian: “Ìndia osidentałe”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Ấn Độ”
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