List of States in India

India, officially the Republic of India, is a South Asian nation. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the world’s most populous country since 2023, and, since its independence in 1947, it is the largest democracy in the world.

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India is a federal union made up of 28 states and 8 union territories, forming a total of 36 subnational entities. These states and union territories are further subdivided into a total of around 800 districts, which are then categorized into administrative subdivisions.

Here is a list of the 28 states in India, along with their capitals.

List of the States in India and Their Capitals

State	Capital
Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
Assam	Dispur
Bihar	Patna
Chhattisgarh	Raipur
Goa	Panaji
Gujarat	Gandhinagar
Haryana	Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
Jharkhand	Ranchi
Karnataka	Bengaluru
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	Chennai
Telangana	Hyderabad
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
Uttarakhand	Dehradun
West Bengal	Kolkata

Union Territory	Capital
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman
Delhi (NCT of Delhi)	New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)
Ladakh	Leh
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
Puducherry	Puducherry

India is home to people from different cultures, religions, languages, and traditions. Each community is unique in its own way, with a rich history, culture, traditions, and values. This harmonious coexistence strengthens the nation’s social fabric and contributes to forming a vibrant great nation. United in spirit, vision, and shared purpose, the people of India move forward as one, building a great nation that grows strong on the foundation of unity in diversity.