LIST OF INDIAN STATES AND CAPITALS
STATES OF INDIA AND THEIR CAPITALS
India is divided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories (UTs). States have their own government, whereas union territories are administered by the Central government. As per the Constitution of India, the central government can also empower a union territory with a legislature. As of 2008, two union territories, the National Capital Territory of Delhi and Pondicherry have their own legislatures. The administrative capital is where executive government offices are located, the legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes, and the judicial capital is the location of the territorial High Courts of India. The national capital of India is Delhi.
Here is a list of Indian States and Their Administrative Capitals :
- Andhra Pradesh – Hyderabad
- Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar
- Assam – Dispur
- Bihar – Patna
- Chandigarh – Chandigarh
- Chattisgarh – Raipur
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli – Silvassa
- Daman and Diu – Daman
- National Capital Territory of Delhi – Delhi
- Goa – Panaji
- Gujarat – Gandhinagar
- Haryana – Chandigarh
- Himachal Pradesh – Shimla
- Jammu and Kashmir – Shrinagar
- Jharkhand – Ranchi
- Karnataka – Bengaluru
- Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram
- Lakshadweep – Kavaratti
- Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal
- Maharashtra – Mumbai
- Manipur – Imphal
- Meghalaya – Shilong
- Mizoram – Aizawl
- Nagaland – Kohima
- Orissa – Bhubaneswar
- Puducherry – Pondicherry
- Punjab – Chandigarh
- Rajasthan – Jaipur
- Sikkim – Gangtok
- Tamil Nadu – Chennai
- Tripura – Agartala
- Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow
- Uttarakhand – Dehradun
- West Bengal – Kolkata
- New Delhi – New Delhi