India Has 28 States & 8 Union Territories
| State | Capital |
| Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
| Assam | Dispur |
| Bihar | Patna |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur / Naya Raipur |
| Goa | Panaji |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
| Haryana | Chandigarh* |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla (Summer), Dharamshala (Winter) |
| 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 (Winter), Gairsain (Summer) |
| West Bengal | Kolkata |
8 Union Territories and Capitals
| Union Territory | Capital | |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Sri Vijaya Puram earlier Port Blair | |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh | |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Daman | |
| Delhi (NCT) | New Delhi | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter) | |
| Ladakh | Leh | |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | |
| Puducherry | Puducherry | |
map reading tips
- Northern belt: J&K and Ladakh at the top, then Himachal, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, UP.
- The “7 Sisters” + Sikkim: All 8 northeastern states are clustered in the top-right corner Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim.
- Central India: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh. MP is called the “Heart of India”.
- Western coast: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala from north to south.
- Eastern coast: West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu from north to south.
- Shared capital: Chandigarh is a UT and serves as capital for both Punjab and Haryana.
Recent changes to know
- Telangana became the 28th state in 2014, split from Andhra Pradesh.
- J&K reorganized in 2019 into 2 UTs: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
- Dadra & Nagar Haveli merged with Daman & Diu in 2020.