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How many States and Union Territories are there in India? Which states have a common capital?| Class 6- The Earth: Our Habitat ( GEOGRAPHY), SOCIAL SCIENCE

Question.

How many States and Union Territories are there in India? Which states have a common capital?

( Chapter 7: Our Country – India, Class 6- The Earth: Our Habitat ( GEOGRAPHY), SOCIAL SCIENCE)

Answer.

As of now August 2023, there are 28 states and 8 union territories in India.

Names of the 28 states are-

  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Uttarakhand
  • Punjab
  • Haryana
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Bihar
  • West Bengal
  • Sikkim
  • Assam
  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Nagaland
  • Manipur
  • Mizoram
  • Tripura
  • Meghalaya
  • Odisha
  • Jharkhand
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Rajasthan
  • Gujarat
  • Maharashtra
  • Goa
  • Karnataka
  • Telangana
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Kerala


Name of the eight union territories in India are 

  • Ladakh
  • Jammu & Kashmir
  • Delhi
  • Chandigarh
  • Dadra-nagar-haveli & Daman Diu
  • Puducherry
  • Lakshadweep 
  • Andaman & Nicobar islands



Chandigarh is the common capital of Punjab and Haryana states.

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