India is a country located in South Asia part of the Asian Continent and is the seventh-largest country in the world by land area. Officially India is known as the Republic of India. India, a union of states, is a Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary system of Government. It has a diverse population of over 1.4 billion people and is known for its cultural and linguistic diversity.
It becomes quite challenging to run a big country from one location. Therefore, the Indian Constitution grants the central government the authority to make states feel appropriate. The President is the constitutional head of the Executive of the Union. In the states, the Governor, as the representative of the President, is the head of the Executive. The system of government in states closely resembles that of the Union. There are 28 states and 8 union territories.
The list of Indian States and their Capitals is discussed in this article.
Each state and Union Territory has its own unique identity, culture, and language.
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.
| STATES | CAPITAL |
| Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
| Assam | Dispur |
| Bihar | Patna |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
| Goa | Panaji |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
| Haryana | Chandigarh |
| Himachal Pradesh | Simla |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Bangalore |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| Punjab | Chandigarh |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennei |
| Telangana | Agartala |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| West Bengal | Kolkata |
Indian Union Territories and Capitals
| NAME OF UNION TERRITORIES | UT CAPITAL |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratt |
| Delhi | Delhi |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar(Summer) & Jammu (Winter) |
| Ladakh | Leh |
Each state and Union Territory has its own government and legislative assembly, which is responsible for the governance and administration of the state or Union Territory. The capital of India is New Delhi, which is a Union Territory.
States and Capitals of India Map
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