Details of Total States and Union Territories in India and their Capital

Our country India is often called the union of states. It is so because according to the constitution of India, India will always have a federal form of Government. This federation consists of 28 states and 8 Union Territories. All these states and Union Territories have their capitals for administration purposes. Out of all the states, three states i.e. Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand have different capitals for their summer and winter sessions of the legislature.

As students, you should know the complete list of Indian States and capitals so that you can answer general Knowledge questions. Here, we are providing the list of total states and Union Territories in India as of 2024.

Latest: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on 31 January 2023 said that Visakhapatnam will be the new capital of the state in coming months.

Total Number of States of India as of 2024 with their Capital

The list of Indian states along with their capitals in India is given in the following table.

Find the list of 28 states of India along with their capitals:

Name of the state	Capital	Year of Establishment	Former Capital (if any)
Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati	2017	Hyderabad (1956 to 2017)
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	1987	–
Assam	Dispur	1972	Shillong (1950 to 1972)
Bihar	Patna	1950	–
Chhattisgarh	Raipur	2000	–
Goa	Panaji	1987	–
Gujarat	Gandhinagar	1970	Ahmedabad (1960 to 1970)
Haryana	Chandigarh	1966	–
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	1971	–
Jharkhand	Ranchi	2000	–
Karnataka	Bengaluru	1956	–
Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	1956	–
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	1956	–
Maharashtra	Mumbai	1960	–
Manipur	Imphal	1972	–
Meghalaya	Shillong	1972	–
Mizoram	Aizawl	1987	–
Nagaland	Kohima	1963	–
Odisha	Bhubaneswar	1950	–
Punjab	Chandigarh	1966	–
Rajasthan	Jaipur	1950	–
Sikkim	Gangtok	1975	–
Tamil Nadu	Chennai	1956	–
Telangana	Hyderabad	2014	–
Tripura	Agartala	1972	–
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	1950	–
Uttarakhand	Bhararisen (Summer)   Dehradun (Winter)	2000	–
West Bengal	Kolkata	1950	–

Union Territories in India and their capitals

Just like states, Union Territories in India also have their capitals. Three Union Territories i.e. Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, and Puducherry have their legislative assembly as well.

Name of the state	Capital	Year of Establishment
Andaman and Nicobar Island	Port Blair	1956
Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1966
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman	2020
Delhi	New Delhi	1956
Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar (Summer)   Jammu (Winter)	2019
Ladakh	Leh (Summer)   Kargil (Winter)	2019
Lakshadweep	Karvarati	1956
Puducherry	Pondicherry	1951

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