[Updated List] Largest and Smallest States of India 2023 By Total Area, Population

Highlights:

Parameters to Categorize States

There are two parameters to categorize the Indian States 

• The area under the state
• The population of the State

List of the Largest States of India in Terms of Area as per the Census 2011

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

List of the Largest Union Territories of India in Terms of Area

S. No.	Union Territories	Area (in Km2)
1.	Ladakh	59,146
2.	Jammu and Kashmir	42,241
3.	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	8,249
4.	National Capital Territory of Delhi	1,483
5.	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	603
6.	Puducherry	479
7.	Chandigarh	114
8.	Lakshadweep	32

 List of the Largest States of India in Terms of Population As per the Census 2011

S. No.	State Name	Population
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	Telangana	35,003,674
13	Kerala	33,406,061
14	Jharkhand	32,988,134
15	Assam	31,205,576
16	Punjab	27,743,338
17	Chhattisgarh	25,545,198
18	Haryana	25,351,462
19	Uttarakhand	10,086,292
20	Himachal Pradesh	6,864,602
21	Tripura	3,673,917
22	Meghalaya	2,966,889
23	Manipur	2,855,794
24	Nagaland	1,978,502
25	Goa	1,458,545
26	Arunachal Pradesh	1,383,727
27	Mizoram	1,097,206
28	Sikkim	610,577

List of the Largest Union Territories of India in Terms of Population

S. No.	Union Territories	Population (in)
1.	National Capital Territory of Delhi	16,787,941
2.	Jammu and Kashmir	12,267,032
3.	Puducherry	1,247,953
4.	Chandigarh	1,055,450
5.	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	585,764
6.	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	380,581
7.	Ladakh	274,000
8.	Lakshadweep	64,473

Important General Knowledge Facts about the Indian States

• Most densely populated state – Bihar
• The least densely populated state – Arunachal Pradesh
• The first state to be formed on a linguistic basis – Andhra Pradesh
• Most literate state – Kerala
• Least literate state – Bihar
• The state with the longest coastline – Gujarat
• The state having boundaries with seven states and two countries – Assam
• The state surrounded on three sides by Bangladesh – Tripura
• The state surrounded by three countries and one state – Sikkim
• The number of states which have a coastline – Nine
• The number of Union Territories which have a coastline – Four
• The states which have neither an international boundary nor a coastline – M.P., Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Telangana

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