Dutch India consists of the settlements and trading posts of the Dutch East India Company on the Indian subcontinent.

It is only used as a geographical definition, as there has never been a political authority ruling all Dutch India.

Instead, Dutch India is divided into the governorates Dutch Ceylon and Dutch Coromandel, the commandment Dutch Malabar, and the directorates Dutch Bengal and Dutch Suratte.

The Dutch Indies, on the other hand, are the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) and the Dutch West Indies (present-day Suriname and the former Netherlands Antilles).