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De Jure and De Facto Capitals in India

The document provides information on the states and union territories of India. There are 28 states and 8 union territories within India. Some key details include: - The states and territories vary significantly in size, population, and official languages. For example, Uttar Pradesh has over 200 million people while Sikkim has just over 600,000. Languages include Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and others. - The capital cities are hubs of political and administrative activity. Many were chosen due to their historical significance or central locations. Larger cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Kolkata are economic and cultural centers. - Statehood dates range from the initial states formed after independence in 1950 to more recent cre

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De Jure and De Facto Capitals in India

The document provides information on the states and union territories of India. There are 28 states and 8 union territories within India. Some key details include: - The states and territories vary significantly in size, population, and official languages. For example, Uttar Pradesh has over 200 million people while Sikkim has just over 600,000. Languages include Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and others. - The capital cities are hubs of political and administrative activity. Many were chosen due to their historical significance or central locations. Larger cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Kolkata are economic and cultural centers. - Statehood dates range from the initial states formed after independence in 1950 to more recent cre

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4/8/2020 States and union territories of India - Wikipedia

ISO Add
Vehicle Area Official
State 3166- Zone Capital Largest city Statehood Population[40] o
2:IN
code (km2) languages[41]
langu
Hyderabad (de jure)
Andhra 1 November
IN-AP AP Southern Amaravati (de facto) Visakhapatnam 49,506,799 160,205 Telugu —
Pradesh Note 1[42][43] 1956

Arunachal North- 20 February


IN-AR AR Itanagar 1,383,727 83,743 English —
Pradesh Eastern 1987
North- 26 January
Assam IN-AS AS Dispur Guwahati 31,205,576 78,550 Assamese Beng
Eastern 1950
26 January
Bihar IN-BR BR Eastern Patna 104,099,452 94,163 Hindi Urdu
1950
1 November
Chhattisgarh IN-CT CG Central Naya Raipur Raipur 25,545,198 135,194 Hindi —
2000
Vasco da
Goa IN-GA GA Western Panaji 30 May 1987 1,458,545 3,702 Konkani Engli
Gama
Gujarat IN-GJ GJ Western Gandhinagar Ahmedabad 1 May 1960 60,439,692 196,024 Gujarati —
1 November
Haryana IN-HR HR Northern Chandigarh Faridabad 25,351,462 44,212 Hindi Punja
1966
Shimla (Summer)
Himachal 25 January
IN-HP HP Northern Dharamshala Shimla 6,864,602 55,673 Hindi Sans
Pradesh 1971
(Winter)[46]

15
Jharkhand IN-JH JH Eastern Ranchi Jamshedpur November 32,988,134 74,677 Hindi Urdu
2000
1 November
Karnataka IN-KA KA Southern Bangalore 61,095,297 191,791 Kannada Engli
1956
1 November
Kerala IN-KL KL Southern Thiruvananthapuram Kochi 33,406,061 38,863 Malayalam Engli
1956
Madhya 1 November
IN-MP MP Central Bhopal Indore 72,626,809 308,252 Hindi —
Pradesh 1956
Mumbai (Summer)
Maharashtra IN-MH MH Western Mumbai 1 May 1960 112,374,333 307,713 Marathi —
Nagpur (Winter)[49]
North- 21 January
Manipur IN-MN MN Imphal 2,855,794 22,347 Meitei Engli
Eastern 1972
North- 21 January
Meghalaya IN-ML ML Shillong 2,966,889 22,720 English Khas
Eastern 1972
North- 20 February English, Hindi,
Mizoram IN-MZ MZ Aizawl 1,097,206 21,081 —
Eastern 1987 Mizo
North- 1 December
Nagaland IN-NL NL Kohima Dimapur 1,978,502 16,579 English —
Eastern 1963
26 January
Odisha IN-OR OD Eastern Bhubaneswar 41,974,218 155,820 Odia —
1950
1 November
Punjab IN-PB PB Northern Chandigarh Ludhiana 27,743,338 50,362 Punjabi —
1966
1 November
Rajasthan IN-RJ RJ Northern Jaipur 68,548,437 342,269 Hindi Engli
1956
Bhuti
Lepc
North- Mang
Sikkim IN-SK SK Gangtok 16 May 1975 610,577 7,096 English, Nepali
Eastern Mukh
Rai, S
Tama
1 November
Tamil Nadu IN-TN TN Southern Chennai 72,147,030 130,058 Tamil Engli
1956
Telangana IN-TG TS Southern HyderabadNote 1 2 June 2014 35,193,978[50] 114,840[50] Telugu, Urdu[51] —
Bengali,
North- 21 January
Tripura IN-TR TR Agartala 3,673,917 10,492 English, —
Eastern 1972
Kokborok
Uttar 26 January
IN-UP UP Northern Lucknow Kanpur 199,812,341 243,286 Hindi Urdu
Pradesh 1950
Gairsain (Summer) 9 November
Uttarakhand IN-UT UK Northern Dehradun 10,086,292 53,483 Hindi Sans
Dehradun (Winter)[52] 2000

Bengali, Hindi
26 January
West Bengal IN-WB WB Eastern Kolkata 91,276,115 88,752 Punja
1950 Nepali[b]
Santa

^Note 1 Andhra Pradesh was divided into two states, Telangana and a residual Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014.[54][55][56] Hyderabad, located
entirely within the borders of Telangana, is to serve as the capital for both states for a period of time not exceeding ten years.[57] The Government of
Andhra Pradesh and the Andhra Pradesh Legislature completed the process of relocating to temporary facilities in the envisaged new capital city
Amaravati in early 2017.[42]

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ISO Area Official Additional official


Vehicle Largest
Union territory 3166- Capital Population[40]
code city (km2) languages[41] languages[41]
2:IN
Andaman and Bengali, Tamil, Telugu,
IN-AN AN Port Blair 380,581 8,249 English, Hindi
Nicobar Islands Malayalam
Chandigarh IN-CH CH Chandigarh —[c] 1,055,450 114 English, Hindi, Punjabi —
Dadra and Nagar
English, Gujarati,
Haveli and Daman IN-DD DD Daman 586,956 603 Konkani, Marathi
Hindi
and Diu
Delhi IN-DL DL New Delhi —[d] 16,787,941 1,490 English, Hindi Punjabi, Urdu[58]
Srinagar
Jammu and (Summer)
IN-JK JK Srinagar 12,258,433 55,538Note 3 English, Urdu Dogri, Kashmiri
Kashmir Jammu
(Winter)

Leh
(Summer)
Ladakh IN-LA LA
Kargil
Leh 290,492 174,852Note 4 English, Ladakhi —
(Winter)[59]

Lakshadweep IN-LD LD Kavaratti 64,473 32 English, Malayalam —


Puducherry IN-PY PY Pondicherry 1,247,953 492 English,[60] Tamil Telugu, Malayalam

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