Telugu states
తెలుగు రాష్ట్రాలు (Telugu Rāṣṭrālu) | |
|---|---|
Ethno Region | |
 Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Yanam | |
| Country |  India |
| States | |
| Largest city | Hyderabad |
| Major cities (2011 Census of India)[1] | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 275,052 km2 (106,198 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 84,580,777 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Indian Standard Time) |
| Official languages |
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The Telugu states are the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Yanam enclave of Puducherry, where the plurality of the population belongs to the Telugu ethnic-group. When put together, the region is bordered by Maharashtra to the north, Karnataka to the west, Odisha, Chhattisgarh to the northeast, Tamil Nadu to the south and the Bay of Bengal, Yanam district enclave of Puducherry to the east. The referential term of Telugu states has been in use ever since the bifurcation of its preceding political entity United Andhra Pradesh in 2014. Combining Telangana's population of 35,193,978 and Andhra Pradesh's of 49,506,799, the Telugu states have a population of 84,700,777 as of 2011.
- ^ "Indian cities by population" (PDF).