States of India with Capitals and Languages
India is the seventh largest country in the world. It has land boundaries of 15,200 km and 6100 km long coast line. India’s landmass covers 3.28 million square kilometer of area. This accounts for nearly 2.42 percent of the total geographical area of the world.
For good governance, India has been divided into 29 states and 7 union territories. Each state and union territory has its own capital.
The states and union territories are further sub-divided into districts and further into smaller administrative divisions.
States | Capital | Languages |
Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad | Telugu and Urdu |
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanager | Miji, Apotanji, Merdukpen, Tagin, Adi, Honpa |
Assam | Dispur | Assamese |
Bihar | Patna | Hindi |
Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Hindi |
Goa | Panaji | Marathi and Konkani |
Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Gujarati |
Haryana | Chandigarh | Hindi |
Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Hindi and Pahari |
Mizoram | Aizawl | Mizo and English |
Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar (Summer); Jammu (Winter) | Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Ladakhi, Pahari, Punjabi, Dadri |
Jharkhand | Ranchi | Hindi |
Karnataka | Bangaluru | Kannda |
Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Malayalam, English |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Hindi |
Maharashtra | Mumbai | Marathi |
Manipur | Imphal | Manipuri |
Meghalaya | Shillong | Khasi, Jaintia and Garo |
Nagaland | Kohima | Konyak, Angami, Sema and Lotha |
Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odia, English |
Punjab | Chandigarh | Punjabi |
Rajasthan | Jaipur | Rajasthani and Hindi |
Sikkim | Gangtok | Bhutia, Hindi, Nepali, Lepcha, Limbu |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tamil |
Telangana | Hyderabad | Telugu, Urdu |
Tripura | Agartala | Bengali, Tripuri, Manipuri, Kakborak |
Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Hindi |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Hindi |
West Bengal | Kolkata | Bengali |