Territories and states of India

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Name Code Capital Area (km²) Population Founded Nickname
Territories (8)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands AN Port Blair 8,249 401,000 1950
Chandigarh CH Chandigarh 114 1,158,473 1966
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu DH Daman 603 586,956 2020
Delhi DL New Delhi 1,484 20,667,656 1956 NCT of Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir JK Srinagar (été) / Jammu (hiver) 42,241 13,606,320 2019
Ladakh LA Leh 59,146 274,289 2019
Lakshadweep LD Kavaratti 32 64,429 1956
Puducherry PY Puducherry 479 1,413,542 1962 Pondicherry
States (28)
Andhra Pradesh AP Amaravati 162,975 53,903,393 1956
Arunachal Pradesh AR Itanagar 83,743 1,570,458 1987
Assam AS Dispur 78,438 35,607,039 1950
Bihar BR Patna 94,163 128,500,364 1950
Chhattisgarh CT Raipur 135,192 29,436,231 2000
Goa GA Panaji 3,702 1,586,250 1987
Gujarat GJ Gandhinagar 196,024 63,872,399 1960
Haryana HR Chandigarh 44,212 28,204,692 1966
Himachal Pradesh HP Shimla 55,673 7,451,955 1971
Jharkhand JH Ranchi 79,716 38,593,948 2000
Karnataka KA Bengaluru 191,791 67,562,686 1956
Kerala KL Thiruvananthapuram 38,852 35,699,443 1956
Madhya Pradesh MP Bhopal 308,252 85,358,965 1950 Heart of India
Maharashtra MH Mumbai 307,713 126,386,543 1960
Manipur MN Imphal 22,327 3,091,545 1972
Meghalaya ML Shillong 22,429 3,366,710 1972
Mizoram MZ Aizawl 21,081 1,239,244 1987
Nagaland NL Kohima 16,579 2,249,695 1963
Odisha OR Bhubaneswar 155,707 46,356,334 1950
Punjab PB Chandigarh 50,362 30,141,373 1966
Rajasthan RJ Jaipur 342,239 81,032,689 1950 Land of Kings
Sikkim SK Gangtok 7,096 664,843 1975
Tamil Nadu TN Chennai 130,058 77,841,267 1950
Telangana TS Hyderabad 112,077 38,525,070 2014
Tripura TR Agartala 10,486 4,169,794 1972
Uttar Pradesh UP Lucknow 240,928 241,066,874 1950
Uttarakhand UT Dehradun 53,483 11,250,858 2000
West Bengal WB Kolkata 88,752 99,609,303 1950

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Frequently asked questions

Territories

How many territories does India have?

India has 8 territories.

What is the largest union territory of India?

Ladakh (59,146 km²)

What is the smallest union territory of India?

Lakshadweep (32 km²)

States

How many states does India have?

India has 28 states.

What is the largest state of India?

Rajasthan (342,239 km²)

What is the smallest state of India?

Goa (3,702 km²)