India (भारत) in Hindi and other languages: names, languages, states
India is भारत (Bhārat) in Hindi, officially भारत गणराज्य (Bhārat Gaṇarājya) and Republic of India, coded IN, IND and 356. This page lists its 28 states and 8 union territories in Hindi, its languages in their own scripts, and its name in more than 100 languages.
Official languagesHindi and English (Union); 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule
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भारत गणराज्यBhārat Gaṇarājya
Republic of India
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- Capital
- नई दिल्लीNaī Dillī · New Delhi
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026
India in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-2 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Breton, Corsican, Welsh, Estonian, Basque, Faroese, Galician, Hungarian, Igbo, Indonesian, Italian, Latin, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Romansh, Romanian, Slovak, Sami, Spanish, Tok Pisin, Tswana | eng / bre / cos / cym / est / eus / fao / glg / hun / ibo / ind / ita / lat / msa / nld / nor / roh / ron / slk / smi / spa / tpi / tsn | India | same as written |
| Danish, German, Luxembourgish, Swedish | dan / deu / ltz / swe | Indien | same as written |
| Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian | hrv / lav / lit / slv | Indija | same as written |
| Ndebele, Xhosa, Zulu | nde / xho / zul | i-Indiya | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Turkmen | aze / tuk | Hindistan | same as written |
| Catalan, Portuguese | cat / por | Índia | same as written |
| Czech, Polish | ces / pol | Indie | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Rundi | kin / run | Ubuhindi | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Indië | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Eynda | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Hindujo | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Intia | same as written |
| French | fra | Inde | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Yndia | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | na h-Innsean | same as written |
| Irish | gle | an India | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Indiya | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Indland | same as written |
| Kurdish | kur | Hîndîstan, Hind | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Indja | same as written |
| Maori | mri | Inia | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Initia | same as written |
| Somali | som | Hindiya | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Indi | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Uhindi | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Indiya | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | 'Initia | same as written |
| Turkish | tur | Hindistan, Hint, Hindustan | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Hindiston | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Ấn Độ | same as written |
| Abaza, Bulgarian, Kyrgyz, Komi, Russian | abq / bul / kir / kom / rus | Индия | Indija |
| Chechen, Chuvash, Ossetian | che / chv / oss | Инди | Indi |
| Macedonian, Serbian | mkd / srp | Индија | Indija |
| Belarusian | bel | Індыя | Indyja |
| Karakalpak | kaa | Ҳиндистан | Hindistan |
| Kazakh | kaz | Үндістан | Ündīstan |
| Kabardian | kbd | Индие | Indie |
| Mongolian | mon | Энэтхэг | Änätẖäg |
| Tajik | tgk | Ҳиндустон | Hinduston |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Індія | Indija |
| Dari, Persian | dar / fas | هند | Hend |
| Arabic | ara | الهند | al-Hind |
| Pashto | pus | هندوستان | Hindūstān |
| Sindhi | snd | ڀارت, هندستان | Bhārat, Hindustān |
| Uyghur | uig | هىندىستان | Hindistan |
| Urdu | urd | بھارت, انڈیا, ھندوستان | Bhārat, Inḋiyā, Hindūstān |
| Dhivehi | div | އިންޑިއާ | Indiā |
| Amharic | amh | ህንድ | Hənd |
| Hebrew | heb | הודו | Hōdū |
| Yiddish | yid | אינדיע | Indye |
| Greek | ell | Ινδία | Indía |
| Armenian | hye | Հնդկաստան | Hndkastan |
| Georgian | kat | ინდოეთი | Indoeṭi |
| Konkani, Marathi | kok / mar | भारत | Bhārat |
| Hindi | hin | भारत, इंडिया, हिंदुस्तान | Bhārat, Ĩḋiyā, Hĩdustān |
| Sanskrit | san | भारतम् | Bhāratam |
| Bengali | ben | ভারত | Bhārôt |
| Gujarati | guj | ભારત | Bhārat |
| Punjabi | pan | ਭਾਰਤ | Bhārat |
| Kannada | kan | ಭಾರತ | Bhārat |
| Tamil | tam | இந்தியா, பாரதம் | Intiyā, Pāratam |
| Telugu | tel | భారత దేశం | Bhārat dēsh |
| Chinese | zho | 印度 | Yindu |
| Japanese | jpn | インド | Indo |
| Korean | kor | 인도 | Indo |
| Burmese | mya | အိန္ဒိယ | Eĩdíyá |
| Thai | tha | อินเดีย | Indīya |
Languages of India appear twice where they use both names: Hindi lists भारत, इंडिया and हिंदुस्तान. Chinese 印度 is the same in traditional and simplified characters.
India, Bharat and Hindustan
Article 1 of the constitution names the country twice: India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. The two names come from different worlds. India goes back to the river Indus, Sanskrit Sindhu, which Old Persian pronounced Hindu and Greek turned into Indos; Latin India passed it to the languages of Europe. Bharat comes from the legendary king Bharata of the Sanskrit epics and Puranas.
Hindustan, land of the Hindu or Indus, is the Persian form. It survives in Pashto هندوستان, Tajik Ҳиндустон, Turkish Hindistan and in Hindi and Urdu as a third, older-sounding name. Arabic الهند and Persian هند use the bare root.
Further east the name arrived through Buddhism. The monk Xuanzang fixed 印度 (Yìndù) in Chinese in the seventh century, and Japanese インド and Korean 인도 follow it. Hebrew הודו (Hodu) is attested in the Book of Esther, where the Persian empire reaches from Hodu to Kush.
India's languages written in their own scripts
| Language | ISO 639-2 | Name | Romanised |
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| Hindi | hin | हिंदी | Hindī |
| English | eng | English | same as written |
| Assamese | asm | অসমীয়া | Asamīyā |
| Bengali | ben | বাংলা | Bāṃlā |
| Gujarati | guj | ગુજરાતી | Gujarātī |
| Kannada | kan | ಕನ್ನಡ | Kannaḍa |
| Kashmiri | kas | کٲشُر | Kāshur |
| Malayalam | mal | മലയാളം | Malayāḷaṃ |
| Marathi | mar | मराठी | Marāṭhī |
| Odia | ori | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | Oṛiā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | Pañjābī |
| Sanskrit | san | संस्कृतम् | Saṃskṛtam |
| Sindhi | snd | سنڌي, सिन्धी | Sindhī |
| Tamil | tam | தமிழ் | Tamiḻ |
| Telugu | tel | తెలుగు | Telugu |
| Urdu | urd | اردو | Urdū |
| Konkani (1992) | kok | कोंकणी | Koṅkaṇī |
| Manipuri (1992) | mni | ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ | Meeteilon |
| Nepali (1992) | nep | नेपाली | Nepālī |
| Bodo (2003) | brx | बड़ो | Baṛo |
| Dogri (2003) | doi | डोगरी | Ḍogrī |
| Maithili (2003) | mai | मैथिली | Maithilī |
| Santali (2003) | sat | ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ | Santaṛi |
Source: Constitution of India, Articles 343 and 344 and the Eighth Schedule as amended in 1992 (71st Amendment) and 2003 (92nd Amendment). Sindhi is written in Perso-Arabic and in Devanagari; Manipuri is shown in Meetei Mayek and Santali in Ol Chiki.
New Delhi in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-2 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French | eng / fra | New Delhi | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Yeni Dehli | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Nové Dillí | same as written |
| German | deu | Neu-Delhi | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Nov-Delhio | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Deli | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Delis | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Nova Délhi | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Nueva Delhi | same as written |
| Turkish | tur | Yeni Delhi | same as written |
| Bulgarian | bul | Делхи | Delẖi |
| Russian | rus | Нью-Дели | N'ju-Deli |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Делі | Deli |
| Arabic | ara | دلهي الجديدة, نيو دلهي | Dilhī al-Ǧadīda, Niyū Dilhī |
| Sindhi | snd | نئين دھلي | Naīn Dihlī |
| Urdu | urd | نئى دہلى | Naī Dihlī |
| Greek | ell | Νέο Δελχί | Néo Delchí |
| Hindi | hin | नई दिल्ली | Naī Dillī |
| Chinese | zho | 新德里 | Xindeli |
| Japanese | jpn | ニュー・デリー | Nyū Derī |
| Korean | kor | 뉴델리 | Nyu Delli |
| Thai | tha | นิวเดลี |
States and union territories of India in Hindi
India's first level has 28 states (राज्य, rājya) and 8 union territories (केंद्र शासित प्रदेश, kendra shāsit pradesh). The names are given in Hindi with the romanisation ISO 3166-2 publishes. Four codes changed in November 2023; the earlier code stands under each one.
| ISO 3166-2 | Hindi | English | Administrative centre | Change |
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| States राज्य rājya28 | ||||
| IN-AP | आंध्र प्रदेशAndhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh | अमरावतीAmaravati | 2014 Telangana separated; Hyderabad remained joint capital until June 2024 |
| IN-AR | अरुणाचल प्रदेशArunāchal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh | ईटानगरItanagar | |
| IN-AS | असमAssam | Assam | दिसपुरDispur | |
| IN-BR | बिहारBihār | Bihar | पटनाPatna | |
| IN-CGwas IN-CT | छत्तीसगढ़Chhattīsgarh | Chhattisgarh | रायपुरRaipur | 2023 Code changed from IN-CT |
| IN-GA | गोवाGoa | Goa | पणजीPanaji | |
| IN-GJ | गुजरातGujarāt | Gujarat | गांधीनगरGandhinagar | |
| IN-HR | हरियाणाHaryāna | Haryana | चंडीगढ़Chandigarh | |
| IN-HP | हिमाचल प्रदेशHimāchal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | शिमलाShimla | |
| IN-JH | झारखंडJhārkhand | Jharkhand | रांचीRanchi | |
| IN-KA | कर्नाटकKarnātaka | Karnataka | बेंगलुरुBengaluru | |
| IN-KL | केरलKerala | Kerala | तिरुवनंतपुरमThiruvananthapuram | |
| IN-MP | मध्य प्रदेशMadhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh | भोपालBhopal | |
| IN-MH | महाराष्ट्रMahārāshtra | Maharashtra | मुंबईMumbai | |
| IN-MN | मणिपुरManipur | Manipur | इंफालImphal | |
| IN-ML | मेघालयMeghālaya | Meghalaya | शिलांगShillong | |
| IN-MZ | मिज़ोरमMizoram | Mizoram | आइज़ोलAizawl | |
| IN-NL | नागालैंडNāgāland | Nagaland | कोहिमाKohima | |
| IN-ODwas IN-OR | ओडिशाOdisha | Odisha | भुवनेश्वरBhubaneswar | 2011 Renamed from Orissa; code IN-OD since 2023 |
| IN-PB | पंजाबPunjab | Punjab | चंडीगढ़Chandigarh | |
| IN-RJ | राजस्थानRājasthān | Rajasthan | जयपुरJaipur | |
| IN-SK | सिक्किमSikkim | Sikkim | गंगटोकGangtok | |
| IN-TN | तमिलनाडुTamil Nādu | Tamil Nadu | चेन्नईChennai | |
| IN-TSwas IN-TG | तेलंगानाTelangāna | Telangana | हैदराबादHyderabad | 2014 New state formed from Andhra Pradesh; code IN-TS since 2023 |
| IN-TR | त्रिपुराTripura | Tripura | अगरतलाAgartala | |
| IN-UP | उत्तर प्रदेशUttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | लखनऊLucknow | |
| IN-UKwas IN-UT | उत्तराखंडUttarākhand | Uttarakhand | देहरादूनDehradun | 2007 Renamed from Uttaranchal; code IN-UK since 2023 |
| IN-WB | पश्चिम बंगालWest Bengal | West Bengal | कोलकाताKolkata | |
| Union territories केंद्र शासित प्रदेश kendra shāsit pradesh8 | ||||
| IN-AN | अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूहAndaman and Nicobar Islands | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | श्री विजयापुरम्Sri Vijaya Puram | 2024 Capital Port Blair renamed Sri Vijaya Puram |
| IN-CH | चंडीगढ़Chandigarh | Chandigarh | चंडीगढ़Chandigarh | |
| IN-DH | दादरा और नगर हवेली तथा दमन और दीवDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | दमनDaman | 2020 Merged from two union territories, IN-DN and IN-DD |
| IN-DL | दिल्लीDelhi | Delhi | नई दिल्लीNew Delhi | |
| IN-JK | जम्मू और कश्मीरJammu and Kashmīr | Jammu and Kashmir | श्रीनगर, जम्मूSrinagar (summer), Jammu (winter) | 2019 State became a union territory; Ladakh separated |
| IN-LA | लद्दाखLadākh | Ladakh | लेहLeh | 2019 New union territory formed from Jammu and Kashmir |
| IN-LD | लक्षद्वीपLakshadweep | Lakshadweep | कवरत्तीKavaratti | |
| IN-PY | पुडुचेरीPuducherry | Puducherry | पुडुचेरीPuducherry | 2006 Renamed from Pondicherry |
Codes and romanised names: ISO 3166-2:IN as listed on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026 (changes of 2014, 2019, 2020 and 2023). Hindi names and capitals: Hindi usage of All India Radio (newsonair.gov.in), the public broadcaster, checked 28 October 2026; the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu from the territory administration (ddd.gov.in), Puducherry from the Government of Puducherry, Jammu as winter capital from the Jammu district administration (jammu.nic.in). Amaravati became Andhra Pradesh's sole capital by statute in 2026. Capitals as of October 2026.
Many scripts, one Union
Article 343 makes Hindi in the Devanagari script the official language of the Union, with English continuing beside it for official purposes. The Eighth Schedule lists the languages the constitution recognises. It began with 14, gained Sindhi in 1967, Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali in 1992, and Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santali in 2003, for 22 today. Each state chooses its own official languages.
Those languages use at least a dozen scripts. Devanagari serves Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Nepali, Konkani, Bodo, Dogri and Maithili; Bengali and Assamese share the Bengali-Assamese script; Gujarati, Gurmukhi for Punjabi, Odia, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam each have their own. Kashmiri and Urdu are written in Perso-Arabic, Santali in Ol Chiki and Manipuri in Meetei Mayek.
Much of the map changed after 2000. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal became states in November 2000; Uttaranchal took the name Uttarakhand in 2007 and Orissa became Odisha in 2011. Telangana was separated from Andhra Pradesh in 2014. In 2019 the state of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised into two union territories, and in 2020 Dadra and Nagar Haveli joined Daman and Diu.
The flag has three equal bands of saffron, white and green, with the 24-spoked Ashoka Chakra in navy blue at the centre, in the proportion 2:3. It was adopted on 22 July 1947.
Questions about India's names, languages and codes
What is India called in Hindi?
भारत (Bhārat). The official name is भारत गणराज्य (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), Republic of India.
Are India and Bharat both official names?
Yes. Article 1 of the constitution reads: India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.
How many official languages does India have?
Hindi and English are the languages of the Union; the Eighth Schedule recognises 22 languages, and each state sets its own.
How many states does India have?
28 states and 8 union territories, each with an ISO 3166-2 code from IN-AN to IN-WB.
Why did India's ISO codes change in 2023?
ISO aligned four codes with Indian usage on 23 November 2023: Odisha IN-OD, Chhattisgarh IN-CG, Telangana IN-TS and Uttarakhand IN-UK.