NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS

APPENDIX S TATES , THEIR C APITALS , N UMBER OF D ISTRICTS , A REA AND P OPULATION Sl. State Capital No. of Area in sq. km Population* No. Districts . Andhra Pradesh** Hyderabad , , , , , . Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar , , , . Assam Dispur , , , , . Bihar Patna , , , , . Chhattisgarh Raipur , , , , , . Goa Panji , , , . Gujarat Gandhi Nagar , , , , , . Haryana Chandigarh , , , , . Himachal Pradesh Shimla , , , . Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar , , , , , . 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 , , , , , . Tripura Agartala , , , , . Uttarakhand Dehradun , , , , . Uttar Pradesh Lucknow , , , , , . West Bengal Kolkata , , , , Source: as on . . * Census , provisional data **Note: Telangana became the th state of India in June and its capital is Hyderabad. APPENDIX Source: as on . . * Census , provisional data Sl. Union Territories Capital No. of Area Population* No. Districts . Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair , , , . Chandigarh Chandigarh , , . Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa , , . Daman and Diu Daman , , . NCT Delhi Delhi , , , , . Lakshadweep Kavaratti , . Puducherry Puducherry , , APPENDIX S TATE - WISE D ETAILS OF THE P ROTECTED A REA N ETWORK OF THE C OUNTRY Source : Annual Report - , Forest Survey of India