ISO 3166-2:IN

ISO 3166-2:IN is the entry for India in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for India, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 28 states and 8 union territories.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is IN, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for India. The second part is two letters, currently used in vehicle registration plates with some exceptions.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

A clickable map of the 28 states and 8 union territories of India

Code	Subdivision name (en) (Indian System of Transliteration)	Subdivision category
IN-AN	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Union territory
IN-AP	Andhra Pradesh	State
IN-AR	Arunāchal Pradesh	State
IN-AS	Assam	State
IN-BR	Bihār	State
IN-CH	Chandīgarh	Union territory
IN-CG	Chhattīsgarh	State
IN-DH	Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu [note 1]	Union territory
IN-DL	Delhi	Union territory
IN-GA	Goa	State
IN-GJ	Gujarāt	State
IN-HR	Haryāna	State
IN-HP	Himāchal Pradesh	State
IN-JK	Jammu and Kashmīr	Union territory
IN-JH	Jhārkhand	State
IN-KA	Karnātaka	State
IN-KL	Kerala	State
IN-LA	Ladākh	Union territory
IN-LD	Lakshadweep	Union territory
IN-MP	Madhya Pradesh	State
IN-MH	Mahārāshtra	State
IN-MN	Manipur	State
IN-ML	Meghālaya	State
IN-MZ	Mizoram	State
IN-NL	Nāgāland	State
IN-OD	Odisha	State
IN-PY	Puducherry (Local variant: Pondicherry)	Union territory
IN-PB	Punjab	State
IN-RJ	Rājasthān	State
IN-SK	Sikkim	State
IN-TN	Tamil Nādu	State
IN-TS	Telangāna	State
IN-TR	Tripura	State
IN-UP	Uttar Pradesh	State
IN-UK	Uttarākhand	State
IN-WB	West Bengal	State

Notes

1. Code inconsistent with vehicle registration code, which is DD.

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

Newsletter	Date issued	Description of change in newsletter	Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-2	2002-05-21	Partial reorganization of subdivision layout: Three new states. Addition of an alternative name for one state. New list source	Subdivisions added: IN-CH Chhattisgarh IN-JH Jharkhand IN-UL Uttaranchal
Newsletter I-3	2002-08-20	Error correction: Duplicate use of IN-CH corrected. Spelling correction	Codes:(to correct duplicate use) Chhattisgarh: IN-CH → IN-CT
Newsletter I-4	2002-12-10	Error correction: Reintroduction of old name form in IN-WB
Newsletter II-3	2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15)	Addition of local generic administrative terms, update of the official languages according to ISO 3166-2, addition of a comment and source list update.	Codes: IN-UL Uttaranchal → IN-UT Uttarakhand

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of change	Short description of change (en)
2023-11-23	Change of subdivision code from IN-OR to IN-OD, from IN-CT to IN-CG, from IN-TG to IN-TS, from IN-UT to IN-UK; Deletion of the asterisk from IN-JH; Update Code Source
2020-11-24	Deletion of Union territory IN-DD, IN-DN; Addition of Union territory IN-DH; Correction of spelling for IN-AR, IN-BR, IN-CH, IN-CT, IN-DH, IN-GJ, IN-HP, IN-HR, IN-JH, IN-JK, IN-KA, IN-LA, IN-MH, IN-ML, IN-NL, IN-RJ, IN-TG, IN-TN, IN-UT; Addition of romanization system "Indian System of Transliteration"; Update List Source; Correction of the Code Source
2019-11-22	Change of subdivision category from state to Union territory for IN-JK; Addition of Union territory IN-LA; Update List Source
2014-10-30	Add 1 state IN-TG; change spelling of IN-OR; update List Source and Code Source
2011-12-13	Addition of local generic administrative terms, update of the official languages according to ISO 3166-2, addition of a comment and source list update.

See also

• Subdivisions of India
• FIPS region codes of India
• Neighbouring countries: BD, BT, CN, MM, NP, PK

External links

• ISO Online Browsing Platform: IN
• States of India, Statoids.com