India have 29 states and 7 Union territories and 22 regional state languages. They given the status of official languages of states.
States | Capital | Languages |
Andra Pradesh | Hyderabad | Telugu and Urdu |
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanager | Miji, Apotanji, Merdukpen, Tagin,Adi, Honpa, Bangini-Nishi. |
Assam | Dispur | Assamese |
Bihar | Patna | Hindi |
Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Hindi |
Goa | Panaji | Marathi and Konkani |
Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Gujarati |
Haryana | Chandigarh | Hindi |
Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Hindi and Pahari |
Mizoram | Aizawl | Mizo and English |
Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
Kashmiri,Dogri, Urdu, Ladakhi, Pahari,Punjabi and Dadri |
Jharkhand | Ranchi | Hindi |
Karnataka | Bangalore | Kannda |
Kerala | Trivandrum | Malayalam |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Hindi |
Maharashtra | Bombay | Marathi |
Manipur | Imphal | Manipuri |
Meghalaya | Shillong | Khasi, Jaintia and Garo |
Nagaland | Kohima | Ao, Konyak, Angami, Sema and Lotha |
Orissa | Bhubaneswar | Oriya |
Punjab | Chandigarh | Punjabi |
Rajasthan | Jaipur | Rajasthani and Hindi |
Sikkim | Gangtok | Bhutia, Hindi, Nepali, Lepcha, Limbu |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tamil |
Tripura | Agartala | Bengali, Tripuri, Manipuri, Kakborak |
Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Hindi |
Uttaranchal | Dehra Dun | Hindi |
West Bengal | Calcutta | Bengali |
List of union territories in India and their capitals:
Union Territories | Capital | Languages |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair | Bangini, Hindi |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Hindi, Punjabi, English |
New Delhi | Delhi | Hindi, Punjabi, English |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa | Gujarati and Rajasthani |
Daman and Diu | Daman | Portuguese and Gujarati |
Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | Malayalam and variant of Divehi language |
Pondicherry | Pondicherry | Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu |
List of the 22 Official languages in India:-
Language | Spoken in the States |
1. Assamese | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh |
2. Benga | West Bengal, Andaman islands and Bangladesh, Assam and Tripura |
3. Gujarati | Gujarat, Daman and Diu |
4. Hindi | All Indian Specially North,East, West Zone |
5. Kannada | Karnataka |
6. Kashmiri | Kashmir |
7. Konkani | Goa, Southern Maharashtra, North Karnataka, Kerala Region |
8. Malayalam | Southwestern Kerala,Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Lakshadweep |
9. Manipuri | Manipur,Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Bangladesh and Myanmar |
10. Marathi | In addition to Maharashtra, it is spoken in Goa, Karnataka, Gujarat, Daman and Diu and Dadar and Nagar Haveli. |
11. Nepali | It is the national language of Nepal. It is also spoken in Sikkim, West Bengal, North-eastern states, Bhutan, Tibet and Myanmar. |
12. Odia | It is mainly spoken in Odisha. It is the official language of the Odisha state. |
13. Punjabi | Punjab and few area of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan. |
14. Sanskrit | Karnataka |
15. Sindhi | Gujarat |
16. Tamil | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry |
17.Urdu | Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana, Delhi, Bihar, and few part of Uttar Pradesh. |
18. Telugu | Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Puducherry and Chhattisgarh. |
19. Bodo | Bodo, northeast, Nepal and Bangladesh. |
20. Dogri | Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. |
21. Maithili | Few area of Bihar and Nepal. |
22. Santali | Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Tripura and Bengal. |
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