Telugu states

Telugu states తెలుగు రాష్ట్రాలు (Telugu Rāṣṭrālu)
Ethno Region
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Yanam
Country	India
States	Andhra Pradesh Telangana Yanam
Largest city	Hyderabad
Major cities (2011 Census of India)[1]	Visakhapatnam Vijayawada Warangal Guntur Tirupati Nellore
Area
• Total	275,052 km2 (106,198 sq mi)
Population  (2011 Census of India)
• Total	84,580,777
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Indian Standard Time)
Official languages	Telugu (Official)

The Telugu states are the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Yanam enclave of Puducherry, where the plurality of the population belongs to the Telugu ethnic-group. When put together, the region is bordered by Maharashtra to the north, Karnataka to the west, Odisha, Chhattisgarh to the northeast, Tamil Nadu to the south and the Bay of Bengal, Yanam district enclave of Puducherry to the east. The referential term of Telugu states has been in use ever since the bifurcation of its preceding political entity United Andhra Pradesh in 2014. Combining Telangana's population of 35,193,978 and Andhra Pradesh's of 49,506,799, the Telugu states have a population of 84,700,777 as of 2011.