State and UT capitals: north to south
A one-page list for revision, ordered by latitude (north first).
| # | State / UT capital | State / UT | Lat. | PYQ years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leh Capital of Ladakh. | Ladakh | 34.2° | – |
| 2 | Srinagar (summer) / Jammu (winter) Capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Winter capital: Jammu. | Jammu and Kashmir | 34.1° | – |
| 3 | Shimla Capital of Himachal Pradesh. | Himachal Pradesh | 31.1° | – |
| 4 | Chandigarh Union Territory and joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. | Chandigarh | 30.7° | – |
| 5 | Dehradun Capital of Uttarakhand. | Uttarakhand | 30.3° | – |
| 6 | New Delhi Capital of Delhi. | Delhi | 28.6° | – |
| 7 | Gangtok Capital of Sikkim. | Sikkim | 27.3° | – |
| 8 | Itanagar Capital of Arunachal Pradesh. | Arunachal Pradesh | 27.1° | – |
| 9 | Jaipur Capital of Rajasthan. International airport. | Rajasthan | 26.9° | – |
| 10 | Lucknow Capital of Uttar Pradesh. International airport. | Uttar Pradesh | 26.8° | – |
| 11 | Dispur Capital of Assam. | Assam | 26.1° | – |
| 12 | Kohima Capital of Nagaland. | Nagaland | 25.7° | – |
| 13 | Patna Capital of Bihar. | Bihar | 25.6° | – |
| 14 | Shillong Capital of Meghalaya. | Meghalaya | 25.6° | – |
| 15 | Imphal Flows through the Imphal valley; part of the Manipur–Chindwin system. Capital of Manipur. | Manipur | 25.0° | – |
| 16 | Agartala Capital of Tripura. | Tripura | 23.8° | – |
| 17 | Aizawl Capital of Mizoram. | Mizoram | 23.7° | – |
| 18 | Ranchi Capital of Jharkhand. | Jharkhand | 23.4° | – |
| 19 | Bhopal Capital of Madhya Pradesh. | Madhya Pradesh | 23.3° | – |
| 20 | Gandhinagar Capital of Gujarat. | Gujarat | 23.2° | – |
| 21 | Kolkata Capital of West Bengal. International airport. | West Bengal | 22.6° | – |
| 22 | Raipur Capital of Chhattisgarh. | Chhattisgarh | 21.2° | – |
| 23 | Daman Capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 20.4° | – |
| 24 | Bhubaneswar Capital of Odisha. International airport. | Odisha | 20.2° | – |
| 25 | Mumbai Capital of Maharashtra. | Maharashtra | 19.1° | – |
| 26 | Hyderabad Capital of Telangana. International airport. | Telangana | 17.4° | 2005 |
| 27 | Panaji Capital of Goa. | Goa | 15.5° | – |
| 28 | Chennai Capital of Tamil Nadu. International airport. | Tamil Nadu | 13.1° | – |
| 29 | Bengaluru Capital of Karnataka. International airport. | Karnataka | 13.0° | – |
| 30 | Puducherry Capital of Puducherry. | Puducherry | 11.9° | – |
| 31 | Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair) Capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. International airport. | Andaman and Nicobar | 11.7° | – |
| 32 | Amaravati (under review) A Kaveri tributary from the Anaimalai hills in Tamil Nadu. Capital of Andhra Pradesh. | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh | 10.8° | 2026, 2021, 2006 |
| 33 | Kavaratti Capital of Lakshadweep. | Lakshadweep | 10.6° | – |
| 34 | Thiruvananthapuram Capital of Kerala. International airport. | Kerala | 8.5° | – |
Latitude of the marker (or the middle of the feature). Source: UPSCPrep.in Map Explorer · https://upscprep.in/maps/places/capitals/print/