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)

States and union
territories of India
ordered by
State or territoryAdjectiveDemonym
colloquial
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsAndamanese[1]
Nicobarese[1]		Andamanese
Nicobarese
Andhra PradeshAndhraiteAndhraitesTeluguvaaru
Arunachal PradeshArunachaliArunachalis
AssamAssamese[1]Assamese
BiharBihari[1]Biharis
ChandigarhChandigarhiChandigarhis
ChhattisgarhChhattisgarhiChhattisgarhis
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDadran
Nagar Havelian
Damanese
Diuese		Dadran
Nagar Havelian
Damanese
Diuese
DelhiDelhiite, DelhianDelhiites, Delhians
GoaGoan,[1] GoenkarGoans, Goenkars
GujaratGujarati[1]Gujaratis
HaryanaHaryanviHaryanvis_
Himachal PradeshHimachaliHimachalis
Jammu and KashmirJammu
Kashmiri[1]		Jammuite
Kashimiris		_
JharkhandJharkhandiJharkhandis
KarnatakaKarnatakan, Canarese[1]Karnatakans, Canarese, Kannadiga
KeralaKeraliteKeralitesMalayalis
Ladakh Ladakhi Ladakhi
Lakshadweep (Laccadives)LaccadivianLaccadivians
Madhya PradeshMadhya PradeshiMadhya Pradeshis
MaharashtraMaharashtrian[1]MaharashtriansMarathi
ManipurManipuri[1]Manipuris
MeghalayaMeghalayanMeghalayans
MizoramMizo[1]Mizos
NagalandNaga,[1] NagalandeseNagas
OdishaOdia[1] (Odia) [of the people]
Odishan (Orissan) [of the state]
Odissi (Orissi)[1]		Odias (Odias)
Odishans (Orissans)		_
Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry)PondicherrianPondicherrians_
PunjabPunjabi[1]Punjabis
RajasthanRajasthani[1]Rajasthanis
SikkimSikkimese[1]Sikkimese
Tamil NaduTamil,[1] TamilianTamils, Tamilians
TelanganaTelanganiteTelanganitesTeluguvaaru
TripuraTripuri, TripuranTripuris, Tripurans
Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshiUttar Pradeshis
UttarakhandUttarakhandiUttarakhandis
West Bengal(West) Bengali,[1] (West) Bengalese (archaic)[1](West) Bengalis

References
  1. Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.
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