States and Union territories
| State | ISO 3166-2:IN | Vehicle code | Zone | Capital | Largest city | Statehood | Population (census 2011) | Area (km2) | Official language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | IN-AP | AP | Southern | Visakhapatnam (Administrative) Amaravati (Legislative) Kurnool (Judicial) | Visakhapatnam | 1 November 1956 | 49,506,799 | 160,205 | Telugu | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | IN-AR | AR | North-Eastern | Itanagar | 20 February 1987 | 1,383,727 | 83,743 | English | ||
| Assam | IN-AS | AS | North-Eastern | Dispur | Guwahati | 26 January 1950 | 31,205,576 | 78,550 | Assamese | |
| Bihar | IN-BR | BR | Eastern | Patna | 26 January 1950 | 104,099,452 | 94,163 | Hindi | ||
| Chhattisgarh | IN-CT | CG | Central | Nava Raipur | Raipur | 1 November 2000 | 25,545,198 | 135,194 | Hindi | |
| Goa | IN-GA | GA | Western | Panaji | Vasco da Gama | 30 May 1987 | 1,458,545 | 3,702 | Konkani | |
| Gujarat | IN-GJ | GJ | Western | Gandhinagar | Ahmedabad | 1 May 1960 | 60,439,692 | 196,024 | Gujarati | |
| Haryana | IN-HR | HR | Northern | Chandigarh | Faridabad | 1 November 1966 | 25,351,462 | 44,212 | Hindi | |
| Himachal Pradesh | IN-HP | HP | Northern | Shimla (Summer) Dharamshala (Winter) | Shimla | 25 January 1971 | 6,864,602 | 55,673 | Hindi | |
| Jharkhand | IN-JH | JH | Eastern | Ranchi | Jamshedpur | 15 November 2000 | 32,988,134 | 74,677 | Hindi | |
| Karnataka | IN-KA | KA | Southern | Bengaluru | 1 November 1956 | 61,095,297 | 191,791 | Kannada | ||
| Kerala | IN-KL | KL | Southern | Thiruvananthapuram | 1 November 1956 | 33,406,061 | 38,863 | Malayalam | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | IN-MP | MP | Central | Bhopal | Indore | 26 January 1950 | 72,626,809 | 308,252 | Hindi | |
| Maharashtra | IN-MH | MH | Western | Mumbai (Summer) Nagpur (Winter) | Mumbai | 1 May 1960 | 112,374,333 | 307,713 | Marathi | |
| Manipur | IN-MN | MN | North-Eastern | Imphal | 21 January 1972 | 2,855,794 | 22,347 | Meitei | ||
| Meghalaya | IN-ML | ML | North-Eastern | Shillong | 21 January 1972 | 2,966,889 | 22,720 | English | ||
| Mizoram | IN-MZ | MZ | North-Eastern | Aizawl | 20 February 1987 | 1,097,206 | 21,081 | English, Hindi, Mizo | ||
| Nagaland | IN-NL | NL | North-Eastern | Kohima | Dimapur | 1 December 1963 | 1,978,502 | 16,579 | English | |
| Odisha | IN-OR | OD | Eastern | Bhubaneswar | 26 January 1950 | 41,974,218 | 155,820 | Odia | ||
| Punjab | IN-PB | PB | Northern | Chandigarh | Ludhiana | 1 November 1966 | 27,743,338 | 50,362 | Punjabi | |
| Rajasthan | IN-RJ | RJ | Northern | Jaipur | 26 January 1950 | 68,548,437 | 342,269 | Hindi | ||
| Sikkim | IN-SK | SK | North-Eastern | Gangtok | 16 May 1975 | 610,577 | 7,096 | English, Nepali | ||
| Tamil Nadu | IN-TN | TN | Southern | Chennai | 1 November 1956 | 72,147,030 | 130,058 | Tamil | ||
| Telangana | IN-TG | TS | Southern | Hyderabad[b] | 2 June 2014 | 35,193,978 | 114,840[ | Telugu | ||
| Tripura | IN-TR | TR | North-Eastern | Agartala | 21 January 1972 | 3,673,917 | 10,492 | Bengali, English, Kokborok | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | IN-UP | UP | Central | Lucknow | Kanpur | 26 January 1950 | 199,812,341 | 243,286 | Hindi | |
| Uttarakhand | IN-UT | UK | Central | Gairsain (Summer)[51] Dehradun (Winter)[52] | Dehradun | 9 November 2000 | 10,086,292 | 53,483 | Hindi | |
| West Bengal | IN-WB | WB | Eastern | Kolkata | 26 January 1950 | 91,276,115 | 88,752 | Bengali, Nepali[c] | ||
Union territories
| Union territory | ISO 3166-2:IN | Vehicle code | Zone | Capital | Largest city | UT established | Population | Area (km2) | Official languages | Additional official languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | IN-AN | AN | Southern | Port Blair | 1 November 1956 | 380,581 | 8,249 | Hindi | English | |
| Chandigarh | IN-CH | CH | Northern | Chandigarh | — | 1 November 1966 | 1,055,450 | 114 | English | — |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | IN-DH | DD | Western | Daman | 26 January 2020 | 586,956 | 603 | Gujarati, Hindi | Konkani, Marathi | |
| Delhi | IN-DL | DL | Northern | New Delhi | — | 1 November 1956 | 16,787,941 | 1,490 | Hindi, English | Punjabi, Urdu |
| Jammu and Kashmir | IN-JK | JK | Northern | Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter)[ | Srinagar | 31 October 2019 | 12,258,433 | 55,538 | Kashmiri, Urdu | Dogri, Hindi |
| Ladakh | IN-LA | LA | Northern | Leh (Summer) Kargil (Winter) | Leh | 31 October 2019 | 290,492 | 174,852 | Hindi, English | |
| Lakshadweep | IN-LD | LD | Southern | Kavaratti | 1 November 1956 | 64,473 | 32 | Malayalam, English | — | |
| Puducherry | IN-PY | PY | Southern | Puducherry | 16 August 1962 | 1,247,953 | 492 | French Tamil, English | Malayalam, Telugu | |
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