Blank map of India

The outline of India turns up in a lot of other people's work: a teacher's worksheet on the states, a student's revision cards, a company's slide about its markets, a poster or an illustration. This page has Outline only, the shape of India with nothing inside, and With borders, which draws its 28 states and 8 union territories. Each comes as a PNG on a transparent background, an SVG and a PDF.

A term's worth of states

Rather than all of India at once, build a worksheet around the states a class will study this term. Place the With borders PNG in your document, shade those five or six states lightly in your own software and put a letter on each, with a box for its name below. At the end of the term, reuse the file with a different set. The list of states and union territories further down this page is the key every time. For revision cards, shrink the PNG to the corner of each card and shade the state the card is about.

Slides and design work

A market or expansion slide can use the Outline only PNG on the left with three short figures on the right; the transparent background lets the slide's colour show around India. In Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma, the SVG of With borders gives each state its own path, so a designer can fill a few in brand colours for an infographic and leave the rest pale. For a poster, the vector file scales up without blurring.

Which version, which file

Take With borders when the states and union territories are the subject, and Outline only for a silhouette, a cover or a title slide. PNG for documents and slides, SVG for design tools, PDF for A4 or Letter at 100%. The blank map of the Indian states and union territories has the regions as a set of their own. For class sets in black and white, use the printable map of India.