List of UTs, States and Capitals of India

Capital of India

Country	Capital
India	New Delhi

List of 28 States and Capitals of India

List of States and Capitals of India
S.no	State	Capital
1	Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati
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	Jharkhand	Ranchi
11	Karnataka	Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore)
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, Gairsain (Summer)
28	West Bengal	Kolkata

List of 8 Union Territories of India with Capital

Union Territories of India
S.no	Union territories	Capital
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman
4	Delhi	New Delhi
5	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
6	Puducherry (Pondicherry)	Pondicherry
7	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)
8	Ladakh	Leh

India is located in South Asia and is officially known as the Republic of India. It is comprising a total area of 3,287,263 sq. km, and has an estimated population of 135.26 crores (2019) making it the world’s second-most populous country.

Governed by a parliamentary system, India is a federal constitutional republic and is the world’s most populous democracy. There are 28 states and 8 union territories in India. Each state and union territory of India has an administrative, legislative and judicial capital. (The Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have a common high court)

Below is a brief difference between the different kinds of capitals.

• An administrative capital is one where all the offices of the executive government are situated.
• A legislative capital is the one where the state assembly convenes.
• A judicial capital is the one where the territorial high courts are located.

All the states and two union territories, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have an elected form of government and legislatures. They are headed by a Chief Minister, who is elected for a term of five years. The Central government directly rules all the other union territories. Under the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, the states were reorganised based on language.

The map above shows locations of all the States and Union Territories along with their capitals. The names of the states of India are written in capital letters, and the capitals of states are marked with a black dot. State and international boundaries are also marked on the map. The table below the map lists the capital of India and the capitals of the states and the union territories.

Last Updated on: February 14, 2023