List of Indian States and Union Territories, India States and Union Territories

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undisputed player in providing the present shapes and contours of the Indian states. In November 2000, India gained three new states -

Chattisgarhwas carved out of Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal out of Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand Bihar .

The Constitution distributes legislative powers between the Parliament and state legislatures. The Parliament is bicameral - the lower

house is known as the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the upper house is known as the Rajya Sabha (Council of States). At

state level some legislatures are bicameral and are run along the lines of the two houses of the national Parliament.

A land blessed in all terms be it topography, natural beauty, population, religion culture or language India is home to twenty eight states

and seven union territories. The twenty eight nine and the seven union territories are all unique in their own way. Having an extraordinary

history and culture all the states and union territories in India never fail to charm its visitors with their unfolding mysteries and charisma.

State Capital Area Population Official

Languages LargestCities

Districts

/Admin

divisions

Population

Density

Literacy

Rate%

Urban

Pop.

%

Sex

Ratio

Estb

Year

Andhra

PradeshHyderabad

160,205

km24,93,78,776 Telugu

Visakhapatnam,

Vijayawada,

Guntur

13 67.66* 33.49* 992* 1956

Arunachal

PradeshItanagar

83,743

km21,382,611 English Itanagar 17 17 /km2 66.95 22.67 920 1987

Assam Dispur78,438

km231,169,272 Assamese

Guwahati,Silchar,

Dibrugarh,

Nagaon

27 397 /km2 73.18 14.08 954 1975

Bihar Patna94,163

km2103,804,637 Hindi

Patna, Gaya,

Bhagalpur,

Muzaffarpur,

Biharsharif

381,102

/km263.82 11.30 916 1935

Chhattisgarh Raipur 135,191

km225,540,196 Chhattisgarhi

Raipur,

Bhilai Nagar,

Korba,

Bilaspur,

Durg

27 189 /km2 71.04 23.24 991 2000

Goa Panaji3,702

km21,457,723 Konkani Panaji 2 394 /km2 87.4 62.17 968 1961

Gujarat Gandhinagar196,024

km260,383,628 Gujarati

Ahmedabad,

Surat,

Vadodara,

Rajkot,

Bhavnagar

33 308 /km2 79.31 42.58 918 1960

Haryana Chandigarh44,212

km2 25,353,081 Haryanvi

Faridabad,

Gurgaon,

Rohtak,Hisar,

Panipat

21 573 /km2 76.64 24.25 877 1966

Himachal

PradeshShimla

55,673

km26,856,509 Hindi Shimla 12 123 /km2 83.78 10.04 974 1971

Jammu and

Kashmir

Srinagar

(summer),

Jammu

(winter)

222,236

km212,548,926 Urdu

Srinagar,

Jammu,

Anantnag

22 56 /km2 68.74 27.21 883 1948

Jharkhand Ranchi79,714

km2 32,966,238 Hindi

Dhanbad,

Ranchi,

Jamshedpur,Bokaro Steel,

Mango

24 414 /km2 67.63 24.05 947 2000

Bangalore,

Hubli
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Karnataka Bengaluru 191,791

km2

61,130,704 Kannada and Dharwad,

Mysore,

Gulbarga,

Belgaum

30 319 /km2 75.6 38.57 968 1956

Kerala Trivandrum38,863

km233,387,677 Malayalam

Trivandrum,

Kochi,

Kozhikode,

Kollam,

Thrissur

14 859 /km2 93.91 47.72 1084 1956

Madhya

PradeshBhopal

308,245

km272,597,565 Hindi

Indore,

Bhopal,

Jabalpur,

Gwalior,

Ujjain

50 236 /km2 70.63 27.63 930 1956

Maharashtra Mumbai307,713

km2112,372,972 Marathi

Mumbai,

Pune,

Nagpur,

Thane,

Pimpri and

Chinchwad

35 365 /km2 82.91 45.23 946 1960

Manipur Imphal22,327

km22,721,756

Meiteilon

(Manipuri)Imphal 9 122 /km2 79.85 20.21 987 1947

Meghalaya Shillong22,429

km22,964,007 English Shillong 11 132 /km2 75.48 20.08 986 1970

Mizoram Aizawl21,081

km21,091,014 Mizo Aizawl 8 52 /km2 91.58 51.51 975 1972

Nagaland Kohima16,579

km2 1,980,602 English Dimapur 11 119 /km2 80.11 28.97 931 1963

Odisha Bhubaneswar155,707

km241,947,358 Oriya

Bhubaneswar,

Cuttack,

Brahmapur

Town,

Raurkela,

Puri

Town

30 269 /km2 73.45 16.68 978 1948

Punjab Chandigarh50,362

km227,704,236 Punjabi

Ludhiana,

Amritsar,

Jalandhar,

Patiala,

Bathinda

22 550 /km2 76.68 37.49 893 1966

Rajasthan Jaipur342,239

km268,621,012 Hindi

Jaipur,

Jodhpur,

Kota,

Bikaner,

Ajmer

33 201 /km2 67.06 24.89 926 1948

Sikkim Gangtok7,096

km2607,688 Nepali Gangtok 4 86 /km2 82.2 24.97 889 1975

Tamil Nadu Chennai130,058

km272,138,958 Tamil

Chennai,

Coimbatore,

Madurai,

Tiruchirappalli,

Salem

32 555 /km2 80.33 48.45 995 1969

Telangana Hyderabad114,840

km23,52,86,757

Hyderabad,

Warangal10 310/km2 67.22% 2014

Tripura Agartala10,486

3,671,032

Bengali

and Agartala 8 350 /km2 87.75 26.18 961 1956
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km2 Kokborok

Uttar Pradesh Lucknow240,928

km2199,581,477 Hindi

Lucknow,

Kanpur,

Ghaziabad,

Agra,

Meerut

75 828 /km2 69.72 22.28 908 1937

Uttarakhand Dehradun53,483

km210,116,752 Hindi

Dehradun,

Hardwar,Haldwani

and

Kathgodam,

Rudrapur

13 189 /km2 79.63 30.55 963 2000

West Bengal Kolkata88,752

km291,347,736 Bengali

Kolkata,

Haora,

Durgapur,

Asansol,

Siliguri

191,029

/km277.08 31.89 947 1947

Union

Territories Capital Area Population Official

Languages LargestCities

Districts

/Admindivisions

Population

Density

Literacy

Rate%

Urban

Pop.%

Sex

Ratio

Estb

Year

Andaman and

Nicobar

Islands

Port Blair8,249

km2379,944 English Port Blair 3 46 /km2 86.27 35.67 878 1956

Chandigarh Chandigarh114

km21,054,686 Punjabi Chandigarh 1

9,252

/km286.43 97.25 818 1966

Dadar and

Nagar

HaveliSilvassa

491

km2342,853 English Silvassa 1 698 /km2 77.65 46.62 775 1944

Daman and

DiuDaman

112

km2242,911

Konkani,Marathi

and

Gujarati

Daman 22,169

/km287.07 75.16 618 1987

Delhi Delhi11,297

km216,753,235

Hindi,

Punjabi

and

Urdu

Delhi 911,297

/km286.34 97.50 866 1952

Lakshadweep Kavaratti 32 km2 64,429 English Kavaratti 12,013

/km292.28 78.08 946

Pondicherry Pondicherry479

km21,244,464

Tamil,

English

Ozhukarai,

Puducherry4 2598 /km2 86.55 68.31 1038 1954

*These facts for Andhra Pradesh are as per the data available before the formation of Telangana as a separate state.

Below is a brief about some of the popular states and Union Territories of India.

Goa

Situated in the Malabar Coast of India Goa is the best beach resort in India. Populated with a mix of Christians and Hindu's Goa's

culture is unique in its own kind. Known as the most happening states in India Goa is home to fun loving and easy going people. The

major attraction in the state is its long stretches of pristine beaches. Some of the important beaches in Goa are; Colva, Vagator,

Calangute, Harmal, Anjuna and Miramar and Baga.
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