How many kinds of mangoes are cultivated in India?

It is estimated that about a thousand varieties of mangoes are grown in various parts of India, each variety characterized by its own peculiar taste and flavor. The number of wild varieties is unknown. Of the cultivated kind, thirty varieties of are commercially well known. Some of them are the Duseheri or Dashehari; the Langra and the Chausa of the North; the Alphonso and the Kalepad of the west; the Baneshan (Bangan-Palli); the Jahangir (Umdra); the Imam Pasand and Neelum of the South and south-east; and the Gulab-Khan and the Malda of the east. Quite often one single variety assumes several different names as orchardists like to consider each seedling as a new ‘variety’ and to Christen it with exotic new name. One can call it by any name, but a mango is always delicious.
Although the mango is now cultivated in several countries of the world, no where else has it achieved the prime position it enjoys in India. It occupies about 70% of the total area under fruit cultivation in this country. The State of Uttar Pradesh has the largest area under mango cultivation where 150 varieties of mangoes are grown. Bihar comes next followed by Andhra Pradesh.