States and Capital of India are the static General Knowledge(GK) which is an important part of General Awareness section for all competitive examination like IBPS, RRB, SBI, SSC, Railway, CTET, UPSC, RBI, NICL, State Exams. In this article, provide all alphabetic list of State and their Capital of India. There are 28 states and 9 union territories in the country.
Each state and union territory has an administrative, legislative and judicial capital. All the offices of the executive government are situated in administrative capital. A legislative capital is the one where the state assembly convenes. A judicial capital is the one where the territorial high courts are located.
Two union territories Puducherry and Delhi, and All the states have are headed by a Chief Minister who is elected for a term of five years. Other union territories are directly ruled by the Central government.
Table of Contents
List states and capital
| SI.No | State | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad
(Proposed Capital Amaravati) |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
| 3 | Assam | Dishpur |
| 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 and Capital
| SI No. | Union Territories | Capital |
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| 2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 3 | Dadar and Nagar Haveli | Silvas |
| 4 | Daman and Diu | Daman |
| 5 | Delhi | Delhi |
| 6 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| 7 | Puducherry | Pondicherry |
| 8 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar
(Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
| 9 | Ladakh | Leh |
FAQ
How many states are there in India in 2019?
28 states are there in India in 2019
How many states are there in India?
28 states are there in India
which state has the largest area?
Rajasthan is the largest area of the Indian state
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