Previously parts of the same State, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are administered by India as union territories since 5 August 2019, after the revocation of the limited autonomy and bifurcation of the State.

Hiralal Chaudhuri

8 Union Territories

India comprises 28 States and 8 Union Territories.

718 Districts

The number of villages in India is anywhere between 600,000 and one million, according to various government databases. The number and the definition of villages vary across databases, making it challenging to plan across sectors for a village development plan.

Kachchh

28 States

There are 29 states and seven Union territories in the country. Let’s take a look at the states and their capitals.

• Andhra Pradesh – Amravati. Amravati city plan. (
• Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar.
• Assam – Dispur.
• Bihar – Patna.
• Chhattisgarh – Atal Nagar (Naya Raipur)
• Goa – Panaji.
• Gujarat – Gandhinagar.
• Haryana – Chandigarh.

Mumbai “The Dream city” hold the biggest slum area in India known as Dharavi. Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, is spread over an area of 1.75 km along the Mahim river in central Mumbai. Dharavi is just one of many slum areas in city of Mumbai.

List of Districts of India State Wise