States and union territories of India 1

States and union territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and union
territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.

List of states and territories

A clickable map of the 28 states and 7 union territories of India

States of India
Map Name ISO Population Official Capital Largest Population Literacy Percentage Sex
Area
3166-2 language(s) city density Rate(%) of Urban Ratio
(km2)
code (if not Population
capital) to total
Population

1 Andhra AP 84,665,533 275,045 Telugu, Hyderabad 308 67.66 27.3 992

Pradesh Urdu,
English

2 Arunachal AR 1,382,611 83,743 English Itanagar 17 66.95 20.8 920

Pradesh

3 Assam AS 31,169,272 78,550 Assamese, Dispur Guwahati 397 73.18 12.9 954
Bengali;
Regional:
Bodo
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4 Bihar BR 103,804,637 99,200 Hindi, Patna 1,102 63.82 10.5 916[1]

Magadhi,
Maithili,
Urdu

5 Chhattisgarh CT 25,540,196 135,194 Chattisgarhi, Raipur 189 71.04 20.1 991

Hindi

6 Goa GA 1,457,723 3,702 Konkani Panjim 394 87.40 62.2 968

7 Gujarat GJ 60,383,628 196,024 Gujarati Gandhinagar Ahmedabad 308 79.31 37.4 918

8 Haryana HR 25,353,081 44,212 Hindi, Chandigarh Faridabad 573 76.64 28.9 877
Haryanvi (shared, Union
(regional) Territory)

9 Himachal HP 6,856,509 55,673 Hindi Shimla 123 83.78 9.8 920

Pradesh

10 Jammu and JK 12,548,926 222,236 Dogri, Srinagar (summer) 124 68.74 24.8 883
Kashmir Kashmiri, Jammu (winter)
Urdu

11 Jharkhand JH 32,966,238 74,677 Hindi Ranchi Jamshedpur 414 67.63 22.2 947

12 Karnataka KA 61,130,704 191,791 Kannada Bangalore 319 75.60 34.0 968

13 Kerala KL 33,387,677 38,863 Malayalam, Thiruvananthapuram 859 93.91 26.0 1,084

English

14 Madhya MP 72,597,565 308,252 Hindi Bhopal Indore 236 70.63 26.5 930
Pradesh

15 Maharashtra MH 112,372,972 307,713 Marathi Mumbai 365 82.91 42.4 925

16 Manipur MN 2,721,756 22,347 Manipuri Imphal 122 79.85 25.1 987

17 Meghalaya ML 2,964,007 22,720 English, Shillong 132 75.48 19.6 986

Garo,
Hindi,
Khasi,
Pnar,

18 Mizoram MZ 1,091,014 21,081 Mizo Aizawl 52 91.58 49.6 975

19 Nagaland NL 1,980,602 16,579 English Kohima Dimapur 119 80.11 17.2 931

20 Odisha OR 41,947,358 155,820 Oriya Bhubaneswar 269 73.45 15.0 978

(Orissa)

21 Punjab PB 27,704,236 50,362 Punjabi Chandigarh Ludhiana 550 76.68 33.9 893
(shared, Union
Territory)

22 Rajasthan RJ 68,621,012 342,269 Hindi Jaipur 201 67.06 23.4 926

23 Sikkim SK 607,688 7,096 Nepali, Gangtok 86 82.20 11.1 889

Bhutia,
Gurung,
Lepcha,
Limbu,
Manggar,
Newari,
Sherpa,
Sunwar,
Tamang

24 Tamil Nadu TN 72,138,958 130,058 Tamil Chennai 480 80.33 44.0 995
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25 Tripura TR 3,671,032 10,492 Bengali, Agartala 350 87.75 17.1 961

Tripuri

26 Uttar UP 199,581,477 243,286 Hindi, Urdu Lucknow 828 69.72 20.8 908
Pradesh

27 Uttarakhand UT 10,116,752 53,566 Hindi, Dehradun (interim) 189 79.63 25.7 963
Sanskrit

28 West WB 91,347,736 88,752 Bengali, Kolkata 1,029 77.08 28.0 947

Bengal English

Union Territories
Map Name ISO Population Official Capital Largest No. of No. of Population Literacy Percentage Sex
3166-2 language city Villages Towns density Rate(%) of Urban Ratio
code Population
to total
Population

A Andaman and AN 379,944 English Port Blair 547 3 46 86.27 32.6 878
Nicobar
Islands

B Chandigarh CH 1,054,686 English, Chandigarh 24 1 9,252 86.43 89.8 818

Hindi,
Punjabi

C Dadra and DN 342,853 English, Silvassa 70 2 698 77.65 22.9 775

Nagar Haveli Gujarati,
Hindi,
Marathi

D Daman and DD 242,911 English, Daman 23 2 2169 87.07 36.2 618

Diu Gujarati,
Hindi,
Marathi

E Lakshadweep LD 64,429 English, Kavaratti Andrott 24 3 2013 92.28 44.5 946

Malayalam

F National DL 16,753,235 English, Delhi 165 62 11,297 86.34 93.2 866

Capital Hindi,
Territory of Punjabi,
Delhi Urdu

G Puducherry PY 1,244,464 French and Pondicherry 92 6 2,598 86.55 66.6 1,038

(Pondicherry) Tamil;
Regional:
Malayalam,
Telugu

Responsibilities and authorities

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union territories
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The Constitution of India distributes the sovereign powers exercisable with respect to the territory of any State
between the Union and that State. "Article 73 broadly stated, provides that the executive power of the Union shall
extend to the matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws. Article 162 similarly provides that
the executive power of a State shall extend to the matters with respect to which the Legislature of a State has power
to make laws. The Supreme Court has reiterated this position when it ruled in the Ramanaiah case that the executive
power of the Union or of the State broadly speaking, is coextensive and coterminous with its respective legislative
power." (italics in original)[2]
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History

Pre-1956
The Indian Subcontinent has been ruled by many
different ethnic groups throughout its history, each
instituting their own policies of administrative
division in the region.Wikipedia:Citing
sources#What information to include During the
British Raj, the original administrative structure was
mostly kept, and India was divided into provinces
that were directly governed by the British and
princely states which were nominally controlled by a
local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, who
held de facto sovereignty (suzerainty) over the
princely states.

After 1956
The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 abandoned
the British system of provinces and princely states.
In its place, new states were drawn based on
ethnicity and language.[citation needed]
The former French and Portuguese colonies in India
were incorporated into the Republic as the union
Administrative division of India in 1951 territories of Puducherry (Pondicherry), Dadra and
Nagar Haveli, Goa, Daman and Diu in 1962.[citation
needed]

Several new states and union territories have been created out of existing states since 1956. Bombay State was split
into the linguistic states of Gujarat and Maharashtra on 1 May 1960[3] by the Bombay Reorganisation Act. Nagaland
was made a state on 1 December 1963.[4] The Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1966 divided the Punjab along linguistic
lines, creating a new Hindi-speaking state of Haryana on 1 November,[5] transferring the northern districts of Punjab
to Himachal Pradesh, and designating Chandigarh, the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana, a union territory.
Statehood was conferred upon Himachal Pradesh on 25 January 1971, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura[6] on 21
January 1972 the Kingdom of Sikkim joined the Indian Union as a state on 26 April 1975. In 1987, Arunachal
Pradesh and Mizoram became states on 20 February, followed by Goa on 30 May, while Goa's northern exclaves of
Daman and Diu became a separate union territory.[7]
In 2000 three new states were created; Chhattisgarh (1 November 2000) was created out of eastern Madhya Pradesh,
Uttaranchal (9 November 2000), which was renamed Uttarakhand in 2007, was created out of the Hilly regions of
northwest Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand (15 November 2000) was created out of the southern districts of Bihar.
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Proposals
Ahead of the 2009 General Elections in India, all the major parties in Andhra Pradesh supported statehood for
Telangana.Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Precise language[citation needed]
As a result of this unilateral decision by the Government of India, several members of Andhra Pradesh's legislature
submitted their resignations to protest the creation of the new state owing to the pressure from the people in their
constituencies. As of 11 December, at least 117 legislators and many Members of Parliament had resigned in protest
of the Government's decision to carve out a new state of Telangana.
Due to the unexpected turn of events, after the parties which promised support to the Telangana state formation on 7
December 2009 in a unanimous all-party meeting at the State level, presided by CM, Rosaiah, and later the party
members of these parties made a U-turn on their support bowing to the pressure from the people in their constituency
following the 9 December statement (in support of Telangana state process initiation), the federal government made
another statement on 23 December to clarify its intention on the process that it would consult with all groups,
political and non-political, before moving forward. It then formed the Justice Sri Krishna committee which has been
touring the state consulting with different sections of the society. A report recommending a solution suitable to all
constituents is expected to be submitted before 31 December 2010.
In November 2011 Mayawati, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, proposed dividing it into four states, Avadh
Pradesh, Bundelkhand, Paschim Pradesh, and Purvanchal. On 21 November this movement was backed through a
"voice vote" by the state assembly, despite criticism from the opposition and claims that the move was made to gain
support for the next state election. It must gain the approval of the federal government, however this may be difficult
due to the opposition to the creation of Telangana.

References
[1] http:/ / censusindia. gov. in/ 2011-prov-results/ data_files/ bihar/ Provisional%20Population%20Totals%202011-Bihar. pdf
[2] Territoriality of executive powers of states in India (http:/ / www. ebc-india. com/ lawyer/ articles/ 9801a2. htm), Balwant Singh Malik,
Constitutional Law, 1998.
[3] J.C. Aggarwal and S.P. Agrawal, editors, Uttarakhand: Past, Present, and Future (New Delhi: Concept Publishing, 1995), p89-90
[4] Nagaland History & Geography-Source (http:/ / india. gov. in/ knowindia/ st_nagaland. php) india.gov.in
[5] The Punjab Reorganisation Act 1966 (http:/ / india. gov. in/ allimpfrms/ allacts/ 474. pdf)
[6] Snapshot of North Eastern States (http:/ / www. thaibicindia. org. in/ study/ north_east/ Snapshot. pdf)
[7] Goa Chronology (http:/ / www. goaonline. in/ Profile/ History/ milestone. asp)

External links
• Official Government of India website: States and Union Territories (http://www.india.gov.in/knowindia/
state_uts.php)
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