How many states in India

How many states in India? As on Nov 2019 updates, There are 28 states and 9 union territories in India. Each state and union territory of India has an Capital, Administrative, and Legislative. The state of Jammu and Kashmir is bifurcated into two new union territories Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir in Aug 2019.

Formation of 29th State : Telangana

Congress President Sonia Ghandi Finally pushed for announcement on formation of Telangana on 30th July 2013 at 7.20 PM. Telangana will be formed with 10 districts with Hyderabad as Shared Capital for 10 or more years of the two states to be created out of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Telangana State will have 10 districts. Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, RangaReddy, Warangal and Hyderabad District as Headquarters.
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India Map with population figures

India State Map

The Growth rate from 2001 to 2011 is 17.64%. The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011.The population of India, at 1210.2 million, is almost equal to the combined population of U.S.A., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together (1214.3 million)!


Indian Population from year 1901 to 2011

Indian Population from year 1901 to 2011
YearWiseGrowth Rate
1901 - 19115.74%
1911 - 1921-0.30%
1921 - 193111.00%
1931 - 194114.22%
1941 - 195113.31%
1951 - 196121.64%
1961 - 197124.80%
1971 - 198124.65%
1981 - 199123.86%
1991 - 200121.54%
2001 - 201117.64%

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Indian Population Share & Most Populous States

Population growth rate from 1901 to 2011

The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most populous States have declined during 2001- 2011 compared to 1991-2001. The following are the most populous states in india are:

  • Uttar Pradesh (25.85% to 20.09%)
  • Maharashtra (22.73% to 15.99%)
  • Bihar (28.62% to 25.07%)
  • West Bengal (17.77% to 13.93%)
  • Andhra Pradesh (14.59% to 11.10%)
  • Madhya Pradesh (24.26% to 20.30%)

States with Capitals of India
Andhra Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Nagaland
Arunachal Pradesh Jharkhand Odisha
Assam Karnataka Punjab
Bihar Kerala Rajasthan
Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Sikkim
Goa Maharashtra Tamil Nadu
Gujarat Manipur Tripura
Haryana Meghalaya Uttar Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh Mizoram Uttarakhand
    West Bengal
Union Territories of India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT Chandigarh UT Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT Lakshadweep UT Delhi
Puducherry UT   

Indian States with capital, districts and literacy rate

State Name Population Area(sq.km) Language Capital No. of Districts No. of Villages No. of Towns Population Density Literacy rate %of City Population Sex Ratio code Sex Ratio
(0-6)
Andhra Pradesh 8,46,65,533275,045Telugu, UrduHyderabad 2328,12321030867.6627.3992 AP 961
Arunachal Pradesh13,82,61183,743 Itanagar164,065171766.9520.8920 AR 964
Assam31,169,27278,550Assamese, Bodo,
Rabha dialect, Deori, Bengali		Dispur2326,31212539773.1812.9954 AS 965
Bihar103,804,63799,200Hindi, Bhojpuri, Maithili, MagadhiPatna3745,098130110263.8210.5916 BR 942
Chhattisgarh25,540,196135,194Chattisgarhi, HindiRaipur1620,3089718971.0420.1991 CT 975
Goa1,457,7233,702Konkani, MarathiPanaji23594439487.4049.8968 GA 938
Gujarat60,383,628196,024GujaratiGandhinagar2518,53924230879.3137.4918 GJ 883
Haryana25,353,08144,212Haryanvi (Western Hindi)ChandigarhFaridabad6,95510657376.6428.9877 HR 819
Himachal Pradesh6,856,50955,673Western HindiShimla1220,1185712383.789.8920 HP 896
Jammu and Kashmir12,548,926222,236Kashmiri, DogriSrinagar (summer)
Jammu (winter)		 6,6527512468.7424.8883 JK 941
Jharkhand32,966,23874,677HindiRanchi2432,61515241467.6322.2947 JH 965
Karnataka61,130,704191,791KannadaBengaluru3029,40627031975.6034.0968 KA 946
Kerala33,387,67738,863MalayalamThiruvananthapuram141,36415985993.9126.01,084 KL 960
Madhya Pradesh72,597,565308,252HindiBhopal4555,39339423670.6326.5930 MP 932
Maharashtra112,372,972307,713MarathiMumbai3543,71137836582.9142.4925 MH 913
Manipur2,721,75622,347ManipuriImphal92,3913312279.8525.1987 MN 957
Meghalaya2,964,00722,720Khasi, PnarShillong76,0261613275.4819.6986 ML 973
Mizoram1,091,01421,081MizoAizawl8817225291.5849.6975 MZ 964
Nagaland1,980,60216,579Angami, Ao languages,
Chang, Chakhesang,
Konyak, and Sema		Kohima111,317911980.1117.2931 NL 964
Odisha (formerly Orissa)41,947,358155,820OdiaBhubaneswar3051,34913826973.4515.0978 OR 953
Punjab27,704,23650,362PunjabiChandigarh
(shared, Union Territory)		 12,67315755076.6833.9893 PJ 798
Rajasthan68,621,012342,269RajasthaniJaipur3241,35322220167.0623.4926 RJ 909
Sikkim607,6887,096NepaliGangtok445298682.2011.1889 SK 963
Tamil Nadu72,138,958130,058TamilChennai3016,31783248080.3344.0995 TN 942
Tripura3,671,03210,491.69BengaliAgartala48702355587.7517.1961 TR 966
Uttar Pradesh199,581,477243,286Hindi, UrduLucknow72107,45270482869.7220.8908 UP 916
Uttarakhand10,116,75253,566Western HindiDehradun (interim)1316,8268618979.6325.7963 UL 908
West Bengal91,347,73688,752Bengali, Urdu,
Nepali, Santali		Kolkata1840,7823751,02977.0828.0947 WB 960
Total     637,6435,082        

 

Union Territories Info - Language, Capital & Population
NamePopulationLanguageCapitalNo. of DistrictsNo. of VillagesNo. of TownsPopulation densityLiteracy Rate(%)%of City Populatio Sex RatioSex Ratio
(0-6)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands379,944BengaliPort Blair254734686.2732.6878957
Chandigarh1,054,686PunjabiChandigarh12419,25286.4389.8818845
Dadra and Nagar Haveli342,853Marathi and GujaratiSilvassa170269877.6522.9775979
Daman and Diu242,911GujaratiDaman2232216987.0736.2618926
Lakshadweep64,429MalayalamKavaratti1243201392.2844.5946959
National Capital Territory16,753,235HindiNew Delhi91656211,29786.3493.2866868
Pondicherry1,244,464French and TamilPondicherry49262,59886.5566.61,038967