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Into how many divisions, can India be divided on the administrative basis? Explain with the help of a table.

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India is divided into two parts:

States.
Union Territories.

The states are 28 in number and U.Ts. are 8 in number. The names of their capitals and area is given below:

State	Area (sq. km.)	Capital
1. Andhra Pradesh	160203	Amravati
2. Arunachal Pradesh	81,578	Itanagar
3. Assam	78,523	Dispur
4. Bihar	94,162	Patna
5. Chhattisgarh	1,35,133	Raipur
6. Goa	3,702	Panaji
7. Gujarat	1,95,984	Gandhinagar
8. Haryana	44,222	Chandigarh
9. Himachal Pradesh	55,673	Shimla
10. Jharkhand	79,714	Ranchi
11. Karnataka	1,91,773	Bangalore
12. Kerala	38,864	Thiruvanthapuram
13. Madhya Pradesh	3,08,313	Bhopal
14. Maharashtra	3,07,762	Mumbai
15. Manipur	22,356	Imphal
16. Meghalaya	22,489	Shillong
17. Mizoram	21,087	Aizawl
18. Nagaland	16,527	Kohima
19. Orissa	1,55,782	Bhubaneshwar
20. Punjab	50,362	Chandigarh
21. Rajasthan	3,42,214	Jaipur
22. Sikkim	7,299	Gangtok
23. Tamil Nadu	1,30,069	Chennai
24. Tripura	10,477	Agartala
25. Uttar Pradesh	2,38,568	Lucknow
26. West Bengal	87,353	Kolkata
27. Uttranchal	55,845	Dehradun
28. Telangana	114,840	Hyderabad

Union Territories	Area (sq. km.)	Capital
1. Andaman and Nicobar islands	8,293	Port Blair
2. Chandigarh	114	Chandigarh
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	491 + 102	Daman
4. Lakshadweep	32	Kavaratti
5. Pondicherry	48	Pondicherry
6. Delhi	1485	Delhi
7. Jammu & Kashmir	—	Srinagar
8. Ladakh	—	Leh
All India	32,88,015	New Delhi

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