How Many States in India?

India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories (UTs) as of 2024. The number changed in 2019 when the state of Jammu & Kashmir was bifurcated into two UTs — Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Earlier India had 29 states and 7 UTs.

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How many states are there in India in 2024?

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India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories (UTs) as of 2024. The number of states decreased from 29 to 28 in August 2019 when Jammu & Kashmir was bifurcated into two UTs — Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. India's largest state by area is Rajasthan and the most populous is Uttar Pradesh.

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Key Facts

India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories (as of 2024).

Before August 2019: 29 states and 7 UTs.

J&K was bifurcated in August 2019 into J&K UT and Ladakh UT.

Largest state by area: Rajasthan; smallest: Goa.

Most populous state: Uttar Pradesh.

UTs with legislature: Delhi, Puducherry, Jammu & Kashmir.

Chandigarh is a UT and joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.

States and Union Territories of India — Complete List

Current Count: • States: 28 • Union Territories: 8 • Total: 36 (28 states + 8 UTs)

Recent Change: • August 2019: Jammu & Kashmir (state) → bifurcated into:

Jammu & Kashmir (UT with Legislature)
Ladakh (UT without Legislature) • Before 2019: 29 states + 7 UTs

28 States of India:

Andhra Pradesh — Amaravati
Arunachal Pradesh — Itanagar
Assam — Dispur
Bihar — Patna
Chhattisgarh — Raipur
Goa — Panaji
Gujarat — Gandhinagar
Haryana — Chandigarh*
Himachal Pradesh — Shimla
Jharkhand — Ranchi
Karnataka — Bengaluru
Kerala — Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh — Bhopal
Maharashtra — Mumbai
Manipur — Imphal
Meghalaya — Shillong
Mizoram — Aizawl
Nagaland — Kohima
Odisha — Bhubaneswar
Punjab — Chandigarh*
Rajasthan — Jaipur
Sikkim — Gangtok
Tamil Nadu — Chennai
Telangana — Hyderabad
Tripura — Agartala
Uttar Pradesh — Lucknow
Uttarakhand — Dehradun
West Bengal — Kolkata

(*Chandigarh = shared capital of Haryana and Punjab; Chandigarh itself is a UT)

8 Union Territories:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands — Port Blair
Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu — Daman
Delhi (NCT) — New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir — Srinagar (summer) / Jammu (winter)
Ladakh — Leh
Lakshadweep — Kavaratti
Puducherry — Puducherry

UTs with Legislature (Legislative Assembly): • Delhi, Puducherry, Jammu & Kashmir

Largest State (Area): Rajasthan (3,42,239 sq km) Smallest State (Area): Goa (3,702 sq km) Most Populous State: Uttar Pradesh Least Populous State: Sikkim

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