List of adjectives and demonyms for states and territories of India
Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World)
| State or territory | Adjective | Demonym | |
|---|---|---|---|
| colloquial | |||
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Andamanese[1] Nicobarese[1] |
Andamanese Nicobarese | |
| Andhra Pradesh | Andhrulu | Andhraites, Andhrites, Andhra Pradeshis, Andhrulu | Teluguvaaru |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachali | Arunachalis | |
| Assam | Assamese[1] | Assamese | |
| Bihar | Bihari[1] | Biharis | |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarhi | Chandigarhis | |
| Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarhi | Chhattisgarhis | |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Dadran Nagar Havelian Damanese Diuese |
Dadran Nagar Havelian Damanese Diuese | |
| Delhi | Delhiite, Delhian | Delhiites, Delhians | |
| Goa | Goan,[1] | Goans, Goenkars | |
| Gujarat | Gujarati[1] | Gujaratis | |
| Haryana | Haryanvi | Haryanvis | – |
| Himachal Pradesh | Himachali | Himachalis | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu Kashmiri[1] |
Jammuite Kashmiris |
– |
| Jharkhand | Jharkhandi | Jharkhandis | |
| Karnataka | Karnatakan, Canarese[1] | Karnatakans, Canarese, Kannadiga | Kannadiga |
| Kerala | Keralite | Keralites, Malayalis | Malayali |
| Ladakh | Ladakhi | Ladakhi | |
| Lakshadweep (Laccadives) | Laccadivian | Laccadivians | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradeshi | Madhya Pradeshis | |
| Maharashtra | Maharashtrian[1] | Maharashtrians | Marathi |
| Manipur | Manipuri[1] | Manipuris | Meiteis |
| Meghalaya | Meghalayan | Meghalayans | |
| Mizoram | Mizo[1] | Mizos | |
| Nagaland | Naga,[1] Nagalandese | Nagas, Nagalanders | |
| Odisha | Odia[1] (Odia) [of the people] Odishan (Orissan) [of the state] Odissi (Orissi)[1] |
Odias (Odias) Odishans (Orissans) |
– |
| Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) | Pondicherrian | Pondicherrians | – |
| Punjab | Punjabi[1] | Punjabis | |
| Rajasthan | Rajasthani[1] | Rajasthanis | |
| Sikkim | Sikkimese[1] | Sikkimese | |
| Tamil Nadu | Tamil,[1] Tamilian | Tamils, Tamilians | Tamizhan |
| Telangana | Telanganite | Telanganites | Teluguvaaru |
| Tripura | Tripuri, Tripuran | Tripuris, Tripurans | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradeshi | Uttar Pradeshis | |
| Uttarakhand | Uttarakhandi | Uttarakhandis | |
| West Bengal | (West) Bengali,[1] (West) Bengalese (archaic)[1] | (West) Bengalis | |