Points of India

Highest Points in India By States and Union Territories

Kangchenjunga is the third highest peak in the world and highest in India

State	Peak	Range	Height
Andhra Pradesh	Arma Konda	Eastern Ghats	1680 m
Arunachal Pradesh	Kangto (shared with Tibet)	Eastern Himalayas	7060 m
Assam	Unnamed peak	Dima Hasao District	1960 m
Bihar	Fort Someshwar	Sivalik Hills	880 m
Chhattisgarh	Unnamed peak	Dantewada	1276 m
Goa	Sonsogor	Western Ghats	1022 m
Gujarat	Mount Girnar	Girnar Hills	1145 m
Haryana	Karoh Peak	Morni Hills (Sivalik Hills)	1499 m
Himachal Pradesh	Reo Purgyil (shared with Tibet)	Western Himalayas	6816 m
Jharkhand	Mount Parasnath	Parasnath Hills	1382 m
Karnataka	Mullayanagiri	Sahyadri Hills (Western Ghats)	1925 m
Kerala	Anamudi	Anamalai Hills (Western Ghats)	2695 m
Madhya Pradesh	Dhupgarh	Satpura Range	1352 m
Maharashtra	Kalsubai	Sahyadri Hills (Western Ghats)	1646 m
Manipur	Mount Tempü (also known as Mount Iso)	Purvanchal Range	2994 m
Meghalaya	Shillong Peak	Khasi Hills	1965 m
Mizoram	Phawngpui	Lushai Hills	2165 m
Nagaland	Mount Saramati (Shared with Myanmar)	Naga Hills	3841 m
Odisha	Deomali	Eastern Ghats	1672 m
Punjab	Unnamed peak	Naina Devi Range (Sivalik Hills)	1000 m
Rajasthan	Guru Shikhar	Aravalli Range	1722 m
Sikkim	Kangchenjunga (shared with Nepal)	Eastern Himalayas	8598 m
Tamil Nadu	Doddabetta	Nilgiri Hills (Western Ghats)	2636 m
Telangana	Doli Gutta	Deccan Plateau	965 m
Tripura	Betlingchhip	Jampui Hills (Purvanchal Range)	930 m
Uttar Pradesh	Amsot Peak	Rajaji Range (Sivalik Hills)	957 m
Uttarakhand	Nanda Devi	Garhwal Himalaya (Western Himalayas)	7816 m
West Bengal	Sandakphu (shared with Nepal)	Eastern Himalayas	3636 m
Union Territories
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Saddle Peak	North Andaman Island	732 m
Chandigarh	Unnamed point	Capital Area	383 m
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Unnamed point	Khanvel	424 m
Daman and Diu	Unnamed point	Diu Island	30 m
Delhi	Tughlaqabad Fort	Delhi Ridge	319 m
Jammu and Kashmir	Nun Peak	Western Himalayas	7135 m
Ladakh	Saltoro Kangri	Karakoram Range	7742 m
Lakshadweep	Unnamed point	Agatti Island	15 m
Puducherry	Les Montagnes Rouges	Red Hills	30 m

 

Other Major Facts

• Kangchenjunga measuring at 8598 m is the highest peak of India.
  
  
• Interestingly, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world till 1852 when recalculation and reverification was done and Mount Everest was declared as the world's highest peak.
  
  
• Nanda Devi measuring at 7816 m is the second highest peak of India.
  
  
• Arma Konda (Andhra Pradesh) also known as Sitamma Konda is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghat range.
  
  
• In Chhattisgarh, the highest named peak is Gaurlata (1225 m).
  
  
• Reo Purgyil lies on the Himachal Pradesh–Tibet border.
  
  
• Anamudi is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and highest in India outside the Himalayas.
  
  
• Mount Saramati is the highest peak in the Purvanchal Range of the Himalayas.
  
  
  
  

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