States and UTs
Compare India's states and union territories by population, area, capital, legislature, and public finance indicators.
- India has 28 states and 8 union territories — covered here with capital, population, area, legislature, and selected finance indicators.
- Uttar Pradesh is the most populous subdivision at 19,98,12,341 residents in the latest record on file.
- Uttar Pradesh reports the largest state budget in the registry at ₹9,12,696 Cr (FY 2026-27).
- Jammu and Kashmir carries the highest reported debt-to-GSDP ratio in the registry at 48.0% — useful for spotting fiscal-stress candidates.
Population, area, GSDP, debt, and capital spending indicators in one sortable view.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Sri Vijaya Puram · Southern
Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati · Southern
Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar · North-Eastern
Assam
Dispur · North-Eastern
Bihar
Patna · Eastern
Chandigarh
Chandigarh · Northern
Chhattisgarh
Raipur · Central
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Daman · Western
Delhi
New Delhi · Northern
Goa
Panaji · Western
Gujarat
Gandhinagar · Western
Haryana
Chandigarh · Northern
Himachal Pradesh
Shimla (Capital) / Dharamshala (Winter) · Northern
Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar (Summer) / Jammu (Winter) · Northern
Jharkhand
Ranchi · Eastern
Karnataka
Bengaluru · Southern
Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram · Southern
Ladakh
Leh (Capital) / Kargil (Capital) · Northern
Lakshadweep
Kavaratti · Southern
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal · Central
Maharashtra
Mumbai (Capital) / Nagpur (Winter) · Western
Manipur
Imphal · North-Eastern
Meghalaya
Shillong · North-Eastern
Mizoram
Aizawl · North-Eastern
Nagaland
Kohima · North-Eastern
Odisha
Bhubaneswar · Eastern
Puducherry
Puducherry · Southern
Punjab
Chandigarh · Northern
Rajasthan
Jaipur · Northern
Sikkim
Gangtok · North-Eastern
Tamil Nadu
Chennai · Southern
Telangana
Hyderabad · Southern
Tripura
Agartala · North-Eastern
Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow · Northern
Uttarakhand
Dehradun (Capital) / Gairsain (Summer) · Northern
West Bengal
Kolkata · Eastern