<Tr> <Td> Literacy rate </Td> <Td> 80% </Td> <Td> 74% </Td> </Tr> <P> South India consists of the five southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar . Puducherry and the five states have an elected state government each, while the Lakshadweep and Andaman islands are centrally administered by the President of India . Each sub-region is further divided into districts . Each state is headed by a Governor, who is a direct appointee of the President of India, while the Chief Minister is the elected head of the state government and represents the state's ruling party or coalition . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> S.No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> ISO 3166 - 2 code </Th> <Th> Date of formation </Th> <Th> Population </Th> <Th> Area (km) </Th> <Th> Official language (s) </Th> <Th> Capital </Th> <Th> Population density (per km) </Th> <Th> Sex Ratio </Th> <Th> Literacy Rate (%) </Th> <Th>% of urban population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andhra Pradesh </Td> <Td> AP </Td> <Td> 1 Oct 1953 </Td> <Td> 49,506,799 </Td> <Td> 160,205 </Td> <Td> Telugu </Td> <Td> Hyderabad </Td> <Td> 308 </Td> <Td> 996 </Td> <Td> 67.41 </Td> <Td> 29.4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Karnataka </Td> <Td> KA </Td> <Td> 1 Nov 1956 </Td> <Td> 61,095,297 </Td> <Td> 191,791 </Td> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> Bengaluru </Td> <Td> 319 </Td> <Td> 973 </Td> <Td> 75.36 </Td> <Td> 34.0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kerala </Td> <Td> KL </Td> <Td> 1 Nov 1956 </Td> <Td> 33,406,061 </Td> <Td> 38,852 </Td> <Td> Malayalam </Td> <Td> Thiruvananthapuram </Td> <Td> 860 </Td> <Td> 1084 </Td> <Td> 94.00 </Td> <Td> 26.0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tamil Nadu </Td> <Td> TN </Td> <Td> 26 Jan 1950 </Td> <Td> 72,147,030 </Td> <Td> 130,060 </Td> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> Chennai </Td> <Td> 555 </Td> <Td> 996 </Td> <Td> 80.09 </Td> <Td> 44.0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Telangana </Td> <Td> TS </Td> <Td> 2 Jun 2014 </Td> <Td> 35,193,978 </Td> <Td> 114,840 </Td> <Td> Telugu, Urdu </Td> <Td> Hyderabad </Td> <Td> 307 </Td> <Td> 988 </Td> <Td> 66.50 </Td> <Td> 38.7 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> S.No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> ISO 3166 - 2 code </Th> <Th> Date of formation </Th> <Th> Population </Th> <Th> Area (km) </Th> <Th> Official language (s) </Th> <Th> Capital </Th> <Th> Population density (per km) </Th> <Th> Sex Ratio </Th> <Th> Literacy Rate (%) </Th> <Th>% of urban population </Th> </Tr>

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