North East India fact file: the eight states at a glance

Capitals, statehood dates, Census 2011 population, area, literacy and sex ratio, and Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Assembly seats for Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, with sources.

North East India, officially the North Eastern Region, is made up of eight states: Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) and the North Eastern Council in Shillong are the Union government bodies for the region. Sikkim joined the North Eastern Council in 2002.

The region in numbers

Population (Census 2011): 4,57,72,188, about 3.8% of India's population.
Area: 2,62,179 sq km, about 8.0% of India's area.
Parliament: 25 Lok Sabha seats and 14 Rajya Sabha seats.
State assemblies: 498 seats across the eight legislatures.
International neighbours: China, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

State by state

North East India states: key facts
State	Capital	Statehood	Population (2011)	Area (sq km)	Per sq km	Literacy %	Sex ratio	LS / RS / MLA seats
Assam	Dispur	26 January 1950	3,12,05,576	78,438	398	72.19	958	14 / 7 / 126
Meghalaya	Shillong	21 January 1972	29,66,889	22,429	132	74.43	989	2 / 1 / 60
Manipur	Imphal	21 January 1972	28,55,794	22,327	128	76.94	985	2 / 1 / 60
Mizoram	Aizawl	20 February 1987	10,97,206	21,081	52	91.33	976	1 / 1 / 40
Nagaland	Kohima	1 December 1963	19,78,502	16,579	119	79.55	931	1 / 1 / 60
Tripura	Agartala	21 January 1972	36,73,917	10,486	350	87.22	960	2 / 1 / 60
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	20 February 1987	13,83,727	83,743	17	65.38	938	2 / 1 / 60
Sikkim	Gangtok	16 May 1975	6,10,577	7,096	86	81.42	890	1 / 1 / 32

Sex ratio is females per 1,000 males. Persons per sq km is worked out by NEInsider from the Census population and area figures. Census 2011 is the latest completed census of India; the next census will replace these numbers when its final tables are published.

How each state was formed

Assam: state since 26 January 1950 (A state of the Indian Union from the commencement of the Constitution of India). Borders Bhutan, Bangladesh.
Meghalaya: state since 21 January 1972 (North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971). Borders Bangladesh.
Manipur: state since 21 January 1972 (North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971). Borders Myanmar.
Mizoram: state since 20 February 1987 (State of Mizoram Act, 1986). Borders Myanmar, Bangladesh.
Nagaland: state since 1 December 1963 (State of Nagaland Act, 1962). Borders Myanmar.
Tripura: state since 21 January 1972 (North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971). Borders Bangladesh.
Arunachal Pradesh: state since 20 February 1987 (State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986). Borders Bhutan, China, Myanmar.
Sikkim: state since 16 May 1975 (Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975). Borders Nepal, China, Bhutan.

Follow the news state by state

NEInsider reports all eight states every day. Assam news · Meghalaya news · Manipur news · Mizoram news · Nagaland news · Tripura news · Arunachal Pradesh news · Sikkim news. National stories about the region are on the National page, and government recruitment and tenders from the eight states are on Jobs and Tenders.

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