GST State Code List of India

Introduction

While migrating to a GST Registration or while going for a new registration, most businesses would have received the 15 digit provisional ID or GSTIN (Goods and Services Tax Identification Number). Knowing the structure of the GSTIN is crucial for a business - to ensure that one’s suppliers have quoted the correct GSTIN in their invoices, and also to ensure that one mentions their own GSTIN correctly in invoices to customers – as input tax credit is dependent on this due diligence.

The 15 digit ID comprises of – 2 digits signifying the state code; 10 digit PAN number; 1 digit signifying number of registrations; and 2 digits having default and checksum values.

GST State Code List of India

Thus, it is important for businesses to know about the GST state code list, which form the first 2 digits of the GSTIN. This state code list under GST, is prescribed as per the Indian Censes of 2011, and is as follows:

State code list under GST	State	State code list under GST	State
01	Jammu & Kashmir	19	West Bengal
02	Himachal Pradesh	20	Jharkhand
03	Punjab	21	Orissa
04	Chandigarh	22	Chhattisgarh
05	Uttarakhand	23	Madhya Pradesh
06	Haryana	24	Gujarat
07	Delhi	25	Daman & Diu
08	Rajasthan	26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli
09	Uttar Pradesh	27	Maharashtra
10	Bihar	28	Andhra Pradesh (Old)
11	Sikkim	29	Karnataka
12	Arunachal Pradesh	30	Goa
13	Nagaland	31	Lakshadweep
14	Manipur	32	Kerala
15	Mizoram	33	Tamil Nadu
16	Tripura	34	Puducherry
17	Meghalaya	35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
18	Assam	36	Telengana
		37	Andhra Pradesh (New)