| STATE | LABEL (ON DIAGRAM) | EXPLANATION |
| Jammu & Kashmir | S1 | The summer capital of the state of Jammu & Kashmir is Srinagar, which is situated on the river Jhelum. The winter capital of the state of Jammu & Kashmir is Jammu, which is situated on the river Tawi. |
| Himachal Pradesh | S2 | The capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh is Shimla. |
| Punjab | S3 | Punjab means the 'Land of Five Rivers'. The five rivers are Beas, Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum. The capital of the state of Punjab is Chandigarh. |
| Uttaranchal | S4 | The capital of the recently-formed state of Uttaranchal is Dehra Dun. |
| Haryana | S5 | The capital of the state of Haryana is Chandigarh. |
| Rajasthan | S6 | The capital of the state of Rajasthan is Jaipur. The Thar Desert is primarily located in Rajasthan. |
| Uttar Pradesh | S7 | Uttar Pradesh is the most populated state of India. The capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh is Lucknow, which is situated on the banks of the river Gomati. |
| Bihar | S8 | The capital of the state of Bihar is Patna. |
| Gujarat | S9 | Mahatma Gandhi was born in the state of Gujarat at Porbandar. The capital of the state of Gujarat is Gandhinagar. |
| Madhya Pradesh | S10 | Madhya Pradesh was India's largest state in terms of area before the creation of Chhatisgarh. The capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh is Bhopal. |
| Jharkhand | S11 | The capital of the recently-formed state of Jharkhand is Ranchi. |
| West Bengal | S12 | The capital of the state of West Bengal is Kolkata (Calcutta), which stands on the River Hooghly and is served by the Diamond Harbor. |
| Maharashtra | S13 | The capital of Maharashtra is Mumbai. |
| Chattisgarh | S14 | The capital of the recently-formed state of Chattisgarh is Raipur. |
| Orissa | S15 | The capital of the state of Orissa is Bhubaneshwar. |
| Goa | S16 | Goa is India's smallest state in terms of area. The capital of the state of Goa is Panaji. |
| Karnataka | S17 | The capital of the state of Karnataka is Bangalore. |
| Andhra Pradesh | S18 | The capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh is Hyderabad. |
| Kerala | S19 | The capital of the state of Kerala is Thiruvananthapuram. |
| Tamil Nadu | S20 | The capital of the state of Tamil Nadu is Chennai. |
| Sikkim | S21 | The capital of the state of Sikkim is Gangtok. |
| Arunachal Pradesh | S22 | The capital of the state of Arunachal Pradesh is Itanagar. |
| Assam | S23 | The capital of the state of Assam is Dispur. |
| Nagaland | S24 | The capital of the state of Nagaland is Kohima. |
| Manipur | S25 | The capital of Manipur is Imphal. |
| Mizoram | S26 | The capital of the state of Mizoram is Aizawl. |
| Meghalaya | S27 | Meghalaya means 'abode of clouds'. The capital of the state of Meghalaya is Shillong. |
| Tripura | S28 | The capital of the state of Tripura is Agartala. |
