States & Union Territories
All 28 States and 8 Union Territories: capitals, languages, people and culture.
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| State / UT | Type | Capital | Official languages | Population (Census 2011) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | State | Amaravati | Telugu, Urdu (second official language) | 4,93,86,799 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | State | Itanagar | English | 13,83,727 |
| Assam | State | Dispur | Assamese, Bodo, Bengali (Barak Valley) | 3,12,05,576 |
| Bihar | State | Patna | Hindi, Urdu (second official language) | 10,40,99,452 |
| Chhattisgarh | State | Raipur (Nava Raipur Atal Nagar is the new capital city) | Hindi, Chhattisgarhi | 2,55,45,198 |
| Goa | State | Panaji | Konkani, Marathi (also used officially) | 14,58,545 |
| Gujarat | State | Gandhinagar | Gujarati, Hindi | 6,04,39,692 |
| Haryana | State | Chandigarh | Hindi, Punjabi (second official language) | 2,53,51,462 |
| Himachal Pradesh | State | Shimla (Dharamshala is the winter capital) | Hindi, Sanskrit (second official language) | 68,64,602 |
| Jharkhand | State | Ranchi | Hindi, Santali, Ho, Mundari, Kurukh, Urdu, Bengali, Odia and others (second official languages) | 3,29,88,134 |
| Karnataka | State | Bengaluru | Kannada | 6,10,95,297 |
| Kerala | State | Thiruvananthapuram | Malayalam | 3,34,06,061 |
| Madhya Pradesh | State | Bhopal | Hindi | 7,26,26,809 |
| Maharashtra | State | Mumbai (Nagpur is the second capital) | Marathi | 11,23,74,333 |
| Manipur | State | Imphal | Manipuri (Meitei) | 28,55,794 |
| Meghalaya | State | Shillong | English, Khasi and Garo (associate official languages) | 29,66,889 |
| Mizoram | State | Aizawl | Mizo, English | 10,97,206 |
| Nagaland | State | Kohima | English | 19,78,502 |
| Odisha | State | Bhubaneswar | Odia | 4,19,74,218 |
| Punjab | State | Chandigarh | Punjabi | 2,77,43,338 |
| Rajasthan | State | Jaipur | Hindi | 6,85,48,437 |
| Sikkim | State | Gangtok | English, Nepali, Sikkimese (Bhutia), Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar | 6,10,577 |
| Tamil Nadu | State | Chennai | Tamil | 7,21,47,030 |
| Telangana | State | Hyderabad | Telugu, Urdu | 3,51,93,978 |
| Tripura | State | Agartala | Bengali, Kokborok, English | 36,73,917 |
| Uttar Pradesh | State | Lucknow | Hindi, Urdu (second official language) | 19,98,12,341 |
| Uttarakhand | State | Dehradun (Gairsain/Bhararisain is the summer capital) | Hindi, Sanskrit (second official language) | 1,00,86,292 |
| West Bengal | State | Kolkata | Bengali, English, Nepali, Urdu, Hindi, Santali, Odia and Punjabi in specified areas | 9,12,76,115 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Union Territory | Sri Vijaya Puram (formerly Port Blair) | Hindi, English | 3,80,581 |
| Chandigarh | Union Territory | Chandigarh | English (Hindi and Punjabi are widely spoken) | 10,55,450 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Union Territory | Daman | Hindi, English, Gujarati (Marathi is widely spoken) | 5,86,956 |
| Delhi | Union Territory | New Delhi | Hindi, English, Punjabi and Urdu (second official languages) | 1,67,87,941 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Union Territory | Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter) | Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Hindi, English | 1,22,67,013 |
| Ladakh | Union Territory | Leh | English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhoti, Purgi | 2,74,289 |
| Lakshadweep | Union Territory | Kavaratti | Malayalam, English (Jeseri is widely spoken; Mahl in Minicoy) | 64,473 |
| Puducherry | Union Territory | Puducherry | Tamil, Telugu (Yanam), Malayalam (Mahé), English, French | 12,47,953 |
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