India State

1.Assam 

 • Capital - Dispur 

• Formation - 26-1-1950 

• Area rank - 16th 

• Population rank - 15th 

• Literacy rate (2011) - 72.19% 

• Density - 397/km2 

• Sex ratio (2011) - 958/1000 

 • Official Language- Assamese, Bodo 

• Its 1st site for oil drilling in Asia

2.AndhraPradesh

• Capital- Amarawati

• Formation- 1-11-1956

• Area Rank - 7

• Population Rank - 10

• Literacy Rate - 67.41%(2011)

• Language - Telugu

• Its 1st to formed on linguistic basis

• Its 2nd longest coastline (974km)

• Known as "rice bowl of India

3.ArunachalPradesh

• Meaning - Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains

• Capital - Itanagar

• Formation - 20-2-1987

• Area rank - 15

• Population rank - 27

• Literacy rate - 66.95% (2011)

• Density - 17/km2

• Languages - English

4.Bihar 

• Capital : Patna • Statehood : 26.1.1950 • Area rank : 12 • Population rank : 3 • Density : 1,102/km2 • Literacy (2011) : 63.82% • Sex ratio (2011) : 918 /1000 • Language : Hindi (other Maithili & Urdu) • The birthplace of Jainism and Buddhism

5.Bihar

• Capital : Patna

• Statehood : 26.1.1950

• Area rank : 12

• Population rank : 3

• Density : 1,102/km2

• Literacy (2011) : 63.82%

• Sex ratio (2011) : 918 ♀/1000 ♂

• Language : Hindi (other Maithili & Urdu)

• The birthplace of Jainism and Buddhism

6.Chhattisgarh

• Capital - Raipur

• Formation - 1-11-2000

• Area rank - 9

• Population rank - 17

• Density - 220/km2

• Literacy - 71.04%

• Language- Hindi, Chhattisgarhi

• Constituencies

- Rajya Sabha (5seats)

- Lok Sabha (11seats)

• Legislature- Unicameral

7.Goa

• Capital-Panaji

• Established-30.5.1987

• Area rank-28

• Population rank-26

• Density-390/km2

• Literacy-88.70%

• Language-Konkani

• Legislature-Unicameral (40seats)

• Parliamentary constituency

- Rajya Sabha 1

- Lok Sabha 2

• Sex Ratio-973♀/1000

8.Gujarat

• Capital-Gandhinagar

• Formation-1-5-1960

• Literacy(2011)-78.03%

• Sex ratio(2011)-919/1000

• Language-Gujarati,Hindi

• Legislature-Unicameral(182)

• Parliamentary constituency

- Rajya Sabha(11)

- Lok Sabha(26)

• Largest coastline in India 1600km

9.Haryana

• Capital-Chandigarh

• Statehood-1.11.1966

• AreaRank-21

• PopulationRank-18

• Density-573/km2

• Literacy-83.78%

• Language-Hindi, Punjabi

• Legislature-Unicameral (90seats)

• Parliamentary constituency

- Rajya Sabha (5seats)

- Lok Sabha (10seats)

10.HimachalPradesh 

 • Capital- - Shimla (Summer) - Dharamshala (Winter) 

• Statehood-25.1.1971 

• AreaRank-17 

• Population Rank-21 

• Density-123/km2 

• Literacy-83.78% 

• Language-Hindi 

• Legislature-Unicameral (68 seats) 

• Known as "Land of God & Land of

11.Jharkhand

• Capital-Ranchi

• Formation-15-11-2000

• Area rank-15th

• PopulationRank-14th

• Language-Hindi

• Literacy-67.6%

• Sex ratio-948♀/1000 

• Legislature-Unicameral (81seats)

• Parliamentary constituency

- Rajya Sabha (6seats)

- Lok Sabha (14seats)

12.Kerala 

 • Capital-Thiruvananthapuram 

• Formation-1-11-1956 

• Area Rank-21 

• Sex ratio(2011)-1084/1000 

• Literacy-93.9% 

• Language-Malayalam 

• Legislature-Unicameral (141seats) 

• Parliamentary constituencies - Rajya Sabha (9 seats) - Lok Sabha (20 seats)

•= Coastal States:

1) Gujarat

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Maharashtra

5) Kerala

6) Odisha

7) Karnataka

8) Goa

9) West Bengal

• UTs:

1) Daman&Diu

2) Puducherry

3) Andaman&Nicobar Islands

4) Lakshadweep Islands

Total length 7,516.6 km