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New Polit ical Map of IndiaAfter States' Reorganisation

A F T E R the reorgani sat ion effected

on the first of this month, the

Indian Union is composed of 14States and six centrally administered

terr itor ies; 98 per cent of the total

population are covered by the States

and about two per cent by the terr i

tor ies, Ja mm u ad Ka sh mi r is one

of the 14 States,

Of the former Part A States.

Assa m, Orissa and Ut ta r Pt ades h

remain unaffected,

Of the seven Part B States.

Hyderabad has disappeared from the

map; Telengana has gone to Andhra.

the Marathi and Canarese speaking

districts of the State have gone toBomb ay and Mysor e respectively. So

has Madhya. Bharat whi ch has

been, integrated with Madhya Pra

desh, Saurashtra which has gone to

Bombay and PEPSU which is now

one with Pun jab . The rem ain ing

Bart B States, Mysore, Rajas than

and Kerala ( form er Travan core-

Coc hin ) are no w f ull fledged S tate s

equal in status with the other

States.

Of the Part C States, four viz

Delhi . Himachal Pradesh, Manipur

and Tr ipura are now centra l ly adminis tered terr i tor ies, a long wi th

Andama n-N icobar and Lacead ive-

Arnin div i group of Is lands. Bhopal

and Vindhya Pradesh have been

 jo ined w i t h Madhy a Pradesh . Kuteh

has been merged with Bombay, Coorg

wit h Mysore and Ajm er wi th Raja s-

tha n .

The area and population (accord

ing to the 1951 Census) of the re

organised States are as fol lows:

(1) Andhra

Language: Telugu, which has thelargest number of speakers in India

afte r Hin di . Popu lat i on: Increased

fr om 25.5 mn to 31.3 m n . Ar ea has

increased by 42,355 sq miles from

63,608 sq miles to 105,963 sq miles.

It is the fi ft h largest State in area

and ranks fourth in respect of popu

lat ion . The enti re increase in area

is due to the addition of the Telen-

gana districts (42,355 sq mites) of

Hyderabad,

(2) Assam

Predominant language; Assamese,

though the percentage of populationspeaking the dominant language  is

lowest in Assam compared to any

other State . Ass am has not been

affected by reorganisation.

Po pu la ti on : 9 mn . Ar ea : 85,012

sq miles! Ranks seventh in area and

13th in population.(3) Bihar

Language: H ind i . Wi th the t rans

fer to West Bengal of 3,030 sq miles

of Purnea distr ict and Purulia sub

division, the State's population and

area have declined from 40.2 mn

to 38.82 mn and 70,330 sq miles to

67,300 sq mi les resp ecti vely . In area

it ranks ninth while in population it

comes third,

(4) BombayThe major bil ingual State in the

Ind ian Union (P unja b is anot her) ,

the two main language groups beingMarathi (26 mn speakers) and Guja-

ra ti (10 mn speakers) . The popula

tion of the State has doubled, from

24.8 mn to 48 mn . Sim ult ane ous ly

it s are a has in crea sed by 79,480

sq miles from 111,434 sq miles

to 190,919 sq mil es. Bef ore

reorganisation, the State had 32 dis

t.ricts of which Bombay Deccan

(South ern) comp risi ng of three dis

tricts with an area of 15,978 sq

mi les and another d is t r ic t (Ka nar a;

area 4.000 sq miles) were transfer

red to Mys ore . Th e ga in in size isaccounted for by the incorporation

of Vidarbha (area: 36,678 sq miles)

of Madhya Pradesh and of the

Marathawada dis tr ic ts (area: 25,511

sq miles) of the Hyderabad State

and the States of Saurashtra and

Kutch (area: 21.451 and 16.724 sq

miles respectively).

In area, Bombay is the largest

State in the Indian Union and in

population it is second only to Uttar

Pradesh.

(5) KeralaLangu age: Mal aya lam . The popu

lat ion of th is State form er Tr av an -

core-Cochin) has almost doubled

from 7.8 mn before reorganisation

to 13.55 m n. The re has als o been

a corresponding increase in its area

which is now 15.035 sq mites as

against 8,846 sq miles before Nov

emb er 1. Despite" th e incr ease in

its area by 6,189 sq miles Kerala

is the smallest of the fourteen re

const i tuted States. I t ran ks tw el f th

in populat ion.

The State is composed of the former State of Travancore-Cochin

(minus four ta luks of Tr ivandrum

distr icts and a part of the Shen-

co t tah Ta luk in the Qu i lon D is t r ic t ) ,

Ma labar dis tr ic t (wi thout Laeeadive-

Minicoy Islands which are now a

centra l ly adminis tered ter r i t ory ) andthe Kesargod Taluk of South Kanara

distr ict.

(6) Madhya Tradesh

Like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh,

Madhya Pradesh is also a Hindi

speaking State. A fte r reorganisa

tion, the Stair has a population Of

26.1 mn (of which nearly 4 mn are

tribals) as compared with 18.4 mn

in the past. Its area has increased

by 41.021 sq mi les to 170 902 sq

miles . Wi th its present area, it is

second only to Bombay while in

popul atio n, i t ranks seventh. It haslost 36,708 sq miles of Vidarbha to

Bombay State but has gained in

area by the integration of Bhopal

(area : 6878 sq miles). Ma dh ya

Bh ara t far ea: 10/178 sq miles) and

Vindhya Pradesh (area: 23,003 sq

miles ).

(7) MadrasLanguag e; Tam il . Populat ion has

declined from 35.7 mn to 30.0 mn and

area has declined by 10.252 sq miles

from 60,362 sq miles to 50,110 sq

miles, Kolle gal Tal uk has gone to

Mysore, Kesargod ta luk to Keral awhi le f ive ta luks from Travancore-

Cochin have been added to it after

reorgani sat ion. Bank; f i f th accord

ing to population and eleventh in

area,

(8) Mysore

Langua ge: Kannada. Both the

population and area of Mysore have

more than doubled, from 0.8 mn and

33,309 sq miles to 19.4 mn and 74,093

.sq miles respectively . Th ou gh -th e

old name is retained, Mysore is vir

tually a new State, Karnataka ofthe Ka nn ada speaki ng people. It.

has gained in area by 40.784 sq

miles by the incorporation of Bel-

gaum (minus Chandgad Taluk)

Bi jap ur. and Dhar wa r dist r ict s (area,

roughly 17,430 so miles) and Kanara

district (area 3.971 sq miles) of

Bombay; GuIbarga, Raichur and

Bi da r dist r ict s (ar ea: roug hly 18,000

sq miles) of Hydera bad. It ran ks

eighth both in area and in popula

t ion.

(9) Orissa

Lang uage ; Oriya . Orissa has notbeen affected by States re-organisa

tio n. Popul ation 14.6 mn. Are a:

60,136 sq mi les . Ra nk : ten th in

area and eleventh in population.

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(10) PunjabLanguage: Punjabi and Hindi .

Population has increased from 12.6

mn t o .16,0 m n . It has grained 10,078

sq miles in area from 37,378 sq

miles to 47,456 sq miles at presentwholly from the merger of PEPSU.

Ranks twel f th in area and ninth in

population.

(II) Rajasthan

Language: Ra jas tha ni. Populat ion

has increased to 16 mn from 15.3 mn

while area has increased by 1,871 sq

miles from 130,207 sq miles to 132,078

sq miles. Raja stha n has lost Siro nj

subdivision of Kotah distr ict to Mad-

hya Pradesh but gained Ajmer

(area: 2417 sq miles) and Abu Road

taluk of Banaskantha dis tr ic t of

Bombay and Sunel Tappa of Bhan-pura tehsii of Maodsaur distr ict, of

Madhya Bharat.

Ranks third in area, tenth in

populat ion.

(12) Uttar Pradesh

Language : Hin di . Unaffected by

re-organ isation . Popu lat ion: 63 run.

Area: 113,400 sq miles. Ranks fourth

in area and first, in population.

(13) West Bengal

Language: Bengali. Population has

increased from 25 mn to 26.2 mn and

area by 3.030 sq miles from 30,775

sq miles to 33,805 sq miles by the

addition of the Purulia subdivision

of Manbhum distr ict (minus Chas

thana. Chandil thana and Patarnda

Police station of Barabhum thana)

and of the Kishanganj subdivision of

Purnea district which lies to the

cast of Mahanand ci river, Tho por

tion of Gopalpur thana of Purnea

district which lies to the north of theNational highway in the said thana,

including the highway has also been

transferred to West Bengal from the

State of Bihar , R an ks 13th i n area

and sixth in population.

(14) Jammu and Kashmir

Lang uage: Urdu . Unaffecte d by

States reorgan isati on. Populat ion

4.4 mn , ra nk : fourt eenth . Area ;

92.780 sq miles . Ra nk : sixth.

Centra l ly Adminis tered Terr i tor ies

1 ) Delhi A re a: 578 sq mil es. Po pu

lation: 1.7 mn.

2) Him ach al Prad esh. Ar ea ; 10.909

sq miles. Popu lati on: 1.1 mn ,

3) Manipur. Are a: 8.662 sq milesPopulation: 6 lakhs.

4) Tr ip ur a. Are a: 4.032 sq mile s.

Populat ion: 6 lakhs.

5) Andamans and Nicobar Area:

3.215 sq miles. Population:

31,000.6) Laccadive. Minicoy & Am ind iv i -

Isla nds. A rea : 384 sq miles,

Population 21,000.

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