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Goa is the smallest state by land and the fourth smallest populous state in India. It is situated on India’s southwestern coast. Goa shares borders with Maharashtra to the north, Karnataka to the east and south, and the Arabian sea to the west.

Chhattisgarh is the ninth largest state by land and the seventeenth most populous state in India. It is situated in India’s Central region. Chhattisgarh shares borders with Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the northwest, Jharkhand to the northeast, Maharashtra to the southwest, Odisha to the east, and Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the south.

Bihar is the twelfth largest state by land and the third most populous state in India. It is situated in India’s eastern region. Bihαr shares borders with Uttar Pradesh to the west, West Bengal to the east, and Jharkhand to the south. It also shares international borders with Nepal to the north.

Assam is sixteen largest state by land and the fifteen most populous state in India. It is situated in India’s northeast region. Assαm shares borders with Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Nagaland and Manipur to the east, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram to the south and West Bengal to the west. It also shares international borders with Bhutan to the north and Bangladesh to the south.

Arunachal Pradesh is the fourteen largest state by land and the twenty- sixth most populous state in India. It is situated in India’s northeast region. Arunachal Pradesh shares borders with Assam and Nagaland to the south in the Indian states. It also shares international borders with Bhutan to the west, Myanmar to the east, and a disputed border with China to the north at the McMahon Line.

Andhra Pradesh is the seventh largest state by land and the tenth-most populous state in India. It is situated on India’s south-eastern coast. Andhra Pradesh shares borders with Telangana to the northwest, Chhattisgarh to the north, Odisha to the northeast, Karnataka to the west, Tamil Nadu to the south and the water body of the Bay of Bengal to the East. It has the second largest coastline of 974 km in India after Gujarat.

The official name of India is the Republic of India. India is the second-most populated country in the world and also the seventh- largest country by land in the world. The Republic of India is made up of twenty-eight states and eight union territories. New Delhi is the National Capital Territory of India.