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Jurisdictions

India consists of twenty-nine states and seven union territories. Each state and union territory is divided into districts which are further divided into tehsils or mandals. Below these are the lowest administrative unit, the village.

ID Number	Place	Type	Code	Capital
1	Andhra Pradesh	State	AP	Hyderabad, Amaravati
2	Arunachal Pradesh	State	AR	Itanagar
3	Assam	State	AS	Dispur
4	Bihar	State	BR	Patna
5	Chhattisgarh	State	CG	Naya Raipur
6	Goa	State	GA	Panaji
7	Gujarat	State	GJ	Gandhinagar
8	Haryana	State	HR	Chandigarh
9	Himachal Pradesh	State	HP	Shimla (summer), Dharmshala (winter)
10	Jammu and Kashmir	State	JK	Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)
11	Jharkhand	State	JH	Ranchi
12	Karnataka	State	KA	Bengaluru
13	Kerala	State	KL	Thiruvananthapuram
14	Madhya Pradesh	State	MP	Bhopal
15	Maharashtra	State	MH	Mumbai
16	Manipur	State	MN	Imphal
17	Meghalaya	State	ML	Shillong
18	Mizoram	State	MZ	Aizawl
19	Nagaland	State	NL	Kohima
20	Odisha	State	OD	Bhubaneshwar
21	Punjab	State	PB	Chandigarh
22	Rajasthan	State	RJ	Jaipur
23	Sikkim	State	SK	Gangtok
24	Tamil Nadu	State	TN	Chennai
25	Telangana[9]	State	TS	Hyderabad
26	Tripura	State	TR	Agartala
27	Uttar Pradesh	State	UP	Lucknow
28	Uttarakhand	State	UK	Dehradun
29	West Bengal	State	WB	Kolkata
A	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	UT	AN	Port Blair
B	Chandigarh	UT	CH	Chandigarh
C	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	UT	DN	Silvassa
D	Daman and Diu	UT	DD	Daman
E	Lakshadweep	UT	LD	Kavaratti
F	National Capital Territory of Delhi	UT	DL	New Delhi
G	Puducherry	UT	PY	Pondicherry

The city of Chandigarh serves as the capitol of the states of Haryana and Punjab, and the union territory of Chandigarh.