All States of India and Their Capitals

Below is the complete, alphabetical list of the 28 states and their respective capital cities:

1. Andhra Pradesh – 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. Jharkhand – Ranchi
11. Karnataka – Bengaluru
12. Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram
13. Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal
14. Maharashtra – Mumbai
15. Manipur – Imphal
16. Meghalaya – Shillong
17. Mizoram – Aizawl
18. Nagaland – Kohima
19. Odisha – Bhubaneswar
20. Punjab – Chandigarh
21. Rajasthan – Jaipur
22. Sikkim – Gangtok
23. Tamil Nadu – Chennai
24. Telangana – Hyderabad
25. Tripura – Agartala
26. Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow
27. Uttarakhand – Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer)
28. West Bengal – Kolkata

Unlike states, which have their own elected governments and significant autonomy, Union Territories are generally ruled directly by the Central Government (though Delhi and Puducherry have their own legislatures).

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Port Blair
2. Chandigarh – Chandigarh
3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – Daman
4. Delhi (National Capital Territory) – New Delhi
5. Jammu and Kashmir – Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)
6. Ladakh – Leh
7. Lakshadweep – Kavaratti
8. Puducherry – Puducherry

The map of India changes to accommodate administrative and cultural needs. For example, the state of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganized into two distinct Union Territories (J&K and Ladakh) in 2019. In 2020, the UTs of Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli were merged into a single UT.