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CONTENTS

1. Formation of States ..........................................................................................................................................2

2. Important General Information on States of India ...............................................................................3
3. Neighbouring Countries and Indian States ..........................................................................................5
4. States and Capitals ..........................................................................................................................................5
5. Capitals of all the other States .................................................................................................................7
6. Population Facts about Indian States ....................................................................................................8
8. Tribes of India and States ........................................................................................................................13

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1. FORMATION OF STATES
State Formation Year Status prior to formation

Andhra 1953 Part of the state of Madras

Gujarat 1960 Part of the state of Bombay

Maharashtra 1960 Part of the state of Bombay

Kerala 1956 State of Travancore and Cochin

Nagaland 1963 Union territory

Haryana 1966 Part of Punjab

State of Mysore was formed in 1953,

Karnataka 1956 enlarged Mysore in 1956 which was
renamed in 1973.

Himachal Pradesh 1971 Union Territory

Manipur, Tripura 1972 Union Territories

Meghalaya 1972 Autonomous state within state of Assam

Associate state since 1974 and a

Sikkim 1975
protectorate of India before that.

District of Assam till 1972 and Union

Mizoram 1987
Territory from 1972 to 1987.

Arunachal Pradesh 1987 Union Territory

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State Formation Year Status prior to formation

Goa 1987 Union Territory

Uttarakhand 2000 Part of Uttar Pradesh

Chhattisgarh 2000 Part of Madhya Pradesh

Jharkhand 2000 Part of Bihar

Telangana 2014 Part of Andhra Pradesh

NOTE: Goa, Puducherry, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Sikkimwere not a part of India at
the time of independence. Goa was liberated from Portuguese occupation in 1961,
Puducherry alongwith Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam, was transferred to India in 1954 by
the French, Dadra & Nagar Haveli were liberated in 1954 from the Portuguese and
Sikkim became a part of India in 1974.

2. IMPORTANT GENERAL
INFORMATION ON STATES OF INDIA
First Ranked States

Feature State

Largest state (in terms of area) Rajasthan

Smallest state Goa

Most populous state Uttar Pradesh

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First Ranked States

Feature State

Least populous state Sikkim

Most populous union territory (not incl Delhi) Puducherry

Least populous union territory Lakshadweep

Most densely populated state Bihar

Least densely populated state Arunachal Pradesh

First state to be formed on linguistic basis Andhra Pradesh

Most literate state Kerala

Least literate state Bihar

The state with the longest coastline Gujarat

The state having boundaries with seven states and

Assam
two countries

The state surrounded on three sides by Bangladesh Tripura

The state surrounded by three countries and one

Sikkim
state

The number of states which have a coastline Nine

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First Ranked States

Feature State

The number of Union Territories which have a

Four
coastline

The states which have neither an international M.P., Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,

boundary nor a coastline Haryana

3. NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES AND

INDIAN STATES
Country Indian States which have boundary with it

Pakistan Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and

China
Arunachal Pradesh

Nepal Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim

Bhutan Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

Myanmar Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram

Bangladesh West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram

4. STATES AND CAPITALS

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North-Eastern States

State Capital

Assam Dispur

Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar

Manipur Imphal

Meghalaya Shillong

Mizoram Aizwal

Nagaland Kohima

Tripura Agartala

Newly Formed States

Chattisgarh Raipur

Jharkhand Ranchi

Uttarakhand Dehradun

Telangana Hyderabad

Union Territories

Andaman & Nicobar Port Blair

Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa

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North-Eastern States

State Capital

Lakshadweep Kavaratti

Daman & Diu Daman

5. CAPITALS OF ALL THE OTHER

STATES
State Capital

Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad*

Bihar Patna

Goa Panaji

Gujarat Gandhinagar

Haryana Chandigarh

Himachal Pradesh Shimla

Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar and Jammu

Karnataka Bengaluru

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
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State Capital

Maharashtra Mumbai

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal

Odisha Bhubaneshwar

Punjab Chandigarh

Rajasthan Jaipur

Sikkim Gangtok

Tamilnadu Chennai

Uttar Pradesh Lucknow

West Bengal Kolkata

NOTE:

 Jammu and Kashmir has two capitals – Jammu for winter and Srinagar for
summer.
 Guwahati and Ahmedabad are not capital cities.
 Capital of Pakistan occupied Kashmir is Muzaffarabad
 *Hyderabad will be the joint capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 10
years, after which Amravati will be the capital of Andhra Pradesh.

6. POPULATION FACTS ABOUT

INDIAN STATES
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General Points

Among the Indian states, Uttar Pradesh is the most populated state with a population
of 19,98,12,341 and Sikkim is the least populated state with a population of 6,10,577.

The second, third, fourth and fifth ranked states are Maharashtra (11,23,74,333), Bihar
(10,40,99,452), West Bengal (9,12,76,115) and Madhya Pradesh* (7,26,26,809)
respectively. (*Post bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana)

Among the Union Territories, Delhi is the most populated UT with a population of
1,67,87,941 and Lakshdweep is the least populated UT with a population of 64,473.

The population of Delhi is greater than Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram and
Manipur

The second most populated UT is Puducherry with a population of 12,47,953 followed

by Chandigarh with a population of 10,55,450.

Density of Population

The state with highest density of population is Bihar with a population of 1106 persons
per square kilometre.

The state with lowest density of population is Arunachal Pradesh with a population
of 17 persons per square kilometre.

The UT with highest density of population is Delhi with a population of 11,320 persons per
square kilometre.

The UT with lowest density of population is Andaman and Nicobar Islands with a
population of 46 persons per square kilometre.
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The district with highest density of population is North East Delhi with a population
of 37346 persons per square kilometre.

The district with lowest density of population is Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) with
a population of 2 persons per square kilometre.

Gender Composition

Among Indian states Kerala has the highest sex ratio of 1084females to 1000 males while
Haryana has the lowest sex ratio of 877.

Among the Union Territories, Puducherry has the highest sex ratio of 1038 females to
1000 males while Daman and Diu has the lowest sex ratio of 618.

Literacy

Kerala ranks first among Indian states with a literacy rate of 93.91% followed by Mizoram
with a literacy rate of 91.58%.

Bihar ranks last among Indian states with a literacy rate of 63.82%. Next is Rajasthan
with a literacy rate of 67.06%.

Four States have achieved literacy rate of above 85% which is the target set by the
Planning Commission to be achieved by 2011-12. They are Kerala, Mizoram, Tripura and
Goa.

Six Union Territories have achieved literacy rate of above 85% which is the target set by
the Planning Commission to be achieved by 2011-12. They are Lakshdweep, Daman &
Diu, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

7. STATES - MPS, MLAS AND MLCS

The following is the State-wise list of Lok Sabha MPs, Rajya Sabha MPs, Members of Legislative
Assembly and Members of Legislative Council.
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# State LS MPs RS MPs MLAs MLCs

1. Uttar Pradesh 80 31 404* 100

2. Maharashtra 48 19 289* 78

3. West Bengal 42 16 295* --

4. Bihar 40 16 243 75

5. Tamil Nadu 39 18 235* --

6. Madhya Pradesh 29 11 231* --

7. Karnataka 28 12 225* 75

8. Gujarat 26 11 182 --

9. Rajasthan 25 10 200 --

10. Andhra Pradesh 25 11 175 56

11. Odisha 21 10 147 --

12. Kerala 20 9 141* --

13. Telangana 17 7 120 34

14. Assam 14 7 126 --

15. Jharkhand 14 6 81 --
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16. Punjab 13 7 117 --

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# State LS MPs RS MPs MLAs MLCs

17. Chhattisgarh 11 5 91* --

18. Haryana 10 5 90 --

19. Jammu & Kashmir 6 4 89 36

20. Uttarakhand 5 3 70 --

21. Himachal Pradesh 4 3 68 --

22. Arunachal Pradesh 2 1 60 --

23. Goa 2 1 40 --

24. Manipur 2 1 60 --

25. Meghalaya 2 1 60 --

26. Tripura 2 1 60 --

27. Mizoram 1 1 40 --

28. Nagaland 1 1 60 --

29. Sikkim 1 1 32 --

1. Delhi 7 3 70 --

2. Puducherry 1 1 30 --
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3. Andaman & Nicobar Is. 1 -- -- --

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# State LS MPs RS MPs MLAs MLCs

4. Chandigarh 1 -- -- --

5. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 -- -- --

6. Daman & Diu 1 -- -- --

7. Lakshadweep 1 -- -- --

8. Nominated 2 12 -- --

Total 545 245 -- --

* These states have 1 MLA from the Anglo-Indian community nominated by the Governor.

8. TRIBES OF INDIA AND STATES

Name of the Tribe States in which they reside

Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya

BHIL
Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka.

Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya

GOND
Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.

SANTAL Bihar, Tripura, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand.

MINA Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh.

Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar

NAIKDA
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Haveli, Maharashtra, Goa.

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Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya

ORAON
Pradesh, Maharashtra.

SUGALIS Andhra Pradesh.

Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh,

MUNDA
Tripura, Odisha.

NAGA Nagaland.

KHOND Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha.

BORO Assam.

KOLI MAHADEV Maharashtra.

KHASI Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam.

KOL Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra.

Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra,

VARLI
Karnataka, Goa.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra,

KOKNA
Karnataka.

KAWAR Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra .

GUJJAR Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh.

BHUMIJ West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha.

GARO Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Tripura.

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KOYA Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.

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