States and Capitals of India 2021: India has 28 states and 8 UTs

States and Capitals of India 2021: India (Bharat) is located in the Southern part of the largest continent in the World, Asia and is officially known as the Republic of India. It is governed by the parliamentary form of government. There are 28 states and 8 union territories (UT’s) in India, as per the latest data of the year 2021. Each state and union territory in India has an administrative, legislative and judicial capital. Every state is ruled by a Chief Minister. Here we have covered the list of the Indian States, Union Territories, and their capitals.

States and Capitals of India: Map Of India

Difference Between States And Union Territories

Before we get into the State and Capitals, let us first understand the difference between a state and a union territory. Out of the eight union territories in India, Delhi, Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) and Jammu & Kashmir have their own legislatures. Each union territory has a capital of its own or the main area of administration.

Basis of Difference	States	Union Territories
Control and Administration	The state has its own administrative units with their own elected government.	Union Territories are constituent units that are controlled and administered by the Central Government.
Executive Head	Executive Head is the Governor	Executive Head is the President
Relationship with Centre	The relationship with the Centre is Federal.	Unitary with the Centre. i.e. all the powers rests in the hands of Union.
Headed by	Administered by the Chief Minister and elected by the people.	Administered by the Administrator which is appointed by the President. (except Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu & Kashmir)
Real Head	Chief Minister is the real head.	Lieutenant is the real head.

States and Capitals of India

With knowledge of states and union territories, now let us have a look at the states and capitals of India. The states and the capitals is one of the most important topics of General Awareness and General Knowledge Questions in a number of competitive exams held in the country. The 28 Indian States and their capitals are as follows.

States and Capitals of India
S.no	States	Capitals
1	Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad (Proposed Capital Amaravati)
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
3	Assam	Dispur
4	Bihar	Patna
5	Chhattisgarh	Raipur
6	Goa	Panaji
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar
8	Haryana	Chandigarh
9	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
10	Jharkhand	Ranchi
11	Karnataka	Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore)
12	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram
13	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
14	Maharashtra	Mumbai
15	Manipur	Imphal
16	Meghalaya	Shillong
17	Mizoram	Aizawl
18	Nagaland	Kohima
19	Odisha	Bhubaneswar
20	Punjab	Chandigarh
21	Rajasthan	Jaipur
22	Sikkim	Gangtok
23	Tamil Nadu	Chennai
24	Telangana	Hyderabad
25	Tripura	Agartala
26	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
27	Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Gairsain (Summer)
28	West Bengal	Kolkata

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Union Territories Of India: Updates

Before we get into the Union Territories and their capitals, let us first have a look at the recent updates on UT’s as of March 2021.

1. With effect from 26th January 2020, India has 8 union territories. The Union Territories of Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli have become a single union territory since January 26 through a Bill passed by the Parliament in the winter session.
2. On August 5, the central government had announced the abrogation of the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and its division into two Union Territories i.e. UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
3. With the merger of Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the number of UT’s have come down to eight.

Union Territories and Capitals

At Present India has 8 Union Territories and 28 States. The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir has been bifurcated into two Union Territories (UT) of  J& K and Ladakh. The newly formed Union Territories have been formed under a reorganization act passed by the Parliament on 5-6 August 2020. At present India has 8 Union Territories.

Union Territories of India
S.no	Union territories	Capital
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman  & Diu	Daman
4	Delhi	New Delhi
5	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
6	Puducherry (Pondicherry)	Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry)
7	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)
8	Ladakh	Leh

How Delhi, Puducherry, J& K are different from other Union Territories?

1. In India, all the states and three union territories, i.e. Puducherry, Delhi, and Jammu and Kashmir possess elected legislature and government.
2. There is a total of eight union territories in India, out of which 3, i.e. Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, and Puducherry, have their elected members and the Chief Minister, as these are granted with partial statehood, by an amendment to the Constitution.
3. Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, and Puducherry possess their own legislative assembly and executive council and operate like states. The remaining union territories are controlled and regulated by the Union of the country, that’s why named as a union territory.