There are a total of 28 states and 8 union territories in India at present. Each state of India has an administrative, legislative and judicial capital some state all three functions are conducted in one capital. Every state is ruled by a Chief Minister. Here we have covered the list of the Indian States, Union Territories, and their capitals.
Indian States and Capitals
India has a total of 28 states and 8 union territories. The 28 Indian States and their capitals are as follows.
| S.no. | State Name | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati |
| 2. | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
| 3. | Assam | Dispur |
| 4. | Bihar | Patna |
| 5. | Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
| 6. | Goa | Panaji |
| 7. | Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
| 8. | Haryana | Chandigarh |
| 9. | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
| 10. | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
| 11. | Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| 12. | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 13. | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| 14. | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| 15. | Manipur | Imphal |
| 16. | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| 17. | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| 18. | Nagaland | Kohima |
| 19. | Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| 20. | Punjab | Chandigarh |
| 21. | Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| 22. | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| 23. | Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| 24. | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| 25. | Tripura | Agartala |
| 26. | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| 27. | Uttarakhand | Dehradun (Winter) Gairsain (Summer) |
| 28. | West Bengal | Kolkata |
Indian Union Territories and Capitals
At Present India now has 28 States and 8 Union Territories. The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir has been bifurcated into two Union Territories (UT) of J&K and Ladakh. The newly formed union territories have been formed under a reorganization act passed by the Parliament on 5-6 August 2020. At present India has 8 Union Territories.
| S.no. | Union Territories Name | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| 2. | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 3. | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Daman |
| 4. | Delhi | New Delhi |
| 5. | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
| 6. | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| 7. | Puducherry | Pondicherry |
| 8. | Ladakh | Leh |
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