State · Capital Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state and sends the largest number of candidates to almost every national examination . 5 cities covered State · Capital Jaipur Rajasthan Rajasthan is India's largest state by area, with an economy built on tourism, minerals, textiles and a growing solar-power sector . 4 cities covered Union Territory · Capital New Delhi Delhi Delhi is the National Capital Territory and the seat of Parliament, the Supreme Court and every central ministry . 2 cities covered State · Capital Chandigarh Punjab Punjab is India's principal wheat and rice surplus state and central to the public procurement system . 3 cities covered State · Capital Chandigarh Haryana Haryana surrounds Delhi on three sides and contains Gurugram, one of India's largest corporate office markets, alongside a strong agricultural belt and automobile manufacturing at Manesar and Faridabad. . 2 cities covered State · Capital Dehradun Uttarakhand Uttarakhand was formed in 2000 and combines Himalayan districts with the industrial plains of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar . 2 cities covered State · Capital Shimla Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is a Himalayan state with high literacy, an apple-horticulture economy and substantial hydropower generation . 2 cities covered Union Territory · Capital Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh is a Union Territory serving as the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana, planned by Le Corbusier and known for its sector grid . 0 cities covered Union Territory · Capital Srinagar (summer) / Jammu (winter) Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir became a Union Territory in October 2019 and follows a dual-capital darbar arrangement between Srinagar and Jammu . 2 cities covered State · Capital Bengaluru Karnataka Karnataka contains India's largest technology employment cluster in Bengaluru alongside the historic urban centres of Mysuru, Hubballi-Dharwad and Mangaluru . 4 cities covered State · Capital Chennai Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu has among the highest gross enrolment ratios in Indian higher education and a deep manufacturing base in automobiles, textiles and electronics . 4 cities covered State · Capital Hyderabad Telangana Telangana was formed on 2 June 2014 as India's 29th state, with Hyderabad as its capital . 2 cities covered

State · Capital Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Kerala records India's highest literacy rate and among its best human-development indicators, with a large share of household income coming from Gulf remittances . 3 cities covered State · Capital Amaravati Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh has India's second-longest coastline, a large aquaculture and horticulture sector, and a rapidly expanding pharmaceutical and electronics base around Visakhapatnam and Sri City. . 3 cities covered State · Capital Ranchi Jharkhand Jharkhand was carved out of southern Bihar in November 2000 and is India's mineral heartland, producing a large share of the country's coal, iron ore and mica . 5 cities covered State · Capital Kolkata West Bengal West Bengal combines a dense Gangetic plain, the Sundarbans delta and the Darjeeling hills within one administrative unit . 4 cities covered State · Capital Patna Bihar Bihar has India's youngest population profile and a very high share of first-generation learners . 3 cities covered State · Capital Bhubaneswar Odisha Odisha holds a very large share of India's bauxite, chromite and iron-ore reserves and has a substantial tribal population . 3 cities covered State · Capital Mumbai Maharashtra Maharashtra is India's largest state economy and its financial centre, with an industrial belt running from Mumbai through Pune, Nashik and Aurangabad into Nagpur . 4 cities covered State · Capital Gandhinagar Gujarat Gujarat is among India's most industrialised states, with petrochemicals at Jamnagar, diamonds and textiles at Surat and pharmaceuticals across Ahmedabad and Vadodara . 4 cities covered State · Capital Panaji Goa Goa is India's smallest state by area and has among the highest per-capita incomes, driven by tourism, mining and pharmaceuticals . 2 cities covered State · Capital Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh is India's second-largest state by area, with a very large tribal population and an economy centred on agriculture, minerals and a growing services sector in Indore and Bhopal. . 3 cities covered State · Capital Raipur Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh was formed in 2000 and supplies a large share of India's coal, steel and cement . 2 cities covered North-East India State · Capital Dispur Assam Assam produces a majority of India's tea and holds significant petroleum reserves, with Digboi hosting Asia's oldest operating refinery . 2 cities covered