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States of India with capital, language, population, area, literacy rate.

SNo	Name	Code	Capital	Official language(s)	Date of formation	Population	Area (km2)	Literacy Rate(%)
1	Andhra Pradesh	AP	Hyderabad	Telugu, Urdu	1 November 1956	84,665,533	275,045	67.66
2	Arunachal Pradesh	AR	Itanagar	English	20 February 1987	1,382,611	83,743	66.95
3	Assam	AS	Dispur	Assamese; Regional: Bodo,  Bengali	15 August 1947	31,169,272	78,550	73.18
4	Bihar	BR	Patna	Hindi, Magadhi , Maithili, Urdu	1 April 1936	103,804,637	99,200	63.82
5	Chhattisgarh	CT	Raipur	Chattisgarhi,  Hindi	1 November 2000	25,540,196	135,194	71.04
6	Goa	GA	Panjim	Konkani	30 May 1987	1,457,723	3,702	87.40
7	Gujarat	GJ	Gandhinagar	Gujarati	1 May 1960	60,383,628	196,024	79.31
8	Haryana	HR	Chandigarh (Union Territory)	Hindi, Haryanvi  (regional)	1 November 1966	25,353,081	44,212	76.64
9	Himachal Pradesh	HP	Shimla	Hindi, Pahari  (regional)	25 January 1971	6,856,509	55,673	83.78
10	Jammu and Kashmir	JK	Srinagar  (summer) Jammu  (winter)	Dogri, Kashmiri, Urdu	26 October 1947	12,548,926	222,236	68.74
11	Jharkhand	JH	Ranchi	Hindi	15 November 2000	32,966,238	74,677	67.63
12	Karnataka	KA	Bangalore	Kannada, English	1 November 1956	61,130,704	191,791	75.60
13	Kerala	KL	Thiruvananthapuram	Malayalam	1 November 1956	33,387,677	38,863	93.91
14	Madhya Pradesh	MP	Bhopal	Hindi	1 November 1956	72,597,565	308,252	70.63
15	Maharashtra	MH	Mumbai	Marathi	1 May 1960	112,372,972	307,713	82.91
16	Manipur	MN	Imphal	Manipuri	21 January 1972	2,721,756	22,347	79.85
17	Meghalaya	ML	Shillong	English, Garo,  Hindi, Khasi,  Pnar,	21 January 1972	2,964,007	22,720	75.48
18	Mizoram	MZ	Aizawl	Mizo	20 February 1987	1,091,014	21,081	91.58
19	Nagaland	NL	Kohima	English	1 December 1963	1,980,602	16,579	80.11
20	Odisha  (Orissa)	OR	Bhubaneswar	Oriya	1 April 1936	41,947,358	155,820	73.45
21	Punjab	PB	Chandigarh (Union Territory)	Punjabi	1 November 1966	27,704,236	50,362	76.68
22	Rajasthan	RJ	Jaipur	Hindi	1 November 1956	68,621,012	342,269	67.06
23	Sikkim	SK	Gangtok	Nepali, Bhutia,  Gurung,  Lepcha, Limbu, Manggar, Newari, Sherpa,  Sunwar, Tamang	16 May 1975	607,688	7,096	82.20
24	Tamil Nadu	TN	Chennai	Tamil	26 January 1950	72,138,958	130,058	80.33
25	Tripura	TR	Agartala	Bengali, Tripuri	21 January 1972	3,671,032	10,492	87.75
26	Uttar Pradesh	UP	Lucknow	Hindi, Urdu	26 January 1950	199,581,477	243,286	69.72
27	Uttarakhand	UT	Dehradun (interim)	Hindi, Sanskrit	9 November 2000	10,116,752	53,566	79.63
28	West Bengal	WB	Kolkata	Bengali, English	1 November 1956	91,347,736	88,752	77.08

  

Union Territories of India

SNo	Name	Code	Capital	Official language	Population	Literacy Rate(%)
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	AN	Port Blair	English	379,944	86.27
2	Chandigarh	CH	Chandigarh	English, Hindi, Punjabi	1,054,686	86.43
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	DN	Silvassa	English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi	342,853	77.65
4	Daman and Diu	DD	Daman	English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi	242,911	87.07
5	Lakshadweep	LD	Kavaratti	English, Malayalam	64,429	92.28
6	National Capital Territory ofDelhi	DL	Delhi	English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu	16,753,235	86.34
7	Puducherry(Pondicherry)	PY	Pondicherry	French and Tamil; Regional: Malayalam, Telugu	1,244,464	86.55