North Zone

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504,196,432

Area

1,624,160 km2 (627,090 sq mi)

Time zone

IST (UTC+5:30)

States and territories

Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

Most populous cities (2008)

New Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Chandigarh, & Varanasi

Official languages

English, Hindi, Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Santhali

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food

swarn temple