Republic of India (Bharat Ganarajya), has 28 + 1 states

	Name	Capital	Population	Area (sq km)
01	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	16,60,52,859	2,43,286
02	Maharashtra	Mumbai	9,67,52,247	3,07,690
03	Bihar	Patna	8,28,78,796	99,200
04	West Bengal	Kolkata	8,02,21,171	88,752
05	Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad	7,57,27,541	2,75,068
06	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	6,21,10,839	1,30,058
07	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	6,03,85,118	3,08,252
08	Rajasthan	Jaipur	5,64,73,122	3,42,249
09	Karnataka	Bangalore	5,27,33,958	1,91,791
10	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	5,05,96,992	1,96,024
11	Orissa	Bhubneshwar	3,67,06,920	1,55,707
12	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	3,18,38,619	38,863
13	Jharkhand	Ranchi	2,69,09,428	74,677
14	Assam	Dispur	2,66,38,407	78,438
15	Punjab	Chandigarh	2,42,89,296	50,362
16	Haryana	Chandigarh	2,10,82,989	44,212
17	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	2,07,95,956	1,35,194
18	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	1,00,69,917	2,22,236
19	Uttaranchal	Dehradoon	84,79,562	51,125
20	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	60,77,248	55,673
21	Tripura	Agartala	31,91,168	10,486
22	Manipur	Imphal	23,88,634	22,327
23	Meghalaya	Shillong	23,06,069	22,429
24	Nagaland	Kohima	19,88,636	16,579
25	Goa	Panaji	13,43,998	3,702
26	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	10,91,117	83,743
27	Mizoram	Aizwal	8,91,058	21,081
28	Sikkim	Gantok	5,40,493	7,096