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South India

geographic region in India
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Summary

South India is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,714 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: India[3]
  • Country: British Raj[4], India[5]
  • Commons category: South India[6]
  • Said to be the same as: Indian Peninsula[7]
  • Has part(s): Telangana[8], Andhra Pradesh[9], Karnataka[10], Tamil Nadu[11], Kerala[12], Lakshadweep[13], Puducherry[14], Andaman and Nicobar Islands[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:South India[16]
  • Commons gallery: South India[17]
  • Population: 253,051,953[18]
  • Area: 635,780 km²[19]
  • Geography of topic: geography of South India[20]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of South India[21]
  • Economy of topic: economy of South India[22]

Why It Matters

South India has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Candrakīrti India Nagarjuna

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . gokeralatrip.com. gokeralatrip.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . census2011.co.in. Retrieved . census2011.co.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . yatra.com. Retrieved . yatra.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q317289
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q317289, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 16w ago · ~2026-35829-23 · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Has part(s): Andaman and Nicobar Islands postal division"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0004879-Indie-jizni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0004879-Indie-jizni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259661|batch #259661]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Geography of topic → geography of South India
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 13, 'lon': 77}
    Country → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of South India
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 235077, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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