India is a Union of States and Union Territories. India has
28 states and 7 Union Territories. Delhi is the capital of India. India got
freedom on 15 Auguest, 1947. It is 7th largest country in terms of
area and 2nd most populous country in world.
India cover the distance from north to south is 3214 km and
from east to west is 2933 km. India total cover the 2.4% of earth surface i.e.
32,84,263 square km.
State Name
|
Capital
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Hyderabad
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
Itanagar
|
Assam
|
Dispur
|
Bihar
|
Patna
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Raipur
|
Goa
|
Panaji
|
Gujarat
|
Gandhinagar
|
Haryana
|
Chandigarh
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Shimla
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)
|
Jharkhand
|
Ranchi
|
Karnataka
|
Bengaluru
|
Kerala
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Bhopal
|
Maharashtra
|
Mumbai
|
Manipur
|
Imphal
|
Meghalaya
|
Shillong
|
Mizoram
|
Aizawl
|
Nagaland
|
Kohima
|
Orissa
|
Bhubaneswar
|
Punjab
|
Chandigarh
|
Rajasthan
|
Jaipur
|
Sikkim
|
Gangtok
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Chennai
|
Tripura
|
Agartala
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Lucknow
|
Uttarakhand
|
Dehradun
|
West Bengal
|
Kolkata
|
Union Territory
|
Capital
|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
Port Blair
|
Chandigarh
|
Chandigarh
|
Dadar and Nagar Haveli
|
Silvassa
|
Daman and Diu
|
Daman
|
Delhi
|
Delhi
|
Lakshadweep
|
Kavaratti
|
Pondicherry
|
Pondicherry
|
Largest state (Area): Rajasthan
Most populous state: Uttar Pradesh
Most densely populated state: West Bengal
State having the maximum number of cities: Uttar Pradesh
State with highest literacy rate: Kerala
State touches the boundaries of maximum state: Chhattisgarh
(Orrisa, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and
Maharashtra)
Largest urban population: Tamilnaidu
Highest sex ratio: Kerala (1058)
State with lowest sex ratio: Haryana (861)
Smallest state: Goa
Smallest population and lowest density: Sikkim
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