Question

How many states are in India and how many regional languages

Answer 1

There are 29 states and 7 union territories in India.
India has 22 official languages. According to Census of India, the total number of mother tongues spoken in India is 1652. However, only around 150 languages have a sizable speaking population. 

Answer 2

29 states are there in India with 7 Indian Territories.. (Andhra Pradesh(Hyderabad)

Arunachal Pradesh(Itanagar)

Assam(Dispur)

Bihar(Patna)

Chhattisgarh(Raipur)

Goa(Panaji)

Gujarat(Gandhinagar)

Haryana(Chandigarh)

Himachal Pradesh(Shimla)

Jammu & Kashmir
(Srinagar-S*, Jammu-W*)

Jharkhand(Ranchi)

Karnataka(Bangalore)

Kerala(Thiruvananthapuram)

Madhya Pradesh(Bhopal)

Maharashtra(Mumbai)

Manipur(Imphal)

Meghalaya(Shillong)

Mizoram(Aizawl)

Nagaland(Kohima)

Odisha(Bhubaneshwar)

Punjab(Chandigarh)

Rajasthan(Jaipur)

Sikkim(Gangtok)

Tamil Nadu(Chennai)

Telangana(Hyderabad)

Tripura(Agartala)

Uttarakhand(Dehradun)

Uttar Pradesh(Lucknow)

West Bengal(Kolkata))

Union Territories :-

Andaman and Nicobar Islands(Port Blair)

Chandigarh(Chandigarh)

Dadra and Nagar Haveli(Silvassa)

Daman & Diu(Daman)

The Government of NCT of Delhi(Delhi)

Lakshadweep(Kavaratti)

Puducherry(Puducherry)



India has 22 official languages. According to Census of India, the total number of mother tongues spoken in India is 1652. However, only around 150 languages have a sizable speaking population. The Indian census of 1961 recognised 1,652 different languages in India (including languages not native to the subcontinent).