A Complete List Of Indian States And Union Territories (2022)

Last Updated: 29 May 2022

This article is about the list of Indian States and Union Territories.

India is one of the world’s largest countries with a huge population of about 1.36 billion. It has 28 states and 8 union territories after Ladakh and Jammu were made Union territory.

Interseting Facts

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of Districts in India i.e., 75 Districts.

Bombay was renamed “Mumbai” in 1995 and Madras was renamed “Chennai” in 1996.

Oldest Amphitheater in Asia is located in Assam.

Pawan Kumar Chamling is the longest-seving Chief Minister of India (Sikkim) for 24 years 165 days.

Bombay Stock Exchange commonly known as BSE is the oldest Stock Exchange in Asia.

Mawsynram in Meghalaya is the wettest place on Earth.

India shares the longest border with Bangladesh (4,156 Km).

The tallest statue in the world i.e., Statue of Unity is located in Gujarat.

Marina Beach in Chennai is the Longest Beach in India.

Madhya Pradesh is known as “Nadiyo ka Maayka”.

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The Indian States And Capitals

No.	State	Capital
1	Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad (de jure) Amaravati (de facto)
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
3	Assam	Dispur
4	Bihar	Patna
5	Chhattisgarh	Naya Raipur
6	Goa	Panaji
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar
8	Haryana	Chandigarh
9	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla (Summer) Dharamshala (Winter)
10	Jharkhand	Ranchi
11	Karnataka	Bangalore
12	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram
13	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
14	Maharashtra	Mumbai (Summer) Nagpur (Winter)
15	Manipur	Imphal
16	Meghalaya	Shillong
17	Mizoram	Aizawl
18	Nagaland	Kohima
19	Odisha	Bhubaneswar
20	Punjab	Chandigarh
21	Rajasthan	Jaipur
22	Sikkim	Gangtok
23	Tamil Nadu	Chennai
24	Telangana	Hyderabad
25	Tripura	Agartala
26	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
27	Uttarakhand	Gairsain (Summer) Dehradun (Winter)
28	West Bengal	Kolkata

The Indian Union Territories And Capital

No.	Union territory	Capital
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman
4	Delhi	New Delhi
5	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter)
6	Ladakh	Leh (Summer) Kargil (Winter)
7	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
8	Puducherry	Pondicherry

Nicknames Of Indian States

No.	State	Nickname
1	Andhra Pradesh	Kohinoor of India
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Land of Sunrise
3	Assam	Tea City of India
4	Bihar	The Silk City of India
5	Chhattisgarh	Rice Bowl of India
6	Goa	Pearl of the Orient
7	Gujarat	Boston of India
8	Haryana	Milk Pail of India
9	Himachal Pradesh	All Season State of India
10	Jharkhand	Pittsburgh of India
11	Karnataka	Silicon Valley of India
12	Kerala	Spice Garden of India
13	Madhya Pradesh	Soya Region of India
14	Maharashtra	Financial Capital of India
15	Manipur	The Jewel of India
16	Meghalaya	Scotland of East
17	Mizoram	Peninsula State
18	Nagaland	Land Of Warriors
19	Odisha	Temple City of India
20	Punjab	Land of Five rivers
21	Rajasthan	City of Palaces
22	Sikkim	Botanists Paradise
23	Tamil Nadu	Gateway of South India
24	Telangana	Capital of Biryani
25	Tripura	Hill Tipperah
26	Uttar Pradesh	Taj Nagari
27	Uttarakhand	Devabhumi
28	West Bengal	Land of Black Diamonds

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Nicknames Of Indian Union Territories

No.	State	Nickname
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Man Island
2	Chandigarh	The City Beautiful
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman
4	Delhi	City of Rallies
5	Jammu and Kashmir	Heaven in India
6	Ladakh	The Land of High Passes
7	Lakshadweep	Laccadive Islands
8	Puducherry	Paris of the East

Metropolitan Areas In India

No.	City	Region
1	Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad Metropolitan Region
2	Bangalore	Bangalore Metropolitan Region
3	Chennai	Chennai Metropolitan Area
4	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Metropolitan Region
5	Jaipur	Jaipur Metropolitan Region
6	Kolkata	Kolkata Metropolitan Area
7	Mumbai	Mumbai Metropolitan Region
8	Nagpur	Nagpur Metropolitan Region
9	NCR	Central National Capital Region
10	Pune	Pune Metropolitan Region
11	Surat	Surat Metropolitan Region
12	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region

Top IT Cities In India

No.	City	State
1	Agra	Uttar Pradesh
2	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh
3	Bangalore	Karnataka
4	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
5	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
6	Delhi	Delhi
7	Hyderabad	Telangana
8	Jaipur	Rajasthan
9	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
10	Kochi	Kerala
11	Kolkata	West Bengal
12	Ludhiana	Punjab
13	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
14	Madurai	Tamil Nadu
15	Mumbai	Maharashtra
16	Nagpur	Maharashtra
17	Nashik	Maharashtra
18	Pune	Maharashtra
19	Vadodara	Gujarat
20	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh

Top Richest Cities In India

Cities	Cities
Ahmedabad	Kolkata
Chennai	Pune
Bengaluru	Mumbai
Delhi	Surat
Hyderabad	Visakhapatnam

List Of Largest Indian States By Area

No.	State	Area (km²)
1	Rajasthan	342,238
2	Madhya Pradesh	308,350
3	Maharashtra	307,713
4	Uttar Pradesh	243,290
5	Gujarat	196,024
6	Karnataka	191,791
7	Andhra Pradesh	162,970
8	Odisha	155,707
9	Chhattisgarh	135,191
10	Tamil Nadu	130,058
11	Telangana	112,077
12	Bihar	94,163
13	West Bengal	88,752
14	Arunachal Pradesh	83,743
15	Jharkhand	79,714
16	Assam	78,438
17	Himachal Pradesh	55,673
18	Uttarakhand	53,483
19	Punjab	50,362
20	Haryana	44,212
21	Kerala	38,863
22	Meghalaya	22,429
23	Manipur	22,327
24	Mizoram	21,081
25	Nagaland	16,579
26	Tripura	10,486
27	Sikkim	7,096
28	Goa	3,702

List Of Largest Union Territories By Area

No.	Union territory	Area (km²)
1	Ladakh	59,146
2	Jammu and Kashmir	42,241
3	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	8,249
4	Delhi	1,483
5	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	603
6	Puducherry	492
7	Chandigarh	114
8	Lakshadweep	32

The Largest Cities in India By Area

No.	City	Area (km²)
1	Delhi	1484
2	Bengaluru	709
3	Visakhapatnam	689
4	Ranchi	652
5	Hyderabad	650
6	Mumbai	603
7	Indore	530
8	Jaipur	485
9	Ahmedabad	464
10	Chennai	426
11	Bhubaneswar	422
12	Kanpur	403
13	Lucknow	349
14	Bhilai	341
15	Pune	331

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List Of Cleanest Cities In India

The Ministry of Urban Development, the Government of India, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India, annually publish National City Rating under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme.

Year	City	State
2010	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
2015	Mysore	Karnataka
2016	Mysore	Karnataka
2017	Indore	Madhya Pradesh

Year	Category	City	State
2018	Metropolis	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
2018	Big City	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
2018	Medium City	Mysore	Karnataka
2018	Small City	New Delhi	Delhi

Year	Category	City	State
2019	Metropolis	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
2019	Big City	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
2019	Medium City	Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh
2019	Small City	New Delhi	Delhi

Year	Category	City	State
2020	Metropolis	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
2020	Big City	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
2020	Medium City	Mysore	Karnataka
2020	Small City	Ambikapur	Chhattisgarh

Top 10 cleanest cities in the Swachh Survekshan 2021 for over 1 million Population

Year	City	State
2021	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
2021	Surat	Gujarat
2021	Vijaywada	Andhra Pradesh
2021	Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra
2021	Pune	Maharashtra
2021	Raipur	Chhattisgarh
2021	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
2021	Vadodara	Gujarat
2021	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
2021	Ahmedabad	Gujarat

Major Cities Of Each State In India

No.	State	City
1	Andhra Pradesh	1) Visakhapatnam 2) Vijayawada 3) Guntur 4) Nellore 5) Kakinada 6) Rajahmundry
2	Arunachal Pradesh	1) Itanagar 2) East Siang 3) Pasighat 4) Namsai 5) Tezu
3	Assam	1) Guwahati 2) Jorhat 3) Dibrugarh 4) Silchar 5) Tezpur
4	Bihar	1) Patna 2) Gaya 3) Bhagalpur 4) Muzaffarpur 5) Bihar Sharif
5	Chhattisgarh	1) Raipur 2) Bhilai 3) Bilaspur 4) Ambikapur
6	Goa	1) Panjim 2) Mapusa 3) Margao 4) Vasco da Gama
7	Gujarat	1) Ahmedabad 2) Surat 3) Vadodara 4) Rajkot 5) Bhavnagar
8	Haryana	1) Faridabad 2) Gurgaon 3) Rohtak 4) Panipat 5) Karnal
9	Himachal Pradesh	1) Shimla 2) Solan 3) Dharamshala
10	Jharkhand	1) Dhanbad 2) Ranchi 3) Jamshedpur 4) Bokaro
11	Karnataka	1) Bangalore 2) Hubli–Dharwad 3) Mysore 4) Gulbarga 5) Mangalore
12	Kerala	1) Kochi 2) Thiruvananthapuram 3) Kozhikode 4) Kollam 5) Thrissur
13	Madhya Pradesh	1) Bhopal 2) Indore 3) Gwalior 4) Jabalpur 5) Ujjain
14	Maharashtra	1) Mumbai 2) Pune 3) Nagpur 4) Thane 5) Pimpri-Chinchwad
15	Manipur	1) Imphal 2) Ukhrul 3) Kakching
16	Meghalaya	1) Shillong 2) Tura 3) Cherrapunji‎
17	Mizoram	1) Aizawl 2) Lunglei 3) Serchhip
18	Nagaland	1) Kohima 2) Mokokchung 3) Wokha
19	Odisha	1) Bhubaneswar 2) Cuttack 3) Puri 4) Rourkela 5) Berhampur
20	Punjab	1) Ludhiana 2) Amritsar 3) Jalandhar 4) Patiala 5) Bathinda
21	Rajasthan	1) Jaipur 2) Jodhpur 3) Kota 4) Ajmer 5) Udaipur
22	Sikkim	1) Gangtok 2) Namchi 3) Geyzing
23	Tamil Nadu	1) Chennai 2) Coimbatore 3) Madurai 4) Tiruppur 5) Salem
24	Telangana	1) Hyderabad 2) Warangal 3) Nizamabad 4) Khammam 5) Karimnagar
25	Tripura	1) Agartala 2) Dharmanagar 3) Udaipur
26	Uttar Pradesh	1) Kanpur 2) Lucknow 3) Ghaziabad 4) Meerut 5) Varanasi
27	Uttarakhand	1) Dehradun 2) Haridwar 3) Rudrapur 4) Nainital 5) Mussoorie
28	West Bengal	1) Kolkata 2) Howrah 3) Durgapur 4) Asansol 5) Siliguri

List Of Industrial Centers In India

No.	State	Place
1	Andhra Pradesh	a) Hyderabad b) Rajahmundry c) Sri City d) Vijayawada e) Visakhapatnam
2	Assam	Dibrugarh
3	Chhattisgarh	a) Bhilai b) Raigarh
4	Delhi	Delhi
5	Goa	Margao
6	Gujarat	a) Ahmedabad b) Anjar c) Bardoli d) BharuchVadodara e) Chittaranjan f) Gandhinagar g) Jamnagar h) Morbi i) Rajkot j) Surat
7	Haryana	a) Faridabad b) Gurugram
8	Jharkhand	a) Bokaro Steel City b) Jamshedpur c) Jharia
9	Karnataka	a) Bangalore b) Belagavi c) Channapatna d) Peenya
10	Kerala	a) Calicut b) Kannur c) Kochi d) Perambra e) Thiruvananthapuram f) Thrissur
11	Madhya Pradesh	a) Indore b) Nepanagar c) Panna d) Pithampur
12	Maharashtra	a) Aurangabad b) Ichalkaranji c) Mumbai d) Nagpur e) Nashik f) Navi Mumbai g) Pimpri-Chinchwad h) Pune
13	Orissa	a) Angul b) Rourkela
14	Punjab	Ludhiana
15	Tamil Nadu	a) Chennai b) Coimbatore c) Hosur d) Salem e) Sivakasi f) Tiruppur
16	Uttarakhand	a) Haridwar b) Rudrapur
17	Uttar Pradesh	a) Aligarh b) Bareilly c) Bulandshahr d) Firozabad e) Gajraula f) Kanpur g) Mathura h) Meerut i) Mirzapur j) Moradabad k) Muzaffarnagar l) Noida m) Saharanpur n) Unnao o) Varanasi
18	West Bengal	a) Darjeeling b) Durgapur c) Haldia d) Kharagpur e) Kolkata