India has 28 states and 8 union territories as of now. India is 7th largest country in the world in terms of land area and also the 2nd largest country in terms of population. New Delhi is the capital of India.
India now has 28 states and eight union territories (UTs). Rajasthan has the largest area of land (342,239 km2), followed by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The most populous state in India is Uttar Pradesh, which is followed by Maharashtra and Bihar. Here is a list of Indian States and Union Territories, along with their area and population.
Largest State in India in terms of Area
S. No. State Name Area (km2) 1 Rajasthan 342,239 2 Madhya Pradesh 308,245 3 Maharashtra 307,713 4 Uttar Pradesh 240,928 5 Gujarat 196,024 6 Karnataka 191,791 7 Andhra Pradesh 162,968 8 Odisha 155,707 9 Chhattisgarh 135,191 10 Tamil Nadu 130,058 11 Telangana 112,077 12 Bihar 94,163 13 West Bengal 88,752 14 Arunachal Pradesh 83,743 15 Jharkhand 79,714 16 Assam 78,438 17 Himachal Pradesh 55,673 18 Uttarakhand 53,483 19 Punjab 50,362 20 Haryana 44,212 21 Kerala 38,863 22 Meghalaya 22,429 23 Manipur 22,327 24 Mizoram 21,081 25 Nagaland 16,579 26 Tripura 10,486 27 Sikkim 7,096 28 Goa 3,702
Largest Union Territory in India in terms of Area
S. No. Union Territory Name Area (km2) 1 Jammu and Kashmir 125,535 2 Ladakh 96,701 3 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 8,249 4 Delhi 1,484 5 Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu 603 6 Puducherry 479 7 Chandigarh 114 8 Lakshadweep 32.62
Largest State in India by Population
S. No. State Name Population (As per Census 2011) 1 Uttar Pradesh 199,812,341 2 Maharashtra 112,374,333 3 Bihar 104,099,452 4 West Bengal 91,276,115 5 Andhra Pradesh 84,580,777 6 Madhya Pradesh 72,626,809 7 Tamil Nadu 72,147,030 8 Rajasthan 68,548,437 9 Karnataka 61,095,297 10 Gujarat 60,439,692 11 Orissa 41,974,218 12 Kerala 33,406,061 13 Jharkhand 32,988,134 14 Assam 31,205,576 15 Punjab 27,743,338 16 Chhattisgarh 25,545,198 17 Haryana 25,351,462 20 Uttarakhand 10,086,292 21 Himachal Pradesh 6,864,602 22 Tripura 3,673,917 23 Meghalaya 2,966,889 24 Manipur 2,855,794 25 Nagaland 1,978,502 26 Goa 1,458,545 27 Arunachal Pradesh 1,383,727 29 Mizoram 1,097,206 31 Sikkim 610,577
Largest Union Territory in India by Population
S. No. UT Name Population (as per 2011 Census) 1 Delhi 16,787,941 2, 3 Jammu and Kashmir + Ladakh 12,541,302 4 Puducherry 1,247,953 5 Chandigarh 1,055,450 6 Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu 5,86,956 7 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 380,581 8 Lakshadweep 64,473
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