List of 29 States of India and 8 Union Territories of India

List of 29 States of India: Under Article 1 of Indian Constitution, India that is Bharat, shall be a union of states that is a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic with a parliamentary system of government. Before independence there were 17 provinces and 565 princely states in India, and after the independence, 562 princely states agreed to join the Indian confederation except 3 states namely Hyderabad, Mysore and Kashmir. After the enormous task of reunification of princely states, there were 14 states and 6 union territories in 1956. We continued to add new states and union territories in every decade of our nationhood.

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After the formation of Telangana state by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014 on 2 June 2014, the number of states in India changed to 29 states and 7 union territories. Currently in India after bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir into two new union territories Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on 30 October 2019. There are 28 states and 8 union territories in the country. The President is the constitutional head of union and Prime Minister is executive head of the government. In the similar way, the Governor is the executive head (nominal head of the state) and Chief Minister is the elected head of government of each state. List of 29 states of India is given below.

List of 29 States of India

The list of 29 states of India with their formation date, capital and official languages in alphabetical order is given below in table.

S.No	Name of State	Formation Date	Capital Name	Official Language
1	Andhra Pradesh	1 November 1956	Amaravati	Official-Telugu Additional Official -Urdu
2	Arunachal Pradesh	20 February 1987	Itanagar	English
3	Assam	26 January 1950	Dispur	Assamese and Bodo
4	Bihar	26 January 1950	Patna	Official- Hindi Additional Official -Urdu
5	Chhattisgarh	1 November 2000	Raipur	Official - Hindi Regional - Chhattisgarhi
6	Goa	30 May 1987	Panaji	Konkani
7	Gujarat	1 May 1960	Gandhinagar	Official - Gujarati Additional Official- Hindi
8	Haryana	1 November 1966	Chandigarh	Official- Hindi Additional Official- English and Punjabi
9	Himachal Pradesh	1 November 1956	Shimla	Official- Hindi Additional Official- Sanskrit
10	Jharkhand	15 November 2000	Ranchi	Hindi
11	Karnataka	1 November 1956	Bengaluru	Kannada
12	Kerala	1 November 1956	Thiruvananthapuram	Official- Malayalam Additional Official- English
13	Madhya Pradesh	1 November 1956	Bhopal	Hindi
14	Maharashtra	1 May 1960	Mumbai Nagpur (in Winter)	Marathi
15	Manipur	15 October 1949	Imphal	Meitei (Manipuri)
16	Meghalaya	21 January 1972	Shillong	English
17	Mizoram	20 February 1987	Aizawl	Mizo and English
18	Nagaland	1 December 1963	Kohima	English
19	Odisha	1 April 1936	Bhubaneswar	Odia
20	Punjab	1 November 1966	Chandigarh	Punjabi
21	Rajasthan	30 March 1949	Jaipur	Official - Hindi Additional Language -English
22	Sikkim	16 May 1975	Gangtok	English, Nepali, Sikkimese, Lepcha
23	Tamil Nadu	26 January 1950	Chennai	Official - Tamil Additional Official - English
24	Telangana	2 June 2014	Hyderabad	Official - Telugu Additional Official-Urdu
25	Tripura	21 January 1972	Agartala	Bengali, English Kokborok
26	Uttar Pradesh	24 January 1950	Lucknow	Official - Hindi Additional Official - Urdu
27	Uttarakhand	9 November 2000	Dehradun (in Winter) Gairsain (in Summer)	Hindi
28	West Bengal	26 January 1950	Kolkata	Bengali

List of 29 States of India

Note: Under Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019, bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir is done on 30 October 2019. After revocation of Article 370 from state of Jammu and Kashmir, two new union territories Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were formed. Now the number of states in India is 28 and number of union territories is 8.

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List of 8 Union Territory of India

There were 7 union territory in India before July 2019. The former state of Jammu and Kashmir is re-constituted into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, with effect from 31 October 2019. The former territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu were merged to form a new union territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on 26 January 2020. Now there are 8 union territory in India.

S.No	Name of Union Territory	Formation Date	Capital Name	Official Language
1	Andaman and Nicobar Island	1 November 1956	Port Blair	Hindi and English
2	Chandigarh	1 November 1966	Chandigarh	English
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	26 January 2020	Daman	Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and English
4	NCT of Delhi	Union Territory -1956 National Capital Territory- 1 February 1992	New Delhi	Hindi and English
5	Ladakh	31 October 2019	Leh, Kargil	Hindi and English
6	Lakshadweep	1 November 1956	Kavaratti	Malayalam, Hindi, English
7	Jammu and Kashmir	31 October 2019	Srinagar in Summer (May - Oct) Jammu in Winter (Nov-April)	Hindi, Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, English
8	Puducherry	1 July 1963	Pondicherry	Tamil, English, French Additional official- Malayalam, Telugu

List of 29 States of India and 8 Union Territories

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How many states are there in India 2023? List all states in India with names and capital?

There are total 28 states in India 2023. Previously there were 29 Indian states before the conversion of Jammu and Kashmir state to Union territory. Currently in India after bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir into two new union territories Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on 30 October 2019. Now there are 28 states and 8 union territories in the India.

How many Union Territories are there in India 2023? List all Union Territories with their capital and formation date?

In India, there are total 8 union territories. There are two changes to the list of union territories of India, first is the formation of two new union territories Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh by bifurcation or re-constitution of Jammu and Kashmir state in October 2019, and another one is the merger of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to form a new single union territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on 26 January 2020.

Which is the largest Union Territory of India 2023?

Ladakh is the largest union territory of India having a total area of 59,146 km² while Jammu and Kashmir is second largest with 42,241 km² area.

Which is largest state of India?

Rajasthan is the largest state in India with a total area of 342,239 km² and 7th in term of population with 68,548,437 population (population density 200/km²).

Which is the smallest Union Territory of India 2023?

Lakshadweep is the smallest union territory of India having only 32.62 km² area and also least populated union territory with only 64,473 population (2,000/km² population density).