The above image is taken from the official website of the Indian government which represents the states and their capitals in India. The states and capitals of India are something that is asked to students most often than any other question, irrelevant of whichever field they may study. There are a total of 28 States and 8 Union territories in India. Let us now discuss all the capitals and languages of Indian states & union territories.
1. Andaman and Nicobar (UT)
- Population: 380,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 1,60,000
- Size: 8,250 km²
- Language: Bengali (Bangla), Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Nicobarese, Telugu, English and Malayalam.
- Capital: Port Blair
2. Andhra Pradesh
- Population: 5,40,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹169,519
- Size: 160,205 km²
- Language: Telugu and Urdu
- Capital: Amaravati
3. Arunachal Pradesh
- Population: 14,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 1,40,000
- Size: 83,743 km²
- Language: Hindi, Deori, Assamese, English, and many local native languages.
- Capital: Itanagar
4. Assam
- Population: 3,00,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 119,155
- Size: 79,000 km²
- Language: Assamese and Bengali
- Capital: Dispur
5. Bihar
- Population: 10,30,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 41,000
- Size: 94,163 km²
- Language: Maithali, Bhojpuri & Hindi.
- Capital: Patna
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6. Chandigarh (UT)
- Population: 10,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 3,20,000
- Size: 114 km²
- Language: Hindi, Punjabi, and English.
- Capital: It is the capital of two Indian States, Punjab and Haryana*
7. Chhattisgarh
- Population: 2,80,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 92,000
- Size: 135,191 km
- Language: Hindi, and Chhattisgarhi, a Hindi dialect.
- Capital: Raipur
8. Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu (UT)
- Population: 5,60,000
- Per capita Income: No data*
- Size: 603 km²
- Language: Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, English, and Portuguese.
- Capital: Daman
9. Ladakh (UT)
- Population: 2,74,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 17,500
- Size: 59,146 km²
- Language: Ladakhi
- Capital: Leh
10. Delhi
- Population: 1,63,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 3,58,000
- Size: 1,484 km²
- Language: Hindi
- Capital: National Capital*
11. Goa
- Population: 20,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 4,30,000
- Size: 3,702 km²
- Language: Konkani and Marathi.
- Capital: Panaji
12. Gujarat
- Population: 6,00,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹
- Size: 196,024 km²
- Language: Gujarati, Hindi, Bhil, Sindhi and Urdu.
- Capital: Gandhinagar
13. Haryana
- Population: 2,70,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 264,207
- Size: 44,212 km²
- Language: Hindi and Punjabi.
- Capital: Chandigarh
14. Himachal Pradesh
- Population: 68,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 1,83,000
- Size: 55,673 km²
- Language: Hindi, Punjabi, and Pahari.
- Capital: Shimla
15. Jammu and Kashmir
- Population: 1,25,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 124,299
- Size: 222,236 km²
- Language: Kashmiri or Koshur.
- Capital: Srinagar
16. Jharkhand
- Population: 3,60,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 73,000
- Size: 79,714 km²
- Language: Hindi.
- Capital: Ranchi
17. Karnataka
- Population: 6,60,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 230,000
- Size: 191,791 km²
- Language: Kannada
- Capital: Bangalore
18. Kerala
- Population: 3,45,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 3,45,00,000
- Size: 38,863 km²
- Language: Malayalam
- Capital: Trivandrum
19. Lakshadweep (UT)
- Population: 80,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 42,000
- Size: 32 km²
- Language: Jeseri / Jasri (Dweep Bhasha).
- Capital: Kavaratti
20. Madhya Pradesh
- Population: 8,00,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 90,000
- Size: 308,252 km²
- Language: Hindi, Malwi, Bundeli, Bagheli, and Nimari.
- Capital: Bhopal
21. Maharashtra
- Population: 12,40,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 1,91,000
- Size: 307,713 km²
- Language: Marathi
- Capital: Mumbai
22. Manipur
- Population: 30,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 75,000
- Size: 22,327 km²
- Language: Meitei-lon or Manipuri
- Capital: Imphal
23. Meghalaya
- Population: 32,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 90,000
- Size: 22,429 km²
- Language: Khasi, Pnar, Garo, Hindi, and English.
- Capital: Shillong
24. Mizoram
- Population: 10,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 1,47,000
- Size: 21,087 km²
- Language: Mizo
- Capital: Aizawl
25. Nagaland
- Population: 20,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 1,17,000
- Size: 16,579 km²
- Language: Assamese, Hindi and English.
- Capital: Kohima
26. Odisha
- Population: 4,50,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 99,983
- Size: 155,707 km²
- Language: Oriya / Odia and English.
- Capital: Bhubaneswar
27. Puducherry (UT)
- Population: 14,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 2,21,000
- Size: 19.54 km²
- Language: Tamil and French
- Capital: Pondicherry
28. Punjab
- Population: 3,00,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 1,56,762
- Size: 50,362 km²
- Language: Punjabi
- Capital: Chandigarh
29. Rajasthan
- Population: 7,00,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 109,386
- Size: 342,269 km²
- Language: Marwari and Hindi
- Capital: Jaipur
30. Sikkim
- Population: 650,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 4,86,248
- Size: 7,096 km²
- Language: Lepcha, Bhutia, Limbu and Nepali.
- Capital: Gangtok
31. Tamil Nadu
- Population: 7,80,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 2,49,517
- Size: 130,060 km²
- Language: Tamil
- Capital: Chennai
32. Tripura
- Population: 40,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 1,25,000
- Size: 10,492 km²
- Language: Bengali and Kokborok
- Capital: Agartala
33. Uttar Pradesh
- Population: 22,00,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 74,440
- Size: 243,286km²
- Language: Hindi and Urdu
- Capital: Lucknow
34. Uttarakhand
- Population: 85,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 1,99,000
- Size: 53,483 km²
- Language: Hindi and Sanskrit
- Capital: Dehradun
35. West Bengal
- Population: 9,50,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 115,348
- Size: 88,752 km²
- Language: Bengali, Hindi and Nepali
- Capital: Kolkata
36. Telangana
- Population: 3,52,00,000
- Per capita Income: ₹ 2,37,000
- Size: 112,077 km²
- Language: Telugu
- Capital: Hyderabad
We hope this article on states and capitals of india is informative. All the data mentioned are as per our best knowledge & sources.
