List of Highest Mountain Peaks in the Indian States
Peak (Height wise) | State | Region/Range |
Kanchenjunga 8,586 m The third highest mountain in the world. |
Sikkim
Sikkim is a state in north-eastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south. |
Eastern Himalaya
The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar |
Nanda Devi
7,817 m Nanda Devi is the second-highest mountain in India, after Kangchenjunga, and the highest located entirely within the country. Located in the Chamoli district. |
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand, also known as Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. |
Garhwal Himalaya
It is a section of Western Himalaya. |
Kangto 7,060 m located in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and it shares its border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is the highest point in Arunachal Pradesh. |
Arunachal Pradesh | Eastern Himalaya |
Reo Purgyil 6,813 m The Mountain Peak is at the Southern End of Zaskar Range in the Western Himalayas. It lies along the “Line of actual control” between India and China. |
Himachal Pradesh |
Western Himalaya The Western Himalayas refers to the western half of the Himalayas, in northern Pakistan and north-western India. It is also known as the Punjab Himalayas |
Mount Saramati
3,841 m It lies on India and Myanmar border. |
Nagaland | Naga Hills of Purvanchal range |
Sandakphu
3,636 m It lies on India Nepal Border |
West Bengal | Eastern Himalaya |
Mount Temphu or Mount Iso
2,994 m |
Manipur | Barail Range
The Barail Range is a tertiary mountain range in Northeast India |
Anaimudi
It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and in South India, at an elevation of 2,695 meters |
Kerala | Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats |
Doddabetta
2,637m The highest peak in Nilgiri Mountains |
Tamil Nadu | Nilgiri hills, Western Ghats |
Phawngpui or Blue Mountain
2,157m The highest peak in Mizo Hills |
Mizoram | Lusai Hills, Purvanchal range |
Shilong peak
1,965 m |
Meghalaya | Khasi hills section of Shillong Plateau |
Mullayanagiri
1925 m The highest peak in Karnataka |
Karnataka | Chandra Drona Hill Ranges of the Western Ghats |
Guru Sikhar
1,722 m |
Rajasthan | Arbuda Mountains in the Aravali range |
Arma Konda or Sitamma Konda
1,680 m Located in the Godavari river basin |
Andhra Pradesh | Eastern Ghats |
Deomali
1,672 m |
Odisha | Eastern Ghats |
Kalsubai
1,646 m |
Maharashtra | Sahyadri hill station, western Ghats |
Karoh
1,467m |
Haryana | Sivalik Hills range, Greater Himalaya range |
Parasnath
1,382 m |
Jharkhand | Chota Nagpur Plateau
Chota Nagpur Plateau is in Eastern India, and covers much of Jharkhand, the adjacent part of Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, and Chhattishgarh. |
Mount Dhupgarh
1,352 m |
Madhya Pradesh | Mahadeo Hills, Satpura range |
Unnamed peak
1,276 m Highest named peak in Chhattisgarh is Gurulata |
Chhattisgarh | Bailadila range |
Girnar
1,145 m |
Gujarat | Girnar hills |
Sonsogor
1,022 m |
Goa | Western Ghats |
Unnamed peak
1000 m |
Punjab | Sivalik hills |
Doligutta
965 m |
Telangana | Deccan Plateau |
Amsot peak
957 m |
Uttar Pradesh | Sivalik hills |
Betlingchhip
930 m |
Tripura | Jampui Hills, Purvanchal Range |
Someshwar fort
880 m Situated in the district in West Champaran |
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the third-largest state by population and the twelfth-largest by territory, with an area of 94,163 km2 (36,357 sq. mi). |
Sivalik hills |
Highest peaks in Union territories |
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Saltoro Kangri
7,742 m |
Ladakh | Saltoro range of Karakoram |
Nun Peak
7,135 m Located on the border of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in Northern India. |
Jammu and Kashmir | Western Himalayas |
Saddle Peak or saddle hill 732 m |
Andaman and Nicobar Island | North Andaman Island |
An unnamed point near Khuda Ali Sher village
479 m |
Chandigarh | Sivalik Hills |
An unnamed point near Bedpa village | Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | Western Ghats |
Deheri
315 m Located near the border with Haryana |
Delhi | Aravali range |
Unnamed Point
67 m |
Puducherry | West coast hillocks |
Unnamed point
15 m |
Lakshadweep | Agatti Island |
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Pieces of information taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_highest_point
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