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State capitals of India

All 28 states and 8 union territories with their capitals, plus the handful that trip people up.

Last updated 6 November 2026

Practise on the map: find each state, or name its capital.

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The tricky ones

ChandigarhCapital of two states, Punjab and Haryana, and a union territory in its own right.
Jammu and KashmirTwo capitals: Srinagar in summer, Jammu in winter.
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsCapital is Sri Vijaya Puram, formerly Port Blair.
Andhra PradeshCapital is Amaravati. Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana.
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & DiuOne merged union territory; capital is Daman.
LadakhCapital is Leh.

28 states

#StateCapital
1Andhra PradeshAmaravati
2Arunachal PradeshItanagar
3AssamDispur
4BiharPatna
5ChhattisgarhRaipur
6GoaPanaji
7GujaratGandhinagar
8HaryanaChandigarhShared with Punjab. Chandigarh is itself a union territory.
9Himachal PradeshShimla
10JharkhandRanchi
11KarnatakaBengaluru
12KeralaThiruvananthapuram
13Madhya PradeshBhopal
14MaharashtraMumbai
15ManipurImphal
16MeghalayaShillong
17MizoramAizawl
18NagalandKohima
19OdishaBhubaneswar
20PunjabChandigarhShared with Haryana. Chandigarh is itself a union territory.
21RajasthanJaipur
22SikkimGangtok
23Tamil NaduChennai
24TelanganaHyderabad
25TripuraAgartala
26Uttar PradeshLucknow
27UttarakhandDehradun
28West BengalKolkata

8 union territories

#Union territoryCapital
1Andaman & Nicobar IslandsSri Vijaya PuramFormerly Port Blair.
2ChandigarhChandigarhAlso the capital of Punjab and Haryana.
3Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & DiuDaman
4Delhi (NCT)New Delhi
5Jammu and KashmirSrinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)Two capitals: Srinagar in summer, Jammu in winter.
6LadakhLeh
7LakshadweepKavaratti
8PuducherryPuducherry

See how many you can place on the map.

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