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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Cities in India by population at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of India at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in India at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about India at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places India at Places in the world
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol. 1 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 2017
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol. 2 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 2017
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol. 4, Ed. 2nd William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 197-
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol. 6 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 197-
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol. 8 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 2017
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol. 8 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 2020
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol. 9 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 197-
 * Imperial gazetteer of India (1881) Vol. 9 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 2017
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol. 9 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 2020
 * Imperial gazetteer of India, volume 10 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 2020
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol.13 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 2020
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol.15 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 197-
 * Imperial gazetteer of India Vol. 19 William Wilson Hunter, Internet Archive, 2020
 * India - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * India Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * India Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * India: States, Districts, Cities, Towns, Urban Agglomerations at City Population
 * Largest Cities In India at WorldAtlas
 * List of India Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of India at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in India at Wikipedia
 * National Archives of India at Wikipedia
 * Outline of India at Wikipedia
 * Religion in India at Wikipedia
 * Religions In India at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of India at Wikipedia
 * Schools in India at Wikipedia
 * Towns in India by population at Wikipedia
 * Universities in India at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * A gazetteer of the territories under the government of the East-India Company and of the native states on the continent of India Edward Thornton, Recordak Microfilm Service, London, 1972
 * Alphabetical list of towns in India : census of India, 1981, provisional Bureau of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, Bombay, 1981
 * Area handbook for India Richard F. Nyrop and Rinn-Sup Shinn, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1975
 * Indian gazetteers: a manual Pran Nath Chopra, Konark Publishers, Delhi, 1989
 * The district gazetteers of British India. A bibliography Henry Scholberg, Inter Documentation, Zug, 1970
 * The Gazetteer of India; Indian Union India Central Gazetteers Unit, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Delhi, 1965-78
 * The gazetteer of India, Indian Union India, Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, New Delhi, 1973-1978
 * The geographical dictionary of ancient and mediaeval India Nundo Lal Dey, FamilySearch International 1971
 * The Himalayan Gazetteer Edwin T. Atkinson, Cosmo Publications, Delhi, 1973

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)