Mountain Ranges in India

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In this article, You will read the List of Mountain Ranges, Hills, and Plateaus in India – for UPSC IAS.

Mountain Ranges In North India – North to South

Mountain Ranges	States	Highest Peak	Remarks
Saltoro Mountains	Ladakh	Saltoro Kangri	Sub-range of the Karakoram
Karakoram	PoK, Ladakh	Godwin-Austen or K2 8,611 m	The highest peak in India
Deosai Mountain	J&K
Ladakh Range	J&K
Zanskar Range	J&K	Kamet Peak 7,756 m
Pir Panjal Range	J&K, Himachal Pradesh	Indrasan 6,221 m
Zabarwan Range	J&K		Part of Pir Panjal
Dhauladhar Range	J&K
Kishtwar Himalaya	J&K	Bharanzar
Garhwal Himalaya	Uttarakhand
Dundwa Range	Northern UP		Part of Sivalik Hills

Mountain Ranges in Central India – West to East

Mountain Ranges	States	Highest Peak	Remarks
Girnar Range	Gujrat
Aravalli Range	Gujrat Rajasthan Haryana Delhi	Guru Shikhar	oldest fold mountains in India
Malwa Plateau	MP Rajasthan
Rajpipla Hills	Gujrat		Part of Satpura
Gawilgarh Hills	Maharashtra MP		Part of Satpura
Mahadeo Hills	MP	Mount Dhupgarh	Part of Satpura
Bhanrer Range	MP		Part of Vindhya
Bhander Plateau	MP
Maikal Hills	Chhattisgarh		Part of Satpura
Kaimur Range	Jabalpur, MP		Part of Vindhya
Baghelkhand Plateau	UP
Sonpar Hills	MP
Vindhya Range	Gujrat MP UP Bihar Chhattisgarh	Sad-bhawna Shikhar or Kalumar peak
Satpura Range	Gujarat Maharashtra MP Chhattisgarh	Mount Dhupgarh

Chota Nagpur Plateau – North to South

Mountain Ranges	States
Rajmahal Hills	Jharkhand
Hazaribagh Plateau	Jharkhand
Mailan Hills	Chhattisgarh
Ranchi Plateau	Jharkhand
Hazaribagh Hills	Jharkhand Chhattisgarh
Ramgarh Hills	Chhattisgarh
Garhjat Hills	Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Odisha

Mountain Ranges in North East India

Mountain Ranges	States	Highest Peak	Remarks
West to East & South to North
Dafla Hills	Arunachal Pradesh		Part of Purvanchal
Miri Hills	Arunachal Pradesh
Abor Hills	Arunachal Pradesh
Mishmi Hills	Arunachal Pradesh
Kangchenjunga	Nepal Sikkim	3rd highest mountain in the world 2nd in India	Part of eastern Himalayas
West to East
Garo Hills	Meghalaya
Khasi Hills	Meghalaya	Shyllong 1,968 m	Shillong city situated on it
Jaintis Hills	Meghalaya
Mikir Hills	Assam
Rengma Hills	Assam
North to South
Patkai Bum	Arunachal Pradesh
Naga Hills	Nagaland	Mount Saramati
Langpangkong Range	Nagaland
Barail Range	Assam Nagaland		Part of Purvanchal
Laimatol Range	Manipur
Bhuban Hills	Assam Mizoram
Atharamura Range	Tripura		Part of Siwalik Hills
Lushai Hills or Mizo Hills	Mizoram	Phawngpui	Blue Mountain

Western Ghats Mountains  – North to South

Mountain Ranges	States	Highest Peak	Remarks
Satmala Hills	Maharashtra	Dhodap
Ajanta Hills	Maharashtra
Harishchandra Range	Maharashtra	Harischandragarh
Balaghat Range	Maharashtra
Kudremukh	Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka	Kudremukha
Baba Budan Hills	Karnataka	Mullayanagiri 1930 m	kurinji blooms
Nilgiri Mountains	Tamil Nadu	Doddabetta 2,637 m	Eastern & Western Ghats meet
Akamala Machad Hills	Thrissur, Kerala		Vazhani sanctuary Vazhani Dam
Anaimalai Hills	Tamil Nadu Kerala	Anamudi 2,695 m	Anamudi is the highest peak in south India World Heritage Site
Palani Hills	Tamil Nadu Kerala	Vandaravu
Cardamom Hills	Tamil Nadu Kerala		cardamom spice cultivation
Varushnad Hills	Tamil Nadu		Part of Cardamom

Eastern Ghats Mountains – North to South

Mountain Ranges	States	Remarks
Nayagarh Hills	Orissa
Bastar Plateau	Chhattisgarh
Nallamala Hills	AP Telangana
Erramala Hills	Andhra Pradesh
Velikonda Range	Andhra Pradesh
Palkonda Range	Andhra Pradesh
Seshachalam Hills	Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati City
Nagari Hills	Andhra Pradesh
Javedi Hills	Tamil Nadu
Melagiri Range	Tamil Nadu
Shevaroy Hills	Tamil Nadu
Panchaimalai Hills	Tamil Nadu
Sirumalai Hills	Tamil Nadu

Further Reading:

• Highest Mountain Peaks in India state-wise.