India is one of the largest countries with a high population, approximately 1.4 billion inhabitants. India is home to hundreds of cities and towns. India has 28 States and 7 Union territories including islands, capital cities are the administrative center for the country, states, provinces, districts, and regions, and also the hub of commercial and political activities. Delhi is the Capital city of India. The capital cities of the states are large by area and population. The following capital cities of States and Union Territories of India are listed below with state and official languages respectively.
Sl.no | Capital City | State | Official Languages |
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1 | Agartala | Tripura | Bengali, Tripuri |
2 | Aizawl | Mizoram | Mizo |
3 | Bengaluru | Karnataka | Kannada |
4 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | Hindi |
5 | Bhubaneswar | Orissa | Oriya |
6 | Chandigarh | Haryana | Hindi, Haryanvi (regional) |
7 | Chandigarh | Punjab | Punjabi, Hindi |
8 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Tamil |
9 | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | Hindi, Sanskrit |
10 | Dispur | Assam | Assamese, Bodo (regional), Karbi |
11 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | Gujarati, Hindi, English |
12 | Gangtok | Sikkim | Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Kulung, Gurung, Manggar, Sherpa, Tamang, Sunwar |
13 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh | Telugu, Urdu, English |
14 | Imphal | Manipur | Manipuri |
15 | Itanagar | Arunachal Pradesh | English |
16 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | Hindi |
17 | Kohima | Nagaland | English |
18 | Kolkata | West Bengal | Bengali, English |
19 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | Hindi, Urdu |
20 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Marathi |
21 | Panaji | Goa | Konkani |
22 | Patna | Bihar | Hindi, Urdu, Maithili, Magadhi |
23 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | Chattisgarhi, Hindi |
24 | Ranchi | Jharkhand | Hindi |
25 | Shillong | Meghalaya | Khasi, Pnar, Garo, Hindi, English |
26 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | Hindi |
27 | Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter) | Jammu and Kashmir | Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri |
28 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | Malayalam, English |