Last Updated: 8 July 2020
This article is about every state and city in India that is categorized into different categories. It is arranged alphabetically for your convenience.
The following list of tables includes:
- The Indian States And Capitals
- The Indian Union Territories And Capital
- Nicknames Of Indian States
- Nicknames Of Indian Union Territories
- Metropolitan Areas In India
- List Of Largest Indian States By Area
- List Of Largest Union Territories By Area
- Top IT Cities In India
- Top Richest Cities In India
- The Largest Cities in India By Area
- List of Cleanest Cities In India
- Major Cities Of Each State In India
- List Of Industrial Centers In India
Read the Complete List of the Indian States and Major Cities in an easy way. (Last Update 23 June 2020)
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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Top Richest Cities In India
| Ahmedabad |
| Bengaluru |
| Chennai |
| Delhi |
| Hyderabad |
| Kolkata |
| Mumbai |
| Pune |
| Surat |
| Visakhapatnam |
List Of Cleanest Cities In India
| Year | City | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 2015 | Mysore | Karnataka |
| 2016 | Mysore | Karnataka |
| 2017 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| 2018 | Metropolis: Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| 2018 | Big city: Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2018 | Medium city: Mysore | Karnataka |
| 2018 | Small city: New Delhi (Municipal Council) | Delhi |
| 2019 | Metropolis: Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| 2019 | Big city: Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| 2019 | Medium city: Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh |
| 2019 | Small city: New Delhi (Municipal Council) | Delhi |
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 |
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