The regions where Hindi is the primary language are shown in Purple, while the regions marked in Pink have large communities of Hindi-speaking people.

The Hindi belt is a common reference to the northern Indian region were Hindi is spoken natively or as a primary language. The Hindi belt covers the following Indian states: Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (624x704, 22 KB) Credit: User:Deepak ) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Hindi belt ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (624x704, 22 KB) Credit: User:Deepak ) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Hindi belt ... Dark green region marks the approximate extent of northern India while the regions marked as light green lies within the sphere of north Indian influence. ... Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी or हिंदी; IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union government of India [1][2]. It is part of a dialect continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, and Gujarati... India is subdivided into 28 states, 6 union territories and a national capital territory. ...

• Bihar
• Uttar Pradesh
• Madhya Pradesh
• Haryana
• Punjab (India)
• Rajasthan
• Himachal Pradesh
• Uttaranchal
• Chhattisgarh
• Jharkhand

The Union Territory of Chandigarh and the National Capital Territory of Delhi also lie in this belt. For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: ‎, translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), also popularly known by its abbreviation U.P. It is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Madhya PradeÅ›   (HindÄ«: मध्य प्रदेश, English: , IPA: ), often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. ... Haryana (Hindi: , IPA: / /) is a state in north India. ... This article is about the Indian state of Punjab. ... Rājasthān (DevanāgarÄ«: राजस्थान, IPA: )   is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... Himachal Pradesh   (Hindi: हिमाचल प्रदेश, IPA: ), formerly the Punjab Hill States, is a mostly mountainous state in northern India. ... Uttaranchal   (Hindi: उत्तरांचल) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000. ... Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarhi/Hindi: छत्तीसगढ़, IPA: / /) , a state in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ... Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ... Chandigarh   (Punjabi: , Hindi: , pronunciation: ) also called The City Beautiful, is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Delhi. ...

The states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir have large communities of Hindi-speaking people, but are not regarded as a part of the Hindi belt. Gujarāt (GujarātÄ«: , IPA: ,  ) is the most industrialized state in the Republic of India with 19. ... Maharashtra   (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र , English: , IPA: ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Orissa   (Devanagari: उड़ीसा) is a state situated in the east coast of India. ... West Bengal   (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... Andhra Pradesh  : (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్, Urdu: آندھرا پردیش, IPA: ), is a state in South India. ... Jammu and Kashmir   (IPA: , Kashmiri: جۄم تٕہ کٔشِیر ज्वम त॒ कॅशीर, Urdu:جموں Ùˆ کشمیر, Hindi:जम्मू और कश्मीर) (often abbreviated as Kashmir), is the northern-most state of Republic of India, lying mostly in the Himalayan mountains. ...

Economy of Hindi Belt

Hindi belt has more economic inequality compared to other cultural and linguistic zones in India. States like Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana and Delhi are some of the fastest growing states in India. The Union Territory of Chandigarh has the highest per-capita income in India followed by Delhi. However, other states in this belt are plagued by chronic economic and social instability. The states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have one of the lowest per-capita incomes in India. Corruption, government inefficiency and over-population are regarded as the main causes for the economic stagnation of these states. The per-capita income of the Hindi belt states is 8433 INR. In comparison, southern India has a per-capita income of 13629 INR. Differences in national income equality around the world as measured by the national Gini coefficient. ... INR may stand for: International normalized ratio, a laboratory test of blood coagulation the currency code for the Indian Rupee the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences the US Department of States Bureau of Intelligence and Research This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... South India is a geographic and linguistic-cultural region of India. ... INR may stand for: International normalized ratio, a laboratory test of blood coagulation the currency code for the Indian Rupee the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences the US Department of States Bureau of Intelligence and Research This is a disambiguation page — a navigational...

See also: Economy of India, BIMARU, and Fodder Scam

The economy of India is the fourth largest in the world as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US $3. ... BIMARU is an acronym created from the first syllables of the names of the four large north Indian states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. ... A scam in which Funds meant for Animal Husbandry Department in Bihar was illegaly siphoned for personal gains. ...

External links

1. Fodder Scam
2. BIMARU