India is the Seventh largest country in the world and also the second populous. It lies in southern Asia. It is a Republic, meaning that the supreme power resides in the hands of the countrymen. All the decisions are made by the representatives elected by the public under and within a set of fundamental, written rules called the “Constitution”. So Indian Constitution gives the right to the central government to make states feel suitable. There are 28 states and 8 Union territories in our country India.
Indian States and Its Capital
|
Sl No |
State |
Capital |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Amravati |
|
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 |
|
28 |
West Bengal |
Kolkata |
Union Territories of India
|
Sl No |
Union Territory |
Capital |
|
1 |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| 2 | Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
|
3 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Daman |
| 4 | Delhi |
Delhi |
|
5 |
Lakshadweep |
Kavaratti |
|
6 |
Puducherry (Pondicherry) |
Pondicherry |
|
7 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
|
8 |
Ladakh |
Leh |