India is a federal union comprising twenty-nine states and seven union territories. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and further into smaller administrative divisions.
| Sl No | State | Capital
|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
| 3 | Assam | Dispur |
| 4 | Bihar | Patna |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | Naya Raipur |
| 6 | Goa | Panaji |
| 7 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
| 8 | Haryana | Chandigarh |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir | Summer: Srinagar; Winter: Jammu |
| 1 | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
| 12 | Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| 13 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| 15 | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| 16 | Manipur | Imphal |
| 17 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| 18 | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| 19 | Nagaland | Kohima |
| 20 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| 21 | Punjab | Chandigarh |
| 22 | Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| 23 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| 25 | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| 26 | Tripura | Agartala |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
| 28 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| 29 | West Bengal | Kolkata |
| Sl No | Union Territory | Capaital |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| 2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 3 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Silvasa |
| 4 | Daman & Diu | Daman |
| 5 | Delhi (National Capital Territory or NCT) | New Delhi |
| 6 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| 7 | Puducherry | Puducherry |
Important Points:
1) After the formation of Telangana, as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, both states will share Hyderabad as their common capital for up to ten years. The new capital of Andhra Pradesh is going to be Amaravati, decided by the Andhra Pradesh government in April, 2016.
2) Chandigarh is the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana, and is a Union Territory, separate from the two states.
3) Shilong was the joint capital of Assam and Meghalaya until 1971
4) Raipur is the interim capital of Chhattisgarh. The town of Naya Raipur 17 km from Raipur is envisaged as the state’s new capital
5) Dehradun is the interim capital of Uttarakhand. The town of Gairsain is envisaged as the state’s new capital
TAGGED WITH: for Competitive Exams, States / Union territories of India and their capitals