As of September 2020, there are total 28 states in India and 8 Union Territories.
A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places where the government officials physically gathers to discuss things, make decisions, and make law.
Capital Cities are primarily chosen by the following criteria.
Note: This table is designed for Government Entrance Exam Aspirants. We do separate entries for Summer and Winter capitals for the same state to memorize it in a better way.
| S.No | State | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh |
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| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
| 3 | Assam | Dispur |
| 4 | Bihar | Patna |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh |
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| 6 | Goa | Panaji |
| 7 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
| 8 | Haryana | Chandigarh |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh (Summer) | Simla |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh (Winter) | Dharamshala |
| 11 | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
| 12 | Karnataka |
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| 13 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| 15 | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| 16 | Manipur | Imphal |
| 17 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| 18 | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| 19 | Nagaland | Kohima |
| 20 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| 21 | Punjab | Chandigarh |
| 22 | Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| 23 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| 25 | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| 26 | Tripura | Agartala |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| 28 | Uttarakhand (Summer) | Gairsain |
| 29 | Uttarakhand (Winter) | Dehradun |
| 30 | West Bengal | Kolkata |
A union territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union territories are federal territories governed, in part or in whole, by the Central Government of India.
| S.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 | Jammu & Kashmir (Summer) | Srinagar |
| 5 | Jammu & Kashmir (Winter) | Jammu |
| 6 | Ladakh (Summer) | Leh |
| 7 | Ladakh (Winter) | Kargil |
| 8 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| 9 | Puducherry | Pondicherry |
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