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The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India they compose a nested hierarchy of country subdivisions. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision.
Tiers of India:
The diagram below outlines the six tiers of government
Zones and regions of India:
The states of India have been grouped into six zones having an Advisory Council “to develop the habit of cooperative working” among these States. Zonal Councils were set up vide Part-III of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
States and union territories:
India is composed of 28 states and 8 union territories (including a national capital territory).
States of India
| S.No. | States | Capital |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
| 3 | Assam | Dispur |
| 4 | Bihar | Patna |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
| 6 | Goa | Panaji |
| 7 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
| 8 | Haryana | Chandigarh |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
| 10 | Mizoram | Aizwal |
| 11 | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
| 12 | Karnataka | Bangalore |
| 13 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| 15 | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| 16 | Manipur | Imphal |
| 17 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| 18 | Nagaland | Kohima |
| 19 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| 20 | Punjab | Chandigarh |
| 21 | Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| 22 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| 24 | Tripura | Agartala |
| 25 | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
| 28 | West Bengal | Kolkatta |
Union Territories of India
| Union Territories Names | Capital |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Daman |
| Delhi | New Delhi |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| Puducherry | Pondicherry |
| Ladakh | Leh |
Autonomous administrative divisions
