Category Archives: India States
India States – Capital, Area, Population & Principal Languages
Andhra Pradesh
Capital: Hyderabad;
Area: 2,75,068 sq. km;
Population: 76,210,007;
Languages: Telugu and Urdu;
Districts: 23.
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh was inaugurated as the 24th State of the Indian Union on Feb. 20, 1986.
Capital: Itanagar;
Area: 83,743 sq. km;
Population: 1,097,968;
Language: Tribal dialects;
Districts: 16.
Assam
Capital: Dispur (about 6 km from Guwahati);
Area: 78,438 sq. km;
Population: 26,655,528;
Languages: Assamese and Bengali;
Districts: 27.
Bihar
Capital: Patna;
Area: 94,163 sq. km;
Population: 82,998,509;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 38.
Chhattisgarh (Nov. 1, 2000)
Capital: Raipur;
Area: 1,36,034 sq. km;
Population: 20,833,803;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 18.
Goa
Capital: Panji;
Area: 3,702 sq. km;
Population: 1,347,668;
Languages: Marathi, Konkani;
Districts: 2.
Gujarat
Capital: Gandhinagar;
Area: 1,96,024 sq. km;
Population: 50,671,017;
Language: Gujarati;
Districts: 26.
Haryana
Capital: Chandigarh;
Area: 44,212 sq. km;
Population 21,144,564;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 21.
Himachal Pradesh
Capital: Shimla;
Area: 55,673 sq. km;
Population: 6,077,900;
Languages: Hindi and Pahari;
Districts: 12.
Jammu and Kashmir
Capital: Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter);
Area: 2,22,236 sq. km (including area under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China);
Population: 10,143,700;
Languages: Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Ladakhi, Balti, Dardi and Pahari;
Districts: 15 (Four districts are under illegal occupation of Pakistan).
Jharkhand (Nov. 15, 2000)
Capital: Ranchi;
Area: 79,714 sq.
Population: 26,945,829;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 24.
Karnataka
Capital: Bengaluru;
Area: 1,91,791 sq. km;
Population: 52,850,562;
Language: Kannada;
Districts: 30.
Kerala
Capital: Thiruvananthapuram;
Area: 38,863 sq. km;
Population: 31,841,374;
Language: Malayalam;
Districts: 14.
Madhya Pradesh
Capital: Bhopal;
Area: 3,08,000 sq. km;
Population: 60,348,023;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 50.
Maharashtra
Capital: Mumbai;
Area: 3,07,713 sq. km;
Population: 96,878,627;
Language: Marathi;
Districts: 35.
Manipur
Capital: Imphal;
Area: 22,327 sq. km;
Population: 2,293,896;
Language: Manipuri;
Districts: 9.
Meghalaya
Capital: Shillong;
Area: 22,429 sq. km;
Population: 2,318,822;
Languages: Khasi Jantia and Garo;
Districts: 7.
Mizoram
Mizoram was inaugurated as the 23rd State of the Indian Union on Feb. 20, 1986.
Capital: Aizawl;
Area: 21,081 sq. km;
Population: 888,573;
Languages: Mizo and English;
Districts: 8.
Nagaland
Capital: Kohima;
Area: 16,579 sq. km;
Population: 1,990,036;
Languages: Naga, Assamese and English;
Districts: 11.
Odisha (Orrisa)
Capital: Bhubaneshwar;
Area: 1,55,707 sq. km;
Population: 36,804,660;
Language: Odia;
Districts: 30.
Punjab
Capital: Chandigarh;
Area: 50,362 sq. km;
Population: 24,358,999;
Language: Punjabi;
Districts: 20.
Rajasthan
Capital: Jaipur;
Area: 3,42,239 sq. km;
Population: 56,507,188;
Languages: Rajasthani and Hindi;
Districts: 33.
Sikkim
Sikkim was integrated with India as 22nd State of the Union by the Constitution (36th Amendment) Act. May 16, 1975.
Capital: Gangtok;
Area: 7,096 sq. km;
Population: 540,851;
Languages: Sikkimese and Gorkhali;
Districts: 4.
Tamil Nadu
Capital: Chennai (Madras);
Area: 1,30,058 sq. km
Population: 62,405,679;
Language: Tamil;
Districts: 31.
Tripura
Capital: Agartala;
Area: 1,049,169 sq. km;
Population: 3,199,203;
Languages: Bengali, Tripuri and Manipuri;
Districts: 4.
Uttar Pradesh
Capital: Lucknow;
Area: 2,40,928 sq.km;
Population 166,197,921;
Languages: Hindi;
Districts: 71.
Uttarakhand (Nov. 8-9, 2000)
Capital: Dehradun;
Area: 53,483 sq. km;
Population: 8,489,349;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 13.
West Bengal
Capital: Kolkata;
Area: 88,752 sq. km;
Population: 80,176,197;
Language: Bengali;
Districts: 19.