India States - Capital, Area, Population & Principal Languages
This article contains the information about all states in India along with capital name and detailed statistics of each state. Statistics include geographical area (in square kilometres), population and principal spoken languages of each state. Population is based on the final figures of 2001 Census.
Andhra Pradesh
Capital: Hyderabad;
Area: 2,75,068 sq. km;
Population: 76,210,007;
Languages: Telugu and Urdu;
Districts: 23.
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh was inaugurated as the 24th State of the Indian Union on Feb. 20, 1986.
Capital: Itanagar;
Area: 83,743 sq. km;
Population: 1,097,968;
Language: Tribal dialects;
Districts: 16.
Assam
Capital: Dispur (about 6 km from Guwahati);
Area: 78,438 sq. km;
Population: 26,655,528;
Languages: Assamese and Bengali;
Districts: 27.
Bihar
Capital: Patna;
Area: 94,163 sq. km;
Population: 82,998,509;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 38.
Chhattisgarh (Nov. 1, 2000)
Capital: Raipur;
Area: 1,36,034 sq. km;
Population: 20,833,803;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 18.
Goa
Capital: Panji;
Area: 3,702 sq. km;
Population: 1,347,668;
Languages: Marathi, Konkani;
Districts: 2.
Gujarat
Capital: Gandhinagar;
Area: 1,96,024 sq. km;
Population: 50,671,017;
Language: Gujarati;
Districts: 26.
Haryana
Capital: Chandigarh;
Area: 44,212 sq. km;
Population 21,144,564;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 21.
Himachal Pradesh
Capital: Shimla;
Area: 55,673 sq. km;
Population: 6,077,900;
Languages: Hindi and Pahari;
Districts: 12.
Jammu and Kashmir
Capital: Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter);
Area: 2,22,236 sq. km (including area under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China);
Population: 10,143,700;
Languages: Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Ladakhi, Balti, Dardi and Pahari;
Districts: 15 (Four districts are under illegal occupation of Pakistan).
Jharkhand (Nov. 15, 2000)
Capital: Ranchi;
Area: 79,714 sq.
Population: 26,945,829;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 24.
Karnataka
Capital: Bengaluru;
Area: 1,91,791 sq. km;
Population: 52,850,562;
Language: Kannada;
Districts: 30.
Kerala
Capital: Thiruvananthapuram;
Area: 38,863 sq. km;
Population: 31,841,374;
Language: Malayalam;
Districts: 14.
Madhya Pradesh
Capital: Bhopal;
Area: 3,08,000 sq. km;
Population: 60,348,023;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 50.
Maharashtra
Capital: Mumbai;
Area: 3,07,713 sq. km;
Population: 96,878,627;
Language: Marathi;
Districts: 35.
Manipur
Capital: Imphal;
Area: 22,327 sq. km;
Population: 2,293,896;
Language: Manipuri;
Districts: 9.
Meghalaya
Capital: Shillong;
Area: 22,429 sq. km;
Population: 2,318,822;
Languages: Khasi Jantia and Garo;
Districts: 7.
Mizoram
Mizoram was inaugurated as the 23rd State of the Indian Union on Feb. 20, 1986.
Capital: Aizawl;
Area: 21,081 sq. km;
Population: 888,573;
Languages: Mizo and English;
Districts: 8.
Nagaland
Capital: Kohima;
Area: 16,579 sq. km;
Population: 1,990,036;
Languages: Naga, Assamese and English;
Districts: 11.
Odisha (Orrisa)
Capital: Bhubaneshwar;
Area: 1,55,707 sq. km;
Population: 36,804,660;
Language: Odia;
Districts: 30.
Punjab
Capital: Chandigarh;
Area: 50,362 sq. km;
Population: 24,358,999;
Language: Punjabi;
Districts: 20.
Rajasthan
Capital: Jaipur;
Area: 3,42,239 sq. km;
Population: 56,507,188;
Languages: Rajasthani and Hindi;
Districts: 33.
Sikkim
Sikkim was integrated with India as 22nd State of the Union by the Constitution (36th Amendment) Act. May 16, 1975.
Capital: Gangtok;
Area: 7,096 sq. km;
Population: 540,851;
Languages: Sikkimese and Gorkhali;
Districts: 4.
Tamil Nadu
Capital: Chennai (Madras);
Area: 1,30,058 sq. km
Population: 62,405,679;
Language: Tamil;
Districts: 31.
Tripura
Capital: Agartala;
Area: 1,049,169 sq. km;
Population: 3,199,203;
Languages: Bengali, Tripuri and Manipuri;
Districts: 4.
Uttar Pradesh
Capital: Lucknow;
Area: 2,40,928 sq.km;
Population 166,197,921;
Languages: Hindi;
Districts: 71.
Uttarakhand (Nov. 8-9, 2000)
Capital: Dehradun;
Area: 53,483 sq. km;
Population: 8,489,349;
Language: Hindi;
Districts: 13.
West Bengal
Capital: Kolkata;
Area: 88,752 sq. km;
Population: 80,176,197;
Language: Bengali;
Districts: 19.