There are 29 states in India.
The list and details are given below :
(Refer to INDIA - Basic knowledge also.)
Refer to INDIA - Basic knowledge also.
The list and details are given below :
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|
Map
|
Name
|
ISO 3166-2 code
|
Date of formation
|
Area
(km2) |
Official
language(s) |
Administrative
capital |
Largest city
(if not the capital) |
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
AP
|
1953 Oct 1
(as Andhra State) |
160,205
|
Telugu
|
Hyderabad
|
Visakhapatnam
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
AR
|
1987 Feb 20
|
83,743
|
English
|
Itanagar
|
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
AS
|
1912 Apr 1
(as Assam Province) |
78,550
|
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo
|
Dispur
|
Guwahati
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
BR
|
1936 Apr 1
|
99,200
|
Hindi, Bhojpuri, Magadhi,
Maithili,Urdu
|
Patna
|
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
CT
|
2000 Nov 1
|
135,194
|
Chattisgarhi, Hindi
|
Raipur (interim)
|
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
GA
|
1987 May 30
|
3,702
|
Konkani
|
Panaji
|
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
GJ
|
1960 May 1
|
196,024
|
Gujarati, Hindi
|
Gandhinagar
|
Ahmedabad
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
HR
|
1966 Nov 1
|
44,212
|
Hindi, Punjabi
|
Chandigarh
|
Faridabad
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
HP
|
1971 Jan 25
|
55,673
|
Hindi
|
Shimla
|
|
|
10
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
JK
|
1947 Oct 26
|
222,236
|
Dogri, Kashmiri, Ladakhi, Urdu
|
Srinagar (summer)
Jammu (winter) |
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
JH
|
2000 Nov 15
|
74,677
|
Hindi
|
Ranchi
|
Jamshedpur
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
KA
|
1956 Nov 1
|
191,791
|
Kannada
|
Bangalore
|
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
KL
|
1956 Nov 1
|
38,863
|
Malayalam
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
MP
|
1947 Aug 15
|
308,252
|
Hindi
|
Bhopal
|
Indore
|
|
15
|
Maharashtra
|
MH
|
1960 May 1
|
307,713
|
Marathi
|
Mumbai
|
|
|
16
|
Manipur
|
MN
|
1972 Jan 21
|
22,347
|
Manipuri
|
Imphal
|
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
ML
|
1972 Jan 21
|
22,720
|
English, Garo, Hindi, Khasi, Pnar
|
Shillong
|
|
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
MZ
|
1987 Feb 20
|
21,081
|
Mizo
|
Aizawl
|
|
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
NL
|
1963 Dec 1
|
16,579
|
English
|
Kohima
|
Dimapur
|
|
20
|
Odisha
|
OR
|
1912 Apr 1
(as Orissa Province) |
155,820
|
Oriya
|
Bhubaneswar
|
|
|
21
|
Punjab
|
PB
|
1947 Aug 15
(as East Punjab) |
50,362
|
Punjabi
|
Chandigarh
(shared, Union Territory) |
Ludhiana
|
|
22
|
Rajasthan
|
RJ
|
1950 Jan 26
|
342,269
|
Hindi
|
Jaipur
|
|
|
23
|
Sikkim
|
SK
|
1975 May 16
|
7,096
|
Nepali, Bhutia, Gurung,
Lepcha,Limbu, Manggar,
Newari, Sherpa,Sunwar, Tamang
|
Gangtok
|
|
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
TN
|
1950 Jan 26
(as Madras) |
130,058
|
Tamil
|
Chennai
|
|
|
25
|
Telangana
|
TG
|
2014 Jun 2
|
114,840
|
Telugu, Urdu
|
Hyderabad
|
|
|
26
|
Tripura
|
TR
|
1972 Jan 21
|
10,492
|
Bengali, Tripuri
|
Agartala
|
|
|
27
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
UP
|
1902 Mar 22
(as United Provinces) |
243,286
|
Hindi, Urdu
|
Lucknow
|
Kanpur
|
|
28
|
Uttarakhand
|
UT
|
2000 Nov 9
|
53,483
|
Hindi, Sanskrit
|
Dehradun (interim)
|
|
|
29
|
West Bengal
|
WB
|
1947 Aug 15
|
88,752
|
Bengali, English, Nepali
|
Kolkata
|
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