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All thirty-six, in a table
1,210,854,977 people counted in 2011 · 28 states and 8 Union Territories · 45 UNESCO World Heritage properties. Select a column heading to sort.
| State or UT | Type | Capital | Population, 2011 | Share | World Heritage | Traditions, as examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | UT | Sri Vijaya Puram (formerly Port Blair) | 380,581 | 0.03% | 0 | Landmark The Cellular Jail, now a national memorial Taste Coconut, fish and seafood dishes |
| Andhra Pradesh | State | Amaravati | 49,577,103 | 4.1% | 0 | Sound and movement Kuchipudi (classical dance) Festival Sankranti; Ugadi Taste Bandar laddu (Machilipatnam) |
| Arunachal Pradesh | State | Itanagar | 1,383,727 | 0.11% | 0 | Sound and movement Ajilamu, a Monpa masked dance Festival Losar (Monpa); Solung (Adi); Nyokum (Nyishi) Taste Thukpa; apong, a rice drink |
| Assam | State | Dispur | 31,205,576 | 2.6% | 3Kaziranga National Park; Manas Wildlife Sanctuary; Moidams: the Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty | Sound and movement Bihu dance; Sattriya (classical dance) Festival Bihu (Rongali, Kongali, Bhogali) Taste Pitha; tenga, a sour fish curry |
| Bihar | State | Patna | 104,099,452 | 8.6% | 2Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya; Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara | Sound and movement Bidesia folk theatre; Madhubani (Mithila) painting Festival Chhath Puja Taste Litti chokha; Silao khaja; thekua |
| Chandigarh | UT | Chandigarh | 1,055,450 | 0.09% | 1The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier (Capitol Complex) | Landmark Le Corbusier's Capitol Complex and Nek Chand's Rock Garden Taste Punjabi dishes, from chole bhature to lassi |
| Chhattisgarh | State | Raipur | 25,545,198 | 2.1% | 0 | Sound and movement Pandavani, a Mahabharata recital; Panthi dance Festival Bastar Dussehra, about 75 days Landmark Dhokra metal casting Taste Chila; faraa |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | UT | Daman | 586,956 | 0.05% | 0 | Sound and movement Tarpa, a Warli tribal dance Landmark Portuguese-era forts and churches in Daman and Diu Taste Seafood with Portuguese-influenced flavours |
| Delhi | UT | New Delhi | 16,787,941 | 1.4% | 3Humayun's Tomb; Qutb Minar and its Monuments; Red Fort Complex | Sound and movement Qawwali at the Nizamuddin Dargah Festival Republic Day parade; Diwali Taste Chaat; the parathas of Old Delhi |
| Goa | State | Panaji | 1,458,545 | 0.12% | 1Churches and Convents of Goa | Sound and movement Mando, the Goan song and dance Festival Shigmo; Carnival; Christmas Taste Bebinca; xacuti; fish curry rice |
| Gujarat | State | Gandhinagar | 60,439,692 | 5.0% | 4Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park; Rani-ki-Vav; Historic City of Ahmedabad; Dholavira: a Harappan City | Sound and movement Garba (UNESCO, 2023); Dandiya Raas Festival Navratri; Uttarayan, the kite festival Taste Dhokla; mohanthal; basundi |
| Haryana | State | Chandigarh | 25,351,462 | 2.1% | 0 | Sound and movement Saang folk theatre; Phag dance Festival Surajkund Crafts Mela (February) Taste Lassi; bajra khichdi; churma |
| Himachal Pradesh | State | Shimla | 6,864,602 | 0.57% | 2Mountain Railways of India; Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area | Sound and movement Nati, a Kullu folk dance Festival Kullu Dussehra, seven days each autumn Taste Siddu; chha gosht; Kangra tea |
| Jammu and Kashmir | UT | Srinagar (summer) and Jammu (winter) | 12,267,013 | 1.0% | 0 | Sound and movement Santoor and Sufiana music; Rouf dance Festival Herath (Mahashivratri) Taste Wazwan; kahwa, saffron tea |
| Ladakh | UT | Leh | 274,289 | 0.02% | 0 | Sound and movement Buddhist chanting of Ladakh (UNESCO, 2012) Festival Hemis Tsechu; Losar Taste Thukpa; skyu; butter tea |
| Jharkhand | State | Ranchi | 32,988,134 | 2.7% | 0 | Sound and movement Chhau dance of Seraikela (UNESCO, 2010) Festival Sarhul; Karma Taste Dhuska; litti |
| Karnataka | State | Bengaluru | 61,095,297 | 5.0% | 4Group of Monuments at Hampi; Group of Monuments at Pattadakal; Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas; Western Ghats | Sound and movement Yakshagana; Carnatic and Hindustani music Festival Mysuru Dasara Taste Mysore pak; dosa; bisi bele bath |
| Kerala | State | Thiruvananthapuram | 33,406,061 | 2.8% | 1Western Ghats | Sound and movement Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Kutiyattam (UNESCO, 2008); the chenda drum Festival Onam; Thrissur Pooram Taste Sadya; payasam; appam |
| Lakshadweep | UT | Kavaratti | 64,473 | 0.01% | 0 | Sound and movement Kolkali, Parichakali and, on Minicoy, Lava Landmark Coral atolls; the least populous state or territory in the 2011 Census Taste Coconut and tuna dishes |
| Madhya Pradesh | State | Bhopal | 72,626,809 | 6.0% | 3Khajuraho Group of Monuments; Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi; Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka | Sound and movement Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior Festival Khajuraho Dance Festival Taste Poha-jalebi (Indore); bhutte ka kees |
| Maharashtra | State | Mumbai | 112,374,333 | 9.3% | 7Ajanta Caves; Ellora Caves; Elephanta Caves; Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus; Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai; Maratha Military Landscapes of India; Western Ghats | Sound and movement Lavani; dhol-tasha Festival Ganesh Chaturthi; Gudi Padwa Taste Puran poli; modak; vada pav |
| Manipur | State | Imphal | 2,855,794 | 0.24% | 0 | Sound and movement Manipuri (classical dance); Sankirtana (UNESCO, 2013); the pung drum Festival Lai Haraoba; Yaoshang Taste Eromba; chak-hao kheer |
| Meghalaya | State | Shillong | 2,966,889 | 0.25% | 0 | Festival Wangala (Garo); Nongkrem and Shad Suk Mynsiem (Khasi) Landmark Living root bridges, grown from rubber-fig roots Taste Jadoh; tungrymbai |
| Mizoram | State | Aizawl | 1,097,206 | 0.09% | 0 | Sound and movement Cheraw, the bamboo-pole dance Festival Chapchar Kut Taste Bai, a vegetable stew; sawhchiar |
| Nagaland | State | Kohima | 1,978,502 | 0.16% | 0 | Sound and movement Naga folk songs and war dances Festival Hornbill Festival, Kisama, 1 to 10 December Taste Smoked pork with bamboo shoot; axone |
| Odisha | State | Bhubaneswar | 41,974,218 | 3.5% | 1Sun Temple, Konark | Sound and movement Odissi (classical dance); the mardala drum Festival Rath Yatra, Puri Taste Rasagola (GI, 2019); chhena poda; dalma |
| Puducherry | UT | Puducherry | 1,247,953 | 0.10% | 0 | Festival Bastille Day (14 July) is marked each year Landmark Auroville and the French Quarter Taste French-Tamil Creole cooking |
| Punjab | State | Chandigarh | 27,743,338 | 2.3% | 0 | Sound and movement Bhangra; Giddha; the dhol Festival Baisakhi; Lohri; Gurpurabs Taste Makki di roti with sarson da saag; pinni; lassi |
| Rajasthan | State | Jaipur | 68,548,437 | 5.7% | 4The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur; Hill Forts of Rajasthan; Keoladeo National Park; Jaipur City | Sound and movement Ghoomar; Kalbelia (UNESCO, 2010); Manganiyar music Festival Pushkar Fair; Teej Taste Dal-baati-churma; ghevar; malpua |
| Sikkim | State | Gangtok | 610,577 | 0.05% | 1Khangchendzonga National Park | Sound and movement Singhi Chham, the snow-lion dance Festival Losar; Losoong Taste Momos; gundruk; sel roti |
| Tamil Nadu | State | Chennai | 72,147,030 | 6.0% | 5Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram; Great Living Chola Temples; Mountain Railways of India; Western Ghats; Maratha Military Landscapes of India | Sound and movement Bharatanatyam; Carnatic music; nadaswaram and thavil Festival Pongal; the Madras Music Season (Margazhi) Taste Pongal (the dish); filter coffee; Srivilliputhur palkova |
| Telangana | State | Hyderabad | 35,003,674 | 2.9% | 1Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple | Sound and movement Perini Sivatandavam; dappu drums Festival Bathukamma; Bonalu Taste Hyderabadi biryani; haleem |
| Tripura | State | Agartala | 3,673,917 | 0.30% | 0 | Sound and movement Hojagiri, a Reang dance Festival Kharchi Puja; Garia Puja Taste Berma (fermented fish); bamboo-shoot dishes |
| Uttar Pradesh | State | Lucknow | 199,812,341 | 16.5% | 4Agra Fort; Taj Mahal; Fatehpur Sikri; Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath | Sound and movement Kathak; Ramlila (UNESCO, 2008); the shehnai of Varanasi Festival Kumbh Mela (Prayagraj); Dev Deepawali (Varanasi) Taste Petha (Agra); peda (Mathura); malaiyo (Varanasi) |
| Uttarakhand | State | Dehradun | 10,086,292 | 0.83% | 1Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks | Sound and movement Ramman (UNESCO, 2009); Jagar ritual singing; dhol-damau Festival Kumbh Mela (Haridwar); Nanda Devi Raj Jat, traditionally every twelve years Taste Bal mithai (Almora); singori |
| West Bengal | State | Kolkata | 91,276,115 | 7.5% | 3Mountain Railways of India; Sundarbans National Park; Santiniketan | Sound and movement Baul songs; Rabindra Sangeet Festival Durga Puja (UNESCO, 2021); Poila Baisakh Taste Rosogolla (GI, 2017); mishti doi; sandesh |
AI investments and institutions
No agency publishes a reliable state-by-state breakdown of AI startups, funding or talent, so this layer marks only what can be traced to a named source: a specific commitment from the Money page or a leading research institution. Nothing is ranked or weighted. A state without a mark has no verified entry yet, not no activity.
Andhra Pradesh
Google’s first India AI hub: $15B, 2026-30, construction began April 2026.
Gujarat
Tata Electronics’ semiconductor fab (with Powerchip): ₹91,000 crore; commercial operations now expected in mid-2028, against an earlier end-2026 target.
Karnataka
Headquarters of Sarvam AI, Infosys and Wipro; home to IISc’s Kotak IISc AI-ML Centre (KIAC), established 2021-23.
Maharashtra
Reliance Industries’ $110 billion, seven-year AI infrastructure programme, the largest single commitment on the ledger; home to IIT Bombay’s Centre for Machine Intelligence and Data Science (C-MInDS).
Odisha
HCLTech, Sarvam and the state government’s joint ₹14,257 crore AI data centre, announced July 2026.
Telangana
AM Intelligence’s compute factory, the first 30 MW tranche of a four-country, 1 GW programme, delivering Q1 2027.
Tamil Nadu
Home to IIT Madras’ AI4Bharat lab (IndicTrans2 and other open Indic-language models) and its Wadhwani School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, launched November 2023.
Delhi
Home to IIT Delhi’s Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence and Jawaharlal Nehru University.
West Bengal
Home to IIT Kharagpur’s Department of Artificial Intelligence, made a full department in 2024.
Uttarakhand
Home to IIT Roorkee.
Assam
Home to IIT Guwahati’s Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, established 2021.
Uttar Pradesh
Home to IIT Kanpur’s Wadhwani School of Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems, launched April 2025 with the Department of Intelligent Systems.
States with a sourced AI-related commitment (see Money) or a leading AI research institution. Not a ranking, and a state that is absent may still have AI activity the site has not sourced.
Sources and notes
- Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract for India and the States and Union Territories — population figures. The thirty-six figures sum to the official India total of 1,210,854,977, and Andhra Pradesh plus Telangana to the undivided 2011 figure of 84,580,777 (our check). Ladakh is Leh (133,487) plus Kargil (140,802); Jammu and Kashmir is the 2011 total for the former State less Ladakh (our calculation). Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, one Union Territory since 26 January 2020, are shown with their 2011 figures combined.
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre: India — the properties on the World Heritage List
- UNESCO: Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath inscribed — the July 2026 inscription that made 45 properties. Western Ghats, Mountain Railways of India and Maratha Military Landscapes span several states and count in each, so the state figures add up to more than 45
- Indian classical dance (overview of the eight forms recognised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi) — the eight forms; Sattriya was recognised in 2000
- Intangible Cultural Heritage of India, Sangeet Natak Akademi (Ministry of Culture) — India’s UNESCO-inscribed traditions named in the table (Kutiyattam, Ramlila, Ramman, Chhau, Kalbelia, Buddhist chanting of Ladakh, Sankirtana, Durga Puja, Garba)
- Bastar Dussehra, Incredible India (Ministry of Tourism) — about 75 days
- Kullu Dussehra — seven days from Vijayadashami
- Hornbill Festival — 1 to 10 December, at Kisama, since 2000
- Culture and Heritage, Lakshadweep Administration — Kolkali, Parichakali and Lava
Outline: MapSVG India map, licensed CC BY 4.0, distributed as @svg-maps/india by Victor Cazanave. Changes: coordinates simplified and rounded, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli merged with Daman and Diu. The outline is illustrative and is not an authoritative depiction of India's boundaries; the Survey of India publishes those. Traditions are examples of well-documented practices, one sound or movement, one festival and one taste for each place, not complete lists. Geographical Indication (GI) years: Rosogolla 2017 and Odisha Rasagola 2019, per the IIPRD account of the Rasgulla dispute.