The 36 states and union territories of India
India has 36 states and union territories. This page lists all of them.
The table shows the English name first. The Indian name is accepted as an answer too, and it appears in the second column.
English names and local names
The quiz shows English names, because that is what most players type. It accepts the Indian name as well.
Accent marks do not matter. The quiz folds accents before it compares, so a name typed without them still counts.
Abbreviations are not accepted. A short code is ambiguous, and one code often matches the start of another name.
About the states and union territories
India has states and union territories. A state has its own elected government. A union territory is governed from the centre, though some have an assembly.
Several names changed in recent decades. The quiz accepts the former name as well as the current one.
Delhi is a union territory with its own assembly, and it holds the national capital.
All 36 states and union territories
| State | Also accepted |
|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Andaman and Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andamans |
| Andhra Pradesh | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | |
| Assam | |
| Bihar | |
| Chandigarh | |
| Chhattisgarh | Chattisgarh, Chhatisgarh |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu |
| Delhi | New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi |
| Goa | |
| Gujarat | Gujrat |
| Haryana | |
| Himachal Pradesh | Himachal |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu & Kashmir, Jammu Kashmir, Kashmir |
| Jharkhand | Jharkand |
| Karnataka | |
| Kerala | Kerela |
| Ladakh | |
| Lakshadweep | Lakshadweep Islands |
| Madhya Pradesh | |
| Maharashtra | Maharastra |
| Manipur | |
| Meghalaya | |
| Mizoram | |
| Nagaland | |
| Odisha | Orissa |
| Puducherry | Pondicherry, Pondichery |
| Punjab | |
| Rajasthan | Rajastan |
| Sikkim | |
| Tamil Nadu | Tamilnadu |
| Telangana | Telengana |
| Tripura | |
| Uttar Pradesh | |
| Uttarakhand | Uttaranchal, Uttarkhand |
| West Bengal | Bengal |
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Sources
- Official Indian names published by India.
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