States & UTs of India and their Capitals

India has 28 states and 8 Union territories. From the largest to the smallest, north to south and east to west, each State/UT of India has a unique demography, history and culture, Geography, weather, economy, language, culture etc.

States are administered by individua state government elected by people of that state. meanwhile Union territories are administered by Administrator appointed by the President of India.

Capital of India is in National capital territory of New Delhi

• Uttar Pradesh is most populated state in India.
• Sikkim is least populated state in India.
• Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh all three has same capital, Chandigarh.
• Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Odisha and west Bengal were established in 1950.
• Telangana was established in 2014.

Map Of Indian states and UTs

List of States and UTs with their Capital and establishment year.

SN	State	Capital	Year of Establishment
1	Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati	2014
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	1987
3	Assam	Dispur	1972
4	Bihar	Patna	1950
5	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	2000
6	Goa	Panaji	1987
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	1970
8	Haryana	Chandigarh	1966
9	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	1971
10	Jharkhand	Ranchi	2000
11	Karnataka	Bengaluru	1956
12	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	1956
13	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	1956
14	Maharashtra	Mumbai	1960
15	Manipur	Imphal	1972
16	Meghalaya	Shilong	1972
17	Mizoram	Aizawl	1987
18	Nagaland	Kohima	1963
19	Odisha	Bhuvneshwar	1950
20	Punjab	Chandigarh	1966
21	Rajasthan	Jaipur	1950
22	Sikkim	Gangtok	1975
23	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	1956
24	Telangana	Hyderabad	2014
25	Tripura	Agartala	1972
26	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	1950
27	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	2000
28	West Bengal	Kolkata	1950
	Union territories (UTs)
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Portblair	1956
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1966
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman	2020
4	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar and Jammu	2019
5	Ladakh	Leh & Kargil	2019
6	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	1956
7	NCT of Delhi	New Delhi	1956
8	Puducherry	Pondicherry	1951

Source: Govt of India