States and Capitals of India 2020

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Total Area of India - 3,287,590 km²
Latitude: The Indian mainland lies between 8°4′ and 37°6′ North.
Longitude: Between 68°7′ and 97°25′ East
Distance of India –

from North to South: 3,214 km
from East to West: 2,933 km

List of States and Capitals of India

As a responsible citizens we should know about the States and capitals of India. The states and the capitals are very commonly asked as the General Awareness Questions in a number of competitive exams held all over the country. The 28 Indian States and their capitals are as follows.

S. no.	STATE	CAPITAL	Founded on
1	Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam (executive) Amaravati (legislative) Kurnool (judicial)	1 Nov. 1956
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	20 Feb. 1987
3	Assam	Guwahati	26 Jan. 1950
4	Bihar	Patna	26 Jan. 1950
5	Chhattisgarh	Naya Raipur (Atal Nagar)	1 Nov. 2000
6	Goa	Panaji (Panjim)	30 May. 1987
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	1 May. 1960
8	Haryana	Chandigarh	1 Nov. 1966
9	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla (Summer) Dharamsala(Winter)	25 Jan. 1971
10	Jharkhand	Ranchi	15 Nov. 2000
11	Karnataka	Bengaluru	1 Nov. 1956
12	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	1 Nov. 1956
13	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	1 Nov. 1956
14	Maharashtra	Mumbai	1 May. 1960
15	Manipur	Imphal	21 Jan. 1972
16	Meghalaya	Shillong	21 Jan. 1972
17	Mizoram	Aizawl	20 Feb. 1987
18	Nagaland	Kohima	1 Dec. 1963
19	Odisha	Bhubaneswar	26 Jan. 1950
20	Punjab	Chandigarh	1 Nov. 1956
21	Rajasthan	Jaipur	1 Nov. 1956
22	Sikkim	Gangtok	16 May. 1975
23	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	26 Jan. 1950
24	Telangana	Hyderabad	2 June 2014
25	Tripura	Agartala	21 Jan. 1972
26	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	26 Jan. 1950
27	Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Gairsain	9 Nov. 2000
28	West Bengal	Kolkata	1 Nov. 1956

Union Territories and Capitals :

At Present India has 8 Union Territories and 28 States. The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir has been bifurcated into two Union Territories (UT) of J&K and Ladakh. The newly formed union territories have been formed under a reorganization act passed by the Parliament on 5-6 August 2020. At present India has 8 Union Territories.

1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair	1 Nov. 1956
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1 Nov. 1966
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	Daman	26 Jan. 2020
4	Delhi – National Capital Territory	Delhi	9 May. 1905
5	Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu, Srinagar	31 Oct 2019
6	Ladakh	Leh	31 Oct 2019
7	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	1 Nov. 1956
8	Puducherry (Pondicherry)	Pondicherry	1 Nov. 1954