States and Capitals of India

States and Capitals of India-General Knowledge Questions and Answers updated on Jun 2020

There are 29 states and seven unionterritories in the country. Each state and union territory has anadministrative, legislative and judicial capital.An administrativecapital is one where all the offices of the executive government aresituated. A legislative capital is the one where the state assemblyconvenes. A judicial capital is the one where the territorial highcourts are located.All the states and two union territories,Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have anelected form of government and legislatures. They are headed by aChief Minister who is elected for a term of five years. Other unionterritories are directly ruled by the Central government.

States and Capitals of India

Sl. No	State	Capital
1	Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad (Proposed Capital Amaravati)
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
3	Assam	Dispur
4	Bihar	Patna
5	Chhattisgarh	Raipur
6	Goa	Panaji
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar
8	Haryana	Chandigarh
9	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
10	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)
11	Jharkhand	Ranchi
12	Karnataka	Bengaluru
13	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram
14	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
15	Maharashtra	Mumbai
16	Manipur	Imphal
17	Meghalaya	Shillong
18	Mizoram	Aizawl
19	Nagaland	Kohima
20	Odisha	Bhubaneswar
21	Punjab	Chandigarh
22	Rajasthan	Jaipur
23	Sikkim	Gangtok
24	Tamil Nadu	Chennai
25	Telangana	Hyderabad
26	Tripura	Agartala
27	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
28	Uttarakhand	Dehradun
29	West Bengal	Kolkata

Union Territories and Capitalsof India

Sl. No	Union Territories	Capital
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
3	Dadar and Nagar Haveli	Silvassa
4	Daman and Diu	Daman
5	Delhi	Delhi
6	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
7	Puducherry	Pondicherry