How many states are there in India?
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Many people do not know about the total number of states / union territories in India / their capitals. In this article, we are giving you the latest updates of the states and capitals of India. Currently, there are a total of 28 states and 8 union territories in India. Each state of India has an administrative, legislative and judicial capital. In some states all three tasks are done in one capital. Every state is ruled by a chief minister. Here we have covered the list of Indian states, union territories and their capitals.
India map with states& their capitals
States & their Capitals
Code |
State |
Capitals |
AP |
Andhra Pradesh |
Amaravati (legislative capital) Vishakapatnam (executive captial) Kurnool (Judical Capital) |
AR |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Itanagar |
AS |
Assam |
Dispur |
BR |
Bihar |
Patna |
CT |
Chhattisgarh |
Raipur |
GA |
Goa |
Panaji |
GJ |
Gujarat |
Gandhi nagar |
HR |
Haryana |
Chandigarh |
HP |
Himachal Pradesh |
Shimla |
JH |
Jharkhand |
Ranchi |
KA |
Karnataka |
Bangalore |
Kl |
Kerala |
Tiruvanananthapuram |
MP |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal |
MH |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
MN |
Manipur |
Imphal |
ML |
Meghalaya |
Shilling |
MZ |
Mizoram |
Aizawl |
NL |
Nagaland |
Kohima |
OD |
Odisha |
Bhubaneswar |
PB |
Punjab |
Chandigarh |
RJ |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
SK |
Sikkim |
Gangtok |
TN |
Tamilnadu |
Chennai |
TS |
Telangana |
Hyderabad |
TR |
Tripura |
Agartala |
UP |
Uttar Pradesh |
Lucknow |
UK/UA |
Uttarakhand |
Dehradun |
WB |
West Bengal |
Kolkata |
Union Territories & their capitals
Union territory |
Capitals |
Andaman & Nicobar |
Port blair |
Daman & diu |
Daman |
Dadra an nagar haveli |
Silvassa |
Jammu &Kashmir |
Srinagar(summer capital), Jammu (winter capital) |
Ladakh |
Leh |
Lakshadweep |
Kavaratti |
Delhi |
Delhi |
Puducherry |
Puducherry |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
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