STATE Andra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and

Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttaranchal Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

CAPITAL Hyderabad Itangar Dispur Patna Raipur Panaji Gandhinagar Chandigarh Shimla Srinagar and Jammu Ranchi Bangalore Thiruvananthapuram Bhopal Mumbai Imphal Shillong Aizawi Kohima Bhubaneshwar Chandigarh Jaipur Gangtok Chennai Agartala Dehradun Lucknow Kolkata

Union Territories Chandigarh

Dadar and Nagar Haveli

Capital Chandigarh Silvassa Daman Delhi Kavaratti Pondicherry Port Blair

Daman and Diu Delhi Lakshadeep Pondicherry Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1. Andhra Pradesh Location: Southern India Capital: Hyderabad No. of districts: 23 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy Governor: E S L Narasimhan Official Language: Telugu

3. Assam Location: North Eastern India Capital: Dispur No. of districts: 27 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Tarun Gogoi Governor: Janaki Ballav Patnaik Official Language: Assamese 5. Chhattisgarh Location: Central India Capital: Raipur No. of districts: 16 Ruling Party: Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister: Raman Singh Governor: Shekhar Dutt Official Language: Hindi 7. Gujarat Location: Western India Capital: Gandhinagar No. of districts: 26 Ruling Party: Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister: Narendra Modi Governor: Dr. Kamla Beniwal Official Language: Gujarati

9. Himachal Pradesh Location: Northern India Capital: Shimla No. of districts: 12 Ruling Party: Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister: Prem Kumar Dhumal Governor: Urmila Singh Official Language: Hindi

11. Jharkhand Location: Eastern India Capital: Ranchi No. of districts: 24 Ruling Party: Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister: Arjun Munda Governor: M O Hasan Farook Maricar Official Language: Hindi

13. Kerala Location: Southern India Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (commonly known as known as Trivandrum) No. of districts: 14 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Oommen Chandy Governor: R.S. Gavai Official Language: Malayalam

15. Maharashtra Location: Western India Capital: Mumbai No. of districts: 35 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Prithviraj Chavan Governor: K Sankaranarayanan Official Language: Marathi

17. Meghalaya Location: North Eastern India Capital: Shillong No. of districts: 7 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Mukul Sangma Governor: Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Official Language: English

19. Nagaland Location: North Eastern India Capital: Kohima No. of districts: 11 Ruling Party: Nagaland Peoples Front Chief Minister: Shri Neiphiu Rio Governor: Nikhil Kumar Official Language: English

21. Punjab Location: Northern India Capital: Chandigarh No. of districts: 20 Ruling Party: Shiromani Akali Dal (along with an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party) Chief Minister: Parkash Singh Badal Governor: Shivraj Patil Official Language: Punjabi

23. Sikkim Location: North Eastern India Capital: Gangtok No. of districts: 4 Ruling Party: Sikkim Democratic Front Chief Minister: Pawan Chamling Governor: Balmiki Prasad Singh Official Language: English

25. Tripura Location: North Eastern India Capital: Agartala No. of districts: 4 Ruling Party: Left Front Chief Minister: Manik Sarkar Governor: D. Y. Patil Official Language: English, Bengali, Kokborok 27. Uttarakhand Location: Northern India Capital: Dehradun No. of districts: 13 Ruling Party: Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister: Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Governor: Margaret Alva Official Language: Hindi

2. Arunachal Pradesh Location: North Eastern India Capital: Itanagar No. of districts: 16 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Jarbom Gamlin Governor: General (Retd.) Joginder Jaswant Singh Official Language: English 4. Bihar Location: Eastern India Capital: Patna No. of districts: 38 Ruling Party: National Democratic Alliance (led by Janata Dal (United)) Chief Minister: Nitish Kumar Governor: Debananda Konwar Official Language: Hindi 6. Goa Location: Western India Capital: Panaji No. of districts: 2 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Digambar Kamat Governor: Shivinder Singh Sidhu Official Language: Konkani 8. Haryana Location: Northern India Capital: Chandigarh No. of districts: 21 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Bhupinder Singh Hooda Governor: Shob G Official Language: Hindi

10. Jammu and Kashmir Location: Northern India Capital: Jammu (winter), Srinagar (summer) No. of districts: 22 Ruling Party: Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Chief Minister: Omar Abdullah Governor: Narinder Nath Vohra Official Language: Urdu 12. Karnataka Location: Southern India Capital: Bengaluru (commonly known as Bangalore) No. of districts: 30 Ruling Party: Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister: B. S. Yeddyurappa Governor: Hansraj Bhardwaj Official Language: Kannada

14. Madhya Pradesh Location: Central India Capital: Bhopal No. of districts: 50 Ruling Party: Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan Governor: Rameshwar Thakur Official Language: Hindi

16. Manipur Location: North Eastern India Capital: Imphal No. of districts: 9 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Okram Ibobi Singh Governor: Gurbachan Jagat Official Language: Meiteilon

18. Mizoram Location: North Eastern India Capital: Aizawl No. of districts: 8 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Pu Lalthanhawla Governor: M M Lakhera Official Language: Mizo

20. Orissa Location: Eastern India Capital: Bhubaneswar No. of districts: 30 Ruling Party: Biju Janata Dal Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik Governor: Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare Official Language: Oriya

22. Rajasthan Location: North Western India Capital: Jaipur No. of districts: 33 Ruling Party: Indian National Congress Chief Minister: Ashok Gehlot Governor: Dr. Shivraj Patil Official Language: Hindi 24. Tamil Nadu Location: Southern India Capital: Chennai No. of districts: 32 Ruling Party: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Chief Minister: J Jayalalitha Governor: Surjit Singh Barnala Official Language: Tamil

26. Uttar Pradesh Location: Northern India Capital: Lucknow No. of districts: 72 Ruling Party: Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Minister: Kumari Mayawati Governor: Banwari Lal Joshi Official Language: Hindi 28. West Bengal Location: Eastern India Capital: Kolkata No. of districts: 19 Ruling Party: Left Front Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee Governor: M K Narayanan Official Language: Bengali