{"id":2256,"date":"2026-10-13T20:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/indian-states-and-capitals\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:48:32","slug":"indian-states-and-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/indian-states-and-capitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian States and Capitals 2026: 28 States and 8 Union Territories List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Last updated: October 2026 \u00b7 3 min read<\/em><\/p>\n<p>India is a union of <b>28 states<\/b> and <b>8 union territories (UTs)<\/b>. States have their own elected governments; most UTs are administered directly by the central government, though Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu &amp; Kashmir have elected legislatures.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/indian-states-and-capitals.png\" alt=\"Infographic: Indian States and Capitals 2026: 28 States and 8 Union Territories List\" class=\"wp-image-2255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/indian-states-and-capitals.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/indian-states-and-capitals-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/indian-states-and-capitals-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/indian-states-and-capitals-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>Indian States and Capitals 2026: 28 States and 8 Union Territories List \u2013 infographic by Tiwaripedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>List of 28 states and capitals<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>State<\/th><th>Capital<\/th><th>State<\/th><th>Capital<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Andhra Pradesh<\/td><td>Amaravati<\/td><td>Manipur<\/td><td>Imphal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arunachal Pradesh<\/td><td>Itanagar<\/td><td>Meghalaya<\/td><td>Shillong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Assam<\/td><td>Dispur<\/td><td>Mizoram<\/td><td>Aizawl<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bihar<\/td><td>Patna<\/td><td>Nagaland<\/td><td>Kohima<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chhattisgarh<\/td><td>Raipur<\/td><td>Odisha<\/td><td>Bhubaneswar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Goa<\/td><td>Panaji<\/td><td>Punjab<\/td><td>Chandigarh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gujarat<\/td><td>Gandhinagar<\/td><td>Rajasthan<\/td><td>Jaipur<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Haryana<\/td><td>Chandigarh<\/td><td>Sikkim<\/td><td>Gangtok<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Himachal Pradesh<\/td><td>Shimla (winter: Dharamshala)<\/td><td>Tamil Nadu<\/td><td>Chennai<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jharkhand<\/td><td>Ranchi<\/td><td>Telangana<\/td><td>Hyderabad<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Karnataka<\/td><td>Bengaluru<\/td><td>Tripura<\/td><td>Agartala<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kerala<\/td><td>Thiruvananthapuram<\/td><td>Uttar Pradesh<\/td><td>Lucknow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Madhya Pradesh<\/td><td>Bhopal<\/td><td>Uttarakhand<\/td><td>Dehradun (summer: Gairsain)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maharashtra<\/td><td>Mumbai<\/td><td>West Bengal<\/td><td>Kolkata<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<h2>List of 8 union territories<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Union territory<\/th><th>Capital<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Andaman and Nicobar Islands<\/td><td>Sri Vijaya Puram (formerly Port Blair)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chandigarh<\/td><td>Chandigarh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu<\/td><td>Daman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Delhi (National Capital Territory)<\/td><td>New Delhi<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jammu and Kashmir<\/td><td>Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ladakh<\/td><td>Leh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lakshadweep<\/td><td>Kavaratti<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Puducherry<\/td><td>Puducherry<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<h2>Recent changes to remember<\/h2>\n<ul><li><b>2014:<\/b> Telangana became India&#8217;s 29th state, carved out of Andhra Pradesh.<\/li><li><b>2019:<\/b> Jammu and Kashmir state was reorganised into two UTs, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, bringing states to 28.<\/li><li><b>2020:<\/b> Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu merged into one UT, making 8 UTs.<\/li><li><b>2024:<\/b> Port Blair was renamed Sri Vijaya Puram.<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>Records and quick facts<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Fact<\/th><th>Answer<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Largest state by area<\/td><td>Rajasthan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Smallest state by area<\/td><td>Goa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Most populous state<\/td><td>Uttar Pradesh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Least populous state<\/td><td>Sikkim<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Largest UT by area<\/td><td>Ladakh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Smallest UT<\/td><td>Lakshadweep<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shared capital<\/td><td>Chandigarh (Punjab and Haryana)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<h2>Easy tips to remember<\/h2>\n<ul><li>Group the seven north-eastern &#8220;sister states&#8221; plus Sikkim together.<\/li><li>Remember the three capitals named after cities that are not the largest city: Dispur, Gandhinagar and Amaravati.<\/li><li>Practise with a blank map once a week.<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<h3>How many states are there in India in 2026?<\/h3>\n<p>28 states and 8 union territories.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the capital of Andhra Pradesh?<\/h3>\n<p>Amaravati is the designated capital; Hyderabad served as the shared capital until June 2024.<\/p>\n<h3>Which state has two capitals?<\/h3>\n<p>Himachal Pradesh (Shimla and Dharamshala as winter capital) and Uttarakhand (Dehradun and Gairsain as summer capital); Jammu and Kashmir UT also moves between Srinagar and Jammu.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep exploring<\/h2>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/seven-continents-of-the-world\/\">The 7 continents<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/making-of-indian-constitution\/\">How India&#8217;s Constitution was made<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/major-rivers-of-india\/\">Major rivers of India<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/index.php\/category\/geography\/\">More Geography articles on Tiwaripedia<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<p><em>Facts are based on widely accepted official, scientific and historical sources at the time of writing. Spotted something that needs updating? <a href=\"\/index.php\/contact-us\/\">Let us know<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated list of 28 Indian states and 8 union territories with capitals (2026), largest and smallest states, newest changes and easy tips to remember them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow_YXIDA:productID":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2496,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions\/2496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}