States of India

Post independence in 1947, India has been divided into various states and union territories. There are as many as 28 States and another 7 Union Territories in India.

These States are further geographically divided into regions and divisions which are sub-divided into districts and various sub-divisions like villages, municipalities and sub-districts. The States and Union Territories are governed by Governors and Lieutenant-Governors, respectively.

From north to south or from east to west, history, culture, language, climate, dress, cuisine, fairs and festival and even physical features seem to vary in each state.

Despite all these diversities, a note of harmony still runs through the states in India, binding them all into one nation.

List of States of India along with their Capitals

Here is a list of various states of India along with their capital cities

States Capital Delhi New Delhi Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Asom (Assam) Dispur Bihar Patna Chhattisgarh Raipur Goa Panaji Gujarat Gandhinagar Haryana Chandigarh Himachal Pradesh Shimla Jammu and Kashmir Jammu (Winter capital) Srinagar (Summer capital) Jharkhand Ranchi Karnataka Bangalore Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Maharashtra Mumbai Manipur Imphal Meghalaya Shillong Mizoram Aizawl Nagaland Kohima Odisha (Orissa) Bhubaneswar Punjab Chandigarh Rajasthan Jaipur Sikkim Gangtok Tamil Nadu Chennai Tripura Agartala Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal) Dehradun West Bengal Kolkata List of Union Territories of India Here is a list of Union Territories of India along with their capital cities: Union Territories Headquarters Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair Chandigarh Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa Daman and Diu Daman Lakshadweep Kavaratti Puducherry (Pondicherry) Pondicherry Last Updated on 5/21/2012

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