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28 States of India and their Capitals and Languages

States Capital Official Language
Language
Andhra Hyderabad (Proposed Telugu Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Tamil and
Pradesh capital Amaravati) Marathi
Arunachal Itanagar English Nishi, Adi, Bengali, Nepali and
Pradesh Hindi
Assam Dispur Assamese Assamese, Bengali, Hindi,
Bodo, Nepali
Bihar Patna Hindi Hindi (Bhojpuri and Magadhi
dialects), Maithili, Urdu,
Bengali and Santali
Chattisgarh Raipur Hindi Hindi (Chhattisgarhi), Odia,
Bengali, Telugu and Marathi
Goa Panaji Konkani Konkani, Marathi, Hindi,
Kannada and Urdu
Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarati Gujarati, Hindi, Sindhi,
Marathi, and Urdu
Haryana Chandigarh Hindi Hindi (Haryanvi and Mewati
dialects), Punjabi, Urdu,
Bengali, and Maithili
Himachal Shimla Hindi Hindi, Punjabi, Nepali,
Pradesh Kashmiri, and Dogri
Jharkhand Ranchi Hindi Hindi (Bhojpuri, Magadhi, and
Nagpuri dialects), Santhali,
Bengali, Urdu and Odia
Karnataka Bengaluru (Formerly Kannada Kannada, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil,
Bangalore) and Marathi
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Malayalam Malayalam, Tamil, Tulu,
Kannada and Konkani
Madhya Bhopal Hindi Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Sindhi,
Pradesh and Gujarati
Maharashtra Mumbai Marathi Marathi
Manipur Imphal Meitei Manipuri, Nepali, Hindi, and
(Manipuri) Bengali
Meghalaya Shillong English Khasi, Garo, Bengali Nepali
and Hindi
Mizoram Aizawl Mizo, English Mizo, English, Hindi, Manipuri,
& Hindi and Chakma
Nagaland Kohima English Ao, Konyak, Angami,
Sema and Lotha

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Odisha Bhubaneswar Odia Odia, Bengali, Telugu Hindi

and Santali
Punjab Chandigarh Punjabi Punjabi and Hindi
Rajasthan Jaipur Hindi Rajasthani and Hindi
Sikkim Gangtok English Bhutia, Hindi, Nepali,
Lepcha, Limbu
Tamil Nadu Chennai Tamil Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu,
and Malayalam
Telangana Hyderabad Telugu Telugu, Urdu, Marathi Kannada
and Hindi
Tripura Agartala Bengali, Bengali, Tripuri, Manipuri,
English & Kakborak
Kokborok
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Hindi Hindi (including Awadhi,
Bhojpuri, Braj Bhasha and
Khari Boli dialects)
Uttarakhand Dehradun (Winter) Hindi Hindi (including the Garhwali,
Gairsain (Summer) Kumaoni, and Jaunsari dialects)
West Bengal Kolkata Bengali Bengali

Difference between States and Union Territories

The table below highlights the difference between the State and Union Territory:
Particulars State Union Territories
Administration A State has its own units for Union Territory is administered
& Definition administration through its elected and controlled by the Central
government Government through
A State is run through either unicameral Lieutenant Governor (LG)
or bicameral legislature Delhi and Puducherry both are
UTs which are governed by
LG, Chief Minister, and
Council of Ministers
Executive Head Governor Lieutenant Governor
Relationship Federal in character Unitary in character
with Centre
Autonomy Completely exist Does not exist

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List of States and Capital of India 2022

Here is the list of States and their Capitals along with the population which are arranged as per
the established year. The population stated below is as per the census done in 2011:
Name of States Capital of State Established on Population (Per 2011
census number)
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Assam Dispur 26 January 1950 3,12,05,576
Odisha Bhubaneswar 26th January 1950 4,19,74,218
th
Bihar Patna 26 January 1950 10,40,99,452
Tamil Nadu Chennai 26th January 1950 7,21,47,030
th
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 26 January 1950 19,98,12,341
Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad 1st November 1956 4,93,86,799
(Proposed capital
Amaravati)
Karnataka Bengaluru (Formerly 1st November 1956 6,10,95,297
Bangalore)
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram 1st November 1956 3,34,06,061
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 1st November 1956 7,26,26,809
st
Punjab Chandigarh 1 November 1956 2,77,43,338
st
Rajasthan Jaipur 1 November 1956 6,85,48,437
West Bengal Kolkata 1st November 1956 9,12,76,115
st
Gujarat Gandhinagar 1 May 1960 6,04,39,692
Maharashtra Mumbai 1st May 1960 11,23,74,333
st
Nagaland Kohima 1 December 1963 19,78,502
Haryana Chandigarh 1st November 1966 2,53,51,462
th
Himachal Shimla 25 January 1971 68,64,602
Pradesh
Manipur Imphal 21st January 1972 28,55,794
st
Meghalaya Shillong 21 January 1972 29,66,889
Tripura Agartala 21st January 1972 36,73,917
Sikkim Gangtok 16 May 1975 6,10,577
Goa Panaji 30th May 1987 14,58,545
th
Mizoram Aizawl 20 February 1987 10,97,206
st
Chhattisgarh Raipur 1 November 2000 2,55,45,198
Uttarakhand Dehradun (Winter) 9th November 2000 1,00,86,292
Gairsain (Summer)
Jharkhand Ranchi 15th November 2000 3,29,88,134
Telangana Hyderabad 2nd June 2014 3,51,93,978

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List of Union Territories and Capitals

The below table enlists the complete list of Union Territories and their capitals along with
population which are organized as per the established year.
Union territories Capital Established Population (As per 2011
Year census number)
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Delhi New Delhi 9 May 1905 1,67,87,941
Puducherry Pondicherry 1st November 12,47,953
1954
Andaman and Port Blair 1st November 3,80,581
Nicobar Islands 1956
Lakshadweep Kavaratti 1st November 64,473
1956
Dadra and Nagar Silvassa 11th August 3,43,709
Haveli 1961
Chandigarh Chandigarh 1st November 10,55,450
1966
Daman and Diu Daman 30th May 1987 2,43,247
st
Jammu and Srinagar 31 October 1,22,67,013
Kashmir (Summer), Jammu 2019
(Winter)
Ladakh Leh 31st October 2,74,289
2019

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