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States of India
The structure in India's states have the Executive comprising the Governor (appointed by the President of India), the Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister who are responsible to the directly elected Legislative Assembly and the High Court. Each state is further divided into districts, which are divided into municipalities, further divided into blocks down to the individual village. At each level legislative, executive and judicial powers are divided along lines largely similar to that in the Centre and the states. India has 28 States and 7 Union Territories which are administered from the Central Government.

STATES & UNION TERRITORIES
Andaman & Nicobar (UT) Haryana Mizoram
Andhra Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Nagaland
Arunachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Orissa
Assam Jharkhand Pondicherry (UT)
Bihar Karnataka Punjab
Chandigarh (UT) Kerala Rajasthan
Chhattisgarh Lakshadweep (UT) Sikkim
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (UT) Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu
Daman and Diu (UT) Maharashtra Tripura
Delhi Manipur Uttar Pradesh
Goa Meghalaya Uttaranchal
Gujarat West Bengal    

 


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