The Constitution of India consists of 22 parts with 448 articles, and it includes schedules, amendments, and detailed provisions. Below is a list of the chapters, which are divided into different parts:
Preamble
The Preamble is a brief introductory statement that outlines the guiding principles and the objectives of the Constitution.
Parts of the Constitution of India
- Part I – The Union and its Territory
Articles: 1 to 4
Covers the Union of India, its states, and territories. - Part II – Citizenship
Articles: 5 to 11
Deals with the laws related to Indian citizenship. - Part III – Fundamental Rights
Articles: 12 to 35
Lists the fundamental rights granted to citizens. - Part IV – Directive Principles of State Policy
Articles: 36 to 51
Provides guidelines for creating a social and economic framework for governance. - Part IV-A – Fundamental Duties
Article: 51A
Specifies the duties of Indian citizens. - Part V – The Union
Articles: 52 to 151
Defines the structure of the Government of India, including the President, Vice-President, Council of Ministers, and the Parliament. - Part VI – The States
Articles: 152 to 237
Defines the organization of state governments, including the Governor and the State Legislature. - Part VII – The States in Part B of the First Schedule (Repealed)
Articles: 238 (Repealed by the 7th Amendment Act of 1956) - Part VIII – The Union Territories
Articles: 239 to 242
Deals with the administration of Union Territories. - Part IX – Panchayats
Articles: 243 to 243O
Provides for the establishment of Panchayats (local government) and their powers. - Part IX-A – Municipalities
Articles: 243P to 243ZG
Deals with the establishment of Municipalities and their powers. - Part X – The Scheduled and Tribal Areas
Articles: 244 to 244A
Deals with provisions relating to Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas. - Part XI – Relations between the Union and the States
Articles: 245 to 263
Defines the distribution of legislative, executive, and financial powers between the Union and the States. - Part XII – Finance, Property, Contracts, and Suits
Articles: 264 to 300A
Deals with financial powers, taxation, property rights, and legal suits. - Part XIII – Trade, Commerce, and Intercourse within the Territory of India
Articles: 301 to 307
Governs trade, commerce, and business within India. - Part XIV – Services under the Union and the States
Articles: 308 to 323
Deals with the public services and their conditions of service. - Part XIV-A – Tribunals
Articles: 323A to 323B
Deals with the establishment of tribunals to deal with disputes. - Part XV – Elections
Articles: 324 to 329A
Deals with the election process and the Election Commission. - Part XVI – Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes
Articles: 330 to 342
Provides for the representation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Anglo-Indian community, and other specified classes in the Parliament and state legislatures. - Part XVII – Official Language of the Republic of India
Articles: 343 to 351
Deals with the official language(s) of India, including Hindi and English. - Part XVIII – Emergency Provisions
Articles: 352 to 360
Defines provisions for declaring and handling national, state, and financial emergencies. - Part XIX – Miscellaneous
Articles: 361 to 367
Deals with matters such as the protection of President’s and Governors’ rights, power of the Parliament to amend the Constitution, etc. - Part XX – Amendment of the Constitution
Article: 368
Specifies the procedure for amending the Constitution. - Part XXI – Temporary, Transitional, and Special Provisions
Articles: 369 to 392
Provides provisions related to the special status of certain states and Union Territories. - Part XXII – Short Title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi
Articles: 393 to 395
Deals with the short title of the Constitution, its commencement, and the authoritative text of the Constitution in Hindi.
Schedules of the Indian Constitution
- Schedule 1 – List of States and Union Territories.
- Schedule 2 – Provisions relating to the President, Governors, and the States.
- Schedule 3 – Oaths or Affirmations.
- Schedule 4 – Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha.
- Schedule 5 – Provisions relating to the Administration and Control of Scheduled Areas.
- Schedule 6 – Provisions relating to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram.
- Schedule 7 – Distribution of Legislative Powers between the Union and the States.
- Schedule 8 – List of Languages recognized by the Constitution.
- Schedule 9 – Acts and Regulations that are excluded from judicial review.
- Schedule 10 – Provisions relating to the disqualification of Members of Parliament and State Legislatures.
- Schedule 11 – Provisions relating to Panchayats.
- Schedule 12 – Provisions relating to Municipalities.