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India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [ 1 ] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model.
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities. [ 1 ] The states and union territories are further subdivided into 806 districts and smaller administrative divisions. [ 2 ] The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a state government.
As of 2024, there are 28 states and eight union territories in India. [2] There have been demands to create several new states and union territories. [3] However, demanding a separate state from the administration of Indian union is punishable under secession law in India. [4]
Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024. In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states. The ...
The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions.. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision (e.g., the mandals of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana correspond to tehsils of Uttar Pradesh and other Hindi-speaking states but to talukas of ...
The five states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh account for almost half (47.90 percent) of the total Indian population. [ 7 ] While the national average for the sex ratio shows an increase from 933 in 2001 to 940 in 2011, [ 7 ] the 2011 census shows a sharp decline in the child sex ratio, the number of ...
31. West Bengal. AITC + BGPM. NDA. ISF. As of 4th June 2024 NDA have government in 19 States and 1 Union Territories. INDIA bloc have government in 8 States and 2 union Territories. Other one party ZPM, which is not part of any alliance has government in Mizoram state.
General election. A national election occurred between 19 April and 1 June 2024, to constitute the 18th Lok Sabha. [1][2][3][4] Date*. Election. Government before. Prime Minister before election.