States and Union Territories in India with their Capitals 2023

India, situated in South Asia, holds the distinction of being the seventh-largest country globally in terms of land area. It is geographically organized into 28 states and 8 union territories, each possessing its own capital city. These states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and subdivisions for administrative purposes.

The capital city of India itself is New Delhi, situated in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, serving as the epicenter for administration, politics, and culture within the country.

An unprecedented event occurred with the enactment of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act in 2019, which stipulated October 31 as the designated day for the formation of two Union Territories, namely Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. This was the first instance of a state being divided into two Union Territories. As of January 26, 2020, India will have a total of 8 union territories in addition to the existing 28 states.

India, a federal union comprising 36 distinct entities, consists of 28 states and 8 union territories. However, as of January 26th, the merger of Daman and Diu with Dadra and Nagar Haveli has resulted in the formation of a single union territory. This significant consolidation was enacted through a Bill that successfully passed during the winter session of Parliament, effectively reducing the total number of Union Territories to eight.

It is worth noting that some states in India, namely Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand, follow a unique practice of holding their legislative assemblies in different capital cities for their summer and winter sessions. This arrangement ensures equitable representation and accommodates the diverse geographic regions within these states.

Similarly, in the case of Ladakh, the newly formed union territory, there are two administrative capitals, namely Leh and Kargil. This dual administrative setup acknowledges and caters to the distinctive characteristics and requirements of different regions within Ladakh.

India’s states and union territories are further divided into various administrative divisions, including districts. Each state in India possesses its own administrative, judicial, and legislative centers. While some sources indicate that all three functions are performed in the same capital city, it may vary in specific cases. In every state, a Chief Minister assumes the responsibility of governing and leading the state’s affairs.

Capital of India

Country	Capital
India	New Delhi

Capital of India

Here is the complete list of 28 States and Capitals of India

S.NO	State	Capital	CM	Governor
1	Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati	YS Jagan Mohan Reddy	Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Pema Khandu	B. D. Mishra
3	Assam	Dispur	Himanta Biswa Sarma	Jagdish Mukhi
4	Bihar	Patna	Nitish Kumar	Phagu Chauhan
5	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	Bhupesh Baghel	Sushri Anusuiya Uikey
6	Goa	Panaji	Pramod Sawant	P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	Bhupendra Patel	Acharya Dev Vrat
8	Haryana	Chandigarh	Manohar Lal	Bandaru Dattatraya
9	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu	Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
10	Jharkhand	Ranchi	Hemant Soren	Ramesh Bais
11	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Siddaramaiah	Thaawarchand Gehlot
12	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	Pinarayi Vijayan	Arif Mohammed Khan
13	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel
14	Maharashtra	Mumbai	Eknath Shinde	Ramesh Bais
15	Manipur	Imphal	N. Biren Singh	La. Ganesan
16	Meghalaya	Shillong	Conrad Kongkal Sangma	Brig. (Dr.) B. D. Mishra
17	Mizoram	Aizawl	Pu Zoramthanga	Kambhampati Haribabu
18	Nagaland	Kohima	Neiphiu Rio	Jagdish Mukhi
19	Odisha	Bhubaneswar	Naveen Patnaik	Ganeshi Lal
20	Punjab	Chandigarh	Bhagwant Singh Mann	Banwarilal Purohit
21	Rajasthan	Jaipur	Ashok Gehlot	Kalraj Mishra
22	Sikkim	Gangtok	PS Golay	Ganga Prasad
23	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	M. K. Stalin	R. N. Ravi
24	Telangana	Hyderabad	K Chandrasekhar Rao	Tamilisai Soundararajan
25	Tripura	Agartala	Dr. Manik Saha	Satyadeo Narain Arya
26	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	Yogi Aditya Nath	Anandiben Patel
27	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	Pushkar Singh Dhami	Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh
28	West Bengal	Kolkata	Mamata Banerjee	Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose

States and Capitals of India

Union Territories

S.NO	Union Territories	Capital	CM	Lt. Governor
1	Andaman and Nicobar Island	Port Blair	NA	D K Joshi
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	NA	Banwarilal Purohit
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman	NA	Praful Patel
4	Delhi	Delhi	Arvind Kejriwal	Vinai Kumar Saxena
5	Ladakh	NA	NA	Radha Krishna Mathur
6	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	NA	Praful Patel
7	Jammu and Kashmir	NA	NA	Manoj Sinha
8	Puducherry	Pondicherry	N. Rangaswamy	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan