List Of Dances In India State Wise (GK On Folk Dances Included)

Last Updated: 23 March 2023

If we think deeply, Dance is a form of Art that is expressed by a Dancer through the movements of their body that include different feelings.

Various Dances can be categorized and described by their Movements, History, Culture, Place of Origin, Religion, Tradition, and many other things.

Today you will learn about the Names of the Dances that the various Indian States have with their Historical Traces. Read the List Of Dances in India State Wise and also don’t forget to check out the Interesting Facts about GK On Folk Dances Of India.

List Of Dances In India State Wise

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No.	State	Dance Names
1	Andhra Pradesh	1) Burrakatha 2) Butla Bommalu 3) Dhimsa 4) Gobbi 5) Goravayyalu 6) Kolattam 7) Kuchipudi 8) Lambadi 9) Siddi 10) Veeranatyam
2	Arunachal Pradesh	1) Aji Lamu 2) Digaru Mishmi Buiya 3) Hiirii Khaniing 4) Idu Mishmi 5) Ka Fifai 6) Khampti 7) Ponung 8) Sadinuktso 9) Wancho
3	Assam	1) Apsara-Sabah 2) Bagurumba 3) Bhawariya 4) Bhortal 5) Bihu 6) Deodhani 7) Dhuliya 8) Ojapali 9) Sattriya 10) Zikirs
4	Bihar	1) Bidesiya 2) Domkach 3) Fagua 4) Jat-Jatin 5) Jhijhiya 6) Jhumri 7) Kajari  8) Painki  9) Sohar
5	Chhattisgarh	1) Gendi 2) Jhirliti 3) Karma 4) Pandwani 5) Panthi 6) Raut Nacha 7) Saila Dance 8) Sua Nacha
6	Goa	1) Amon 2) Dashavatara 3) Dekhni 4) Dhalo 5) Dhangar 6) Dulpod 7) Fugdi 8) Kunnbi-Geet 9) Mussoll 10) Shigmo
7	Gujarat	1) Aagawa 2) Dandiya Raas 3) Garba 4) Ghodakhund 5) Hudo 6) Matukadi 7) Padhar 8) Siddi Dhamal 9) Tippani
8	Haryana	1) Gangaur 2) Ghoomar 3) Guga 4) Jhomar 5) Khoria 6) Loor 7) Phag 8) Phalgun 9) Rasleela 10) Sapela
9	Himachal Pradesh	1) Chamba 2) Cholamba 3) Dalshone 4) Jataru Kayang 5) Jhoori 6) Ji 7) Nati 8) Nuala 9) Rasa 10) Swang Tegi
10	Jharkhand	1) Bheja 2) Damkach 3) Janani Jhumar 4) Jhumair 5) Lahasua 6) Mardana Jhumar 7) Mundari 8) Phagua 9) Sarhul 10) Santali
11	Karnataka	1) Bedara Vesha 2) Bharatanatyam 3) Dollu Kunitha 4) Gorava Kunitha 5) Kuchipudi 6) Nagamandala 7) Pata Kunitha 8) Puja Kunitha 9) Veeragase 10) Yakshagana
12	Kerala	1) Ayyappanvilakku 2) Kalaripayattu 3) Kathakali 4) Koodiyattam 5) Mohiniyattam 6) Mohiniyattom 7) Pulikalli 8) Theyyam 9) Thirayattam 10) Thirvathirakali
13	Madhya Pradesh	1) Ahirai 2) Banjaara 3) Bharam 4) Gaur 5) Grida 6) Kaksar 7) Muriya 8) Phul Patti 9) Saila 10) Setam
14	Maharashtra	1) Bala Dindi 2) Banjara 3) Dhangari Gaja 4) Koli 5) Lavani 6) Lezim 7) Povadas 8) Powada 9) Tamasha
15	Manipur	1) Chanlam 2) Kartal Cholam 3) Khamba Thoibi 4) Khubak Eshei 5) Lai-Haraoba 6) Lie Haraoba 7) Manipuri Raas Leela 8) Manjira Cholam 9) Pung Cholam 10) Rass Lila
16	Meghalaya	1) Behdienkhlam 2) Chambil Mesara 3) Derogata 4) Do Dru Sua 5) Lahoo Dance 6) Pomblang Nongkrem 7) Shad Nongkrem 8) Shad Suk Mynsiem 9) Wangala 10) Wiking
17	Mizoram	1) Chai-Lam 2) Chawnglaizawn 3) Cheraw (Bamboo Dance) 4) Chheih-Lam 5) Khuallam 6) Rallu-Lam 7) Sakei Lu Lam 8) Sarlamkai 9) Solakia 10) Tlanglam
18	Nagaland	1) Aaluyattu 2) Agurshikukula 3) Butterfly 4) Changai 5) Modse 6) Nruirolians 7) Sadal Kekai 8) War Dance 9) Zeliang
19	Odisha	1) Baagh Naach 2) Chhau 3) Dalkhai 4) Dhap 5) Ghumra 6) Goti 7) Jhumair 8) Karma Naach 9) Keisabadi 10) Odissi Nrutya
20	Punjab	1) Bhangra 2) Dankara Julli 3) Giddha 4) Jaago 5) Jhumar 6) Karthi 7) Kikkli 8) Luddi 9) Malwai Giddha 10) Sammi
21	Rajasthan	1) Banjaara 2) Bhavai 3) Chari 4) Fire Dance 5) Geeda 6) Ghoomar 7) Kachchhi Ghodi 8) Kalbelia 9) Rasiya 10) Tera Tali
22	Sikkim	1) Chu Faat 2) Gha To Kito 3) Khukuri 4) Lu Khangthamo 5) Maruni 6) Pang Toed Chaam 7) Rechungma 8) Rumtek Chaam 9) Singhi Chaam 10) Tamang Selo
23	Tamil Nadu	1) Bommalattam 2) Karagattam 3) Kolattam 4) Kummi 5) Mayil Attam 6) Oyilattam 7) Paambhu Attam 8) Parai Attam 9) Podikazhi Attam 10) Puliyattam 11) Theru Koothu
24	Telangana	1) Bhamakalapam 2) Bonalu 3) Burra Katha 4) Dandaria 5) Gollakalapam 6) Gusadi 7) Kuchipudi 8) Lambadi 9) Perini Shivatandavam 10) Tribal Dhimsa
25	Tripura	1) Bizhu 2) Cheraw 3) Goria 4) Hai-Hak 5) Hojagiri 6) Jhum 7) Lebang Bumani 8) Mamita 9) Mosak Sulmani 10) Wangal
26	Uttar Pradesh	1) Charkula 2) Dadra 3) Karma 4) Kathak 5) Mayur Nritya 6) Nautanki 7) Qawwali 8) Ramlila 9) Raslila 10) Swang
27	Uttarakhand	1) Barada Nati 2) Botiya 3) Cancheri 4) Chholiya 5) Chhopati 6) Dhurang 7) Jhora 8) Langvir Nritya 9) Pandav Nritya 10) Romala
28	West Bengal	1) Alkap 2) Chhau 3) Dhunachi 4) Domni 5) Gambhira 6) Gazan 7) Jatra 8) Jhumair 9) Kalikapatadi 10) Santali

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List Of Dances In India Union Territories

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No.	Union Territory	Dance Names
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1) Nicobari
2	Chandigarh	1) Bhangra 2) Giddha
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	1) Garba 2) Mando 3) Verdigao 4) Vira
4	Delhi	1) Belly 2) Bhangra 3) Dandiya 4) Hip Hop 5) Salsa
5	Jammu and Kashmir	1) Bachha Nagma 2) Bhand Jashan 3) Bhand Pather 4) Dumhal 5) Hafiza 6) Kud 7) Rouf 8) Wuegi-Nachun
6	Ladakh	1) Bacha Nagma 2) Cham 3) Jabro 4) Loshon 5) Shon 6) Shoudol 7) Spao 8) Tukhstanmo
7	Lakshadweep	1) Bandiya 2) Dand 3) Fuli 4) Kolkaki 5) Lava
8	Puducherry	1) Chau 2) Garadi 3) Kathak 4) Kuchipudi 5) Mohininattam 6) Yakshgana

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No.	State	Dance Name
1	Andhra Pradesh	Kuchipudi
2	Assam	Sattriya
3	Kerala	Kathakali
4	Kerala	Mohiniyattam
5	Manipur	Manipuri
6	Odisha	Odissi
7	Tamil Nadu	Bharatanatyam
8	Uttar Pradesh	Kathak

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GK On Folk Dances Of India

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36. Nati Dance belongs to which Indian state?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh

37. Hiirii Khaniing is the Folk Dance of which State?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

38. Goria and Lebang Bumani Dance belong to which State?
Answer: Tripura

39. What is the name of the Tiger Dance of Andhra Pradesh?
Answer: Puli V Esham

40. Which Dance is performed during the Pang Lhabsol festival in Honor of the Guardian deity Khang-Chen-Dzonga?
Answer: Pang Toed Chaam

41. Name some Folk Dances of West Bengal?
Answer: Gazan, Santali Dance, Jatra, Kalikapatadi, etc

42. Name the Indian Dance that was revived by Vallathol?
Answer: Kathakali

43. Bagurumba is the Popular Dance in which State?
Answer: Assam

44. Who has popularized Indian Classical Dance Abroad?
Answer: Uday Shankar

45. What is the name of the Classical Dance of Odisha?
Answer: Odissi

46. Rouf is a Dance of which Union Territory of India?
Answer: Jammu & Kashmir

47. Theatrical Dance of Haryana?
Answer: Saang, Ras Leela, Ragini

48. Which Dance is performed by the Kuruba Tribe of Karnataka?
Answer: Kuruba Nrutya

49. Popular Folk Dance of Jharkhand performed during Harvest Season and Festival?
Answer: Jhumar

50. Which Dance has three distinct phases Sela, Selalarki, and Selabhadoni?
Answer: Grida Dance of Madhya Pradesh

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51. Shad Suk Mynsiem and Shad Nongkrem are the Folk Dances of which State?
Answer: Meghalaya

52. Name of the Dance of the Chang Tribe of Nagaland?
Answer: Sua Lua (A.K.A The Chang Lo)

53. Baagh Naach refers to which Animal?
Answer: Tiger

54. Well-Known dance of Puducherry?
Answer: Garadi 

55. Malwai Giddha of Punjab is performed by which Gender?
Answer: Males

56. Tamang Shailo and Khang Thambo are the Traditional Dances of which State?
Answer: Sikkim

57. Parai Attam or Thappattam is the Dance of which State?
Answer: Tamil Nadu

58. Perini Shivatandavam is an Ancient Dance of which State?
Answer: Telangana

59. Dance of Odisha where boy dancers dress up as girls?
Answer: Gotipua Dance

60. Ceremonial Dance of Haryana?
Answer:
1) Dhamal Dance
2) Ghoomar
3) Jhoomar
4) Khoria Dance
5) Loor Dance
6) Ragini

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61. Which Creative Art is Sonal Mansingh Distinguished?
Answer:  Indian Classical Dancer

62. What is Koodiyattam?
Answer: Dance

63. Giddha is a popular Folk Dance in which State of India?
Answer: Punjab

64. Most popular Folk Dance of North Bihar?
Answer: Jat-Jatin

65. Which Gujarati Folk Dance is celebrated on Navratri?
Answer: Garba

66. Mayur Nritya is the dance form of which State?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh

67. Which Indian Instrument is Anuradha Pal Associated with?
Answer: Tabla

68. Kartal Cholam and Khubak Eshei Dances belong to which Indian State?
Answer: Manipur

69. Chheih-Lam and Rallu-Lam Dances belong to which Indian State?
Answer: Mizoram

70. Langvir Nritya and Pandav Nritya Dances belong to which Indian State?
Answer: Uttarakhand

71. Famous Dancers of India?
Answer: Uday Shankar, Mallika Sarabhai, Mrinalini Sarabhai, etc

72. What is the foundational treatise for Classical Dances of India?
Answer: Natya Shastra

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