Indian States & its Capitals, Areas, Populations, Languages and Districts_Descriptions

States / Union Territories of India and its Capitals, Areas, Populations, Languages and Districts The information contains about all States and Union Territories in India along with capital name and detailed statistics of each state. Statistics include geographical area (in square kilometres), population, districts and principal spoken languages of each state. Population is based on the final figures of 2001 & 2011 Census. States and U. T. are given in alphabetical order of their names. Andhra Pradesh Capital: Hyderabad; Area: 2,75,068 sq. km; Population: 76,210,007 (2001); 84,655,533 (2011) Languages: Telugu and Urdu; Districts: 23. Arunachal Pradesh Capital: Itanagar; Area: 83,743 sq. km Population: 1,097,968 (2010); 1,382,611 (2011) Language: Tribal dialects; Districts: 16. Assam Capital: Dispur (about 6 km from Guwahati); Area: 78,438 sq. km; Population: 26,655,528 (2010); 31,169,272 (2011) Languages: Assamese and Bengali; Districts: 27. Bihar Capital: Patna; Area: 94,163 sq. km; Population: 82,998,509 (2010); 103,804,637 (2011) Language: Hindi; Districts: 38. Chhattisgarh Capital: Raipur; Area: 1,36,034 sq. km; Population: 20,833,803 (2010); 25,540,196 (2011) Language: Hindi; Districts: 18. Goa Capital: Panji; Area: 3,702 sq. km; Population: 1,347,668 (2010); 1,457,723 (2011); Languages: Marathi, Konkani; Districts: 2. Gujarat Capital: Gandhinagar; Area: 1,96,024 sq. km; Population: 50,671,017 (2010); 60,383,628 (2011); Language: Gujarati; Districts: 26. Haryana Capital: Chandigarh; Area: 44,212 sq. km; Population: 21,144,564 (2010); 25,353,081 (2011); Language: Hindi; Districts: 21. Himachal Pradesh Capital: Shimla; Area: 55,673 sq. km; Population: 6,077,900 (2010); 6,856,509 (2011); 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 (2010); 12,548,926 (2011); Languages: Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Ladakhi, Balti, Dardi and Pahari; Districts: 15 (Four districts are under illegal occupation of Pakistan). Jharkhand Capital: Ranchi; Area: 79,714 sq. Population: 26,945,829 (2010); 32,966,238 (2011); Language: Hindi; Districts: 24. Karnataka Capital: Bengaluru; Area: 1,91,791 sq. km; Population: 52,850,562 (2010); 61,130,704 (2011); Language: Kannada; Districts: 30. Kerala Capital: Thiruvananthapuram; Area: 38,863 sq. km; Population: 31,841,374 (2010); 33,387,677 (2011); Language: Malayalam; Districts: 14. Madhya Pradesh Capital: Bhopal; Area: 3,08,000 sq. km; Population: 60,348,023 (2010); 72,597,565 (2011); Language: Hindi; Districts: 50. Maharashtra Capital: Mumbai; Area: 3,07,713 sq. km; Population: 96,878,627 (2010); 112,372,972 (2011); Language: Marathi; Districts: 35. Manipur Capital: Imphal; Area: 22,327 sq. km; Population: 2,293,896 (2010); 2,721,756 (2011); Language: Manipuri; Districts: 9. Meghalaya Capital: Shillong; Area: 22,429 sq. km; Population: 2,318,822 (2010); 2,964,007 (2011); 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 (2010); 1,091,014 (2011); Languages: Mizo and English; Districts: 8. Nagaland Capital: Kohima; Area: 16,579 sq. km; Population: 1,990,036 (2010); 1,980,602 (2011); Languages: Naga, Assamese and English; Districts: 11. Odisha (Orissa) Capital: Bhubaneshwar; Area: 1,55,707 sq. km; Population: 36,804,660 (2010); 41,947,358 (2011); Language: Odia; Districts: 30. Punjab Capital: Chandigarh; Area: 50,362 sq. km; Population: 24,358,999 (2010); 27,704,236 (2011); Language: Punjabi; Districts: 20. Rajasthan Capital: Jaipur; Area: 3,42,239 sq. km; Population: 56,507,188 (2010); 68,621,012 (2011); 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 (2010); 607,688 (2011); Languages: Sikkimese and Gorkhali; Districts: 4. Tamil Nadu Capital: Chennai (Madras); Area: 1,30,058 sq. km Population: 62,405,679 (2010); 72,138,958 (2011); Language: Tamil; Districts: 31. Tripura Capital: Agartala; Area: 1,049,169 sq. km; Population: 3,199,203 (2010); 3,671,032 (2011); Languages: Bengali, Tripuri and Manipuri; Districts: 4. Uttar Pradesh Capital: Lucknow; Area: 2,40,928 sq.km; Population: 166,197,921 (2010); 199,581,477 (2011); Languages: Hindi; Districts: 71. Uttarakhand (Nov. 8-9, 2000) Capital: Dehradun; Area: 53,483 sq. km; Population: 8,489,349 (2010); 10,116,752 (2011); Language: Hindi; Districts: 13. West Bengal Capital: Kolkata; Area: 88,752 sq. km; Population: 80,176,197 (2010); 91,347,736 (2011); Language: Bengali; Districts: 19.

Chandigarh Capital: Chandigarh Area: 114 sq km Population:  1,054,686 (2011) Language: Punjabi, Hindi Districts: 1

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Capital: Port Blair Area: 8,249 sq km Population:  379,944 (2011) Language: Mon-Khmer, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil Districts: 3

Dadra and Nagar Haveli Capital: Silvasa Area: 491 sq km Population:  342,853 (2011) Language: Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi Districts: 1

Daman and Diu Capital: Daman Area: 112 sq km Population:  242,911 (2011) Language: Guajarati Districts: 1

Lakshadweep Capital: Kavaratti Area: 32 sq km Population:  64,429 (2011) Language: Malayalam Districts: 1