General Knowledge / India GK / States and Union Territories
India has 28 states and 8 union territories (UTs) at present. The capitals of Indian states and union territories, their Chief Ministers (CMs) and Governors are commonly asked questions in the general knowledge segment of many competitive examinations held over India. As the list of states and union territories, their capitals, Chief Ministers and Governors changes over a period of time, we need to keep updated with the list.
The following list shows the 28 States of India, their capitals, Chief Ministers and their Governors. The states of India are arranged from North to South.
State Name | Capital | Chief Minister | Governor |
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1. Hima |
Shimla | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | Shiv Pratap Shukla |
2. Punjab | Chandi |
Bhagwant Mann | Banwarilal Purohit |
3. Uttara |
Dehradun (Winter) Gairsain (Summer) |
Pushkar Singh Dhami | Gurmit Singh |
4. Haryana | Chandi |
Nayab Singh Saini | Bandaru Dattatreya |
5. Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Yogi Adityanath | Anandiben Patel |
6. Raja |
Jaipur | Bhajan Lal Sharma | Kalraj Mishra |
7. Aruna |
Itanagar | Pema Khandu | Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik |
8. Sikkim | Gangtok | Prem Singh Tamang | Lakshman Acharya |
9. Assam | Dispur | Himanta Biswa Sarma | Gulab Chand Kataria |
10. West Bengal | Kolkata | Mamata Banerjee | C. V. Ananda Bose |
11. Bihar | Patna | Nitish Kumar | Rajendra Arlekar |
12. Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Mohan Yadav | Mangubhai C. Patel |
13. Naga |
Kohima | Neiphiu Rio | La. Ganesan Iyer |
14. Megha |
Shillong | Conrad Sangma | Phagu Chauhan |
15. Manipur | Imphal | N. Biren Singh | Anusuiya Uikey |
16. Jhar |
Ranchi | Champai Soren | C. P. Radha |
17. Gujarat | Gandhi |
Bhupendra |
Acharya Devvrat |
18. Tripura | Agartala | Manik Saha | Nallu Indra Sena Reddy |
19. Mizoram | Aizawl | Lalduhoma | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
20. Chhattis |
Raipur | Vishnu Deo Sai | Biswabhusan Harichandan |
21. Odisha | Bhubane |
Naveen Patnaik | Raghubar Das |
22. Maha |
Mumbai | Eknath Shinde | Ramesh Bais |
23. Telan |
Hydera |
Anumula Revanth Reddy | C. P. Radha |
24. Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | S. Abdul Nazeer |
25. Karna |
Bengaluru | Siddaramaiah | Thawar Chand Gehlot |
26. Goa | Panaji | Pramod Sawant | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai |
27. Tamil Nadu | Chennai | M. K. Stalin | R. N. Ravi |
28. Kerala | Thiruva |
Pinarayi Vijayan | Arif Mohammad Khan |
The following list shows the 8 Union Territories of India, their capitals, Chief Ministers and their Lieutenant Governors. The Union Territories of India are arranged from North to South.
Union Territory Name | Capital | Chief Minister | Lieutenant Governor / Administrator |
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1. Ladakh | Leh | NA | B. D. Mishra |
2. Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
President's rule | Manoj Sinha |
3. Chandi |
Chandi |
NA | Banwarilal Purohit |
4. National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) | New Delhi | Arvind Kejriwal | Vinai Kumar Saxena |
5. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Daman | NA | Praful Khoda Patel |
6. Pudu |
Pondi |
N. Ranga |
C. P. Radha |
7. Laksha |
Kavaratti | NA | Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge) |
8. Anda |
Port Blair | NA | Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi |
Note: NA - Not Applicable, there is no Legislative Assembly here.