How many states are in India?

States and Union Territories

What are the 29 states and 9 Union territories?

Here is the list Of 28 States of India and 9 Union Territories:

• Delhi. Delhi officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi or NCT, is a city and a union territory of India. ...
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ...
• Chandigarh. ...
• Puducherry. ...
• Daman and Diu. ...
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli. ...
• Lakshadweep. ...
• Jammu and Kashmir.

Are there 31 states in India?

There are 28 states and 8 Union territories in the country.

Is Delhi a state?

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. It is situated alongside River Yamuna and bordered by Haryana state on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh state to the east.

Which is the 29th state in India?

Telangana was created on 2 June 2014 from ten former districts of north-western Andhra Pradesh.

Which is the 29th state in India List?

Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in June 2014 and received granted individual state status.

Which is the 9 union territories of India?

The 9 union territories are Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, National Capital Territory of Delhi, Puducherry, Ladakh and Jammu, and Kashmir.

Which is the 28th state of India?

The correct answer is Jharkhand. Jharkhand was founded by the Bihar Reorganisation Act on 15 November 2000 as the 28th State of India.

What are the 7 territories?

The seven current union territories in India are:

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Chandigarh.
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• Daman and Diu.
• Delhi (National Capital Territory)
• Lakshadweep.
• Puducherry.

How many cm are in India?

Of the thirty incumbents, one is a woman—Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Serving since 5 March 2000 (for 22 years, 58 days), Odisha's Naveen Patnaik has the longest incumbency.

Is Jammu and Kashmir is a state of India?

Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consisting of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1962.

What are the 29 states and 7 Union Territories of India?

There are 29 states and seven Union territories in the country. Let's take a look at the states and their capitals.

• Andhra Pradesh - Amravati. Amravati city plan. ( ...
• Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar. ...
• Assam - Dispur. ...
• Bihar - Patna. ...
• Chhattisgarh - Atal Nagar (Naya Raipur) ...
• Goa - Panaji. ...
• Gujarat - Gandhinagar. ...
• Haryana - Chandigarh.

Which is 1st state of India?

The 1st state of India, Andhra State was created On October 1, 1953. The state comprised the Telugu-speaking districts of Madras State.

Is Hyderabad and Telangana same?

The area of what is now Telangana constituted the north-central and northeastern portions of Andhra Pradesh for almost six decades, but on June 2, 2014, that territory was calved off to form a separate state. The capital of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is Hyderabad, in west-central Telangana.

Is Telangana a state?

Telangana is the 29th state of India, formed on the 2nd of June 2014. The state has an area of 1,12,077 Sq. Km. and has a population of 3,50,03,674.

Is Goa a state?

About Goa. Goa, a tiny emerald land on the west coast of India, the 25th state of the Union states of India, was liberated from Portuguese rule in 1961. It was a part of Union Territory of Goa, Daman & Diu till 30th May 1987 when it was carved out of form a separate state.