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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