States & UTs of India

India has 36 published administrative divisions on StateIcon : 28 states and 8 union territories. Population figures show their reference year.

Compare population & area
Area and population as recorded for each state; see each page for sources.
NameTypeCapitalArea (km²)PopulationYearDistricts
Andhra Pradesh State Amaravati 162,975 49,577,103 2011 26 (2025)
Arunachal Pradesh State Itanagar 83,743 1,383,727 2011 —
Assam State Dispur 78,438 31,205,576 2011 —
Bihar State Patna 94,163 104,099,452 2011 38 (2025)
Chhattisgarh State Raipur 135,192 25,545,198 2011 33 (2025)
Goa State Panaji 3,702 1,458,545 2011 2
Gujarat State Gandhinagar 196,024 60,439,692 2011 —
Haryana State Chandigarh 44,212 25,351,462 2011 22 (2025)
Himachal Pradesh State Shimla 55,673 6,864,602 2011 12 (2025)
Jharkhand State Ranchi 79,716 32,988,134 2011 24 (2025)
Karnataka State Bengaluru 191,791 61,095,297 2011 31 (2025)
Kerala State Thiruvananthapuram 38,863 33,406,061 2011 14 (2025)
Madhya Pradesh State Bhopal 308,252 72,626,809 2011 55 (2025)
Maharashtra State Mumbai 307,713 112,374,333 2011 36 (2025)
Manipur State Imphal 22,327 2,855,794 2011 16 (2025)
Meghalaya State Shillong 22,429 2,966,889 2011 12 (2025)
Mizoram State Aizawl 21,081 1,097,206 2011 11 (2025)
Nagaland State Kohima 16,579 1,978,502 2011 —
Odisha State Bhubaneswar 155,707 41,974,218 2011 30 (2025)
Punjab State Chandigarh 50,362 27,743,338 2011 23 (2025)
Rajasthan State Jaipur 342,239 68,548,437 2011 41 (2025)
Sikkim State Gangtok 7,096 610,577 2011 6 (2025)
Tamil Nadu State Chennai 130,060 72,147,030 2011 38 (2025)
Telangana State Hyderabad 112,077 35,003,674 2011 33 (2025)
Tripura State Agartala 10,486 3,673,917 2011 8 (2025)
Uttar Pradesh State Lucknow 240,928 199,812,341 2011 75 (2025)
Uttarakhand State Dehradun 53,483 10,086,292 2011 13 (2025)
West Bengal State Kolkata 88,752 91,276,115 2011 23 (2025)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory Sri Vijaya Puram 8,249 380,581 2011 3 (2025)
Chandigarh Union Territory Chandigarh 114 1,055,450 2011 1 (2025)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Union Territory Daman 603 586,956 2011 3 (2025)
Delhi Union Territory New Delhi 1,484 16,787,941 2011 —
Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Srinagar — 12,267,013 2011 20 (2025)
Ladakh Union Territory Leh — 274,289 2011 2 (2025)
Lakshadweep Union Territory Kavaratti 32 64,473 2011 1 (2025)
Puducherry Union Territory Puducherry 479 1,247,953 2011 4 (2025)