First Schedule
The names of India's States and Union Territories, and their territorial extent. · Articles 1 and 4
Lists every State and Union Territory that makes up India, and defines their territorial extent by reference to the laws that created or altered them.
This Schedule is amended every time state boundaries change — new states are carved out, UTs are reorganised, or names change — so it's one of the most frequently updated parts of the Constitution.
States (28)
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
Union Territories (8)
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Chandigarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi)
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Puducherry
This is the Constitution's own official list of India's states and UTs — the reference point whenever a new state is created or a boundary changes (most recently, Jammu & Kashmir's 2019 reorganisation into two Union Territories).
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