Do you want to know all the 28 states of India and their capitals and languages? this is the right place. Below is the detailed list of Indian states with their capitals and languages.
Firstly, we must know about the total number of states of India and union territories.
How many number of states in India?
There are 28 states of India and 9 union territories. Now some of you may be rethinking the number of states because till the first half of 2019, India had 29 states and 7 union territories.
After the revocation of article 370 and Comming of Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019, the state of J&K divided into two union territories – Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Now talk about the latest addition, firstly, in the state list, Telangana is the recent state. and, secondly, in the union territories as mentioned above J&K and Ladakh.
List of 28 states with their Capitals and Languages
S.No. | Name | Capital | Major Language |
1. | Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | Telugu |
2. | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | English, Nissi |
3. | Assam | Dispur | Assamese |
4. | Bihar | Patna | Hindi |
5. | Chhattishgarh | Raipur | Hindi |
6. | Goa | Panaji | Konkani |
7. | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Gujarati |
8. | Haryana | Chandigarh | Hindi |
9. | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Hindi |
10. | Jharkhand | Ranchi | Hindi |
11. | Karnataka | Bangalore | Kannada |
12. | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Malayalam |
13. | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Hindi |
14. | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Marathi |
15. | Manipur | Imphal | Meitei |
16. | Meghalaya | Shillong | Khasi, English |
17. | Mizoram | Aizawl | Lushai, English |
18. | Nagaland | Kohima | English, Ao |
19. | Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odia |
20. | Punjab | Chandigarh | Punjabi |
21. | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Hindi |
22. | Sikkim | Gangtok | Nepali, English |
23. | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tamil |
24. | Telangana | Hyderabad | Telugu |
25. | Tripura | Agartala | Bangla |
26. | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Hindi |
27. | Uttrakhand | Dehradun | Hindi |
28. | West Bengal | Kolkata | Bangla |
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