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States ranked by area

Area and population do not track each other. The largest state by area is not the largest by population, and some of the most crowded places in the country occupy very little ground.

States ranked by area according to the Census of India 2011
# State or UT States ranked by area Population
1 Rajasthan 342,239 68,548,437
2 Madhya Pradesh 308,252 72,626,809
3 Maharashtra 307,713 112,374,333
4 Andhra Pradesh 275,045 84,580,777
5 Uttar Pradesh 240,928 199,812,341
6 Jammu and Kashmir 222,236 12,541,302
7 Gujarat 196,244 60,439,692
8 Karnataka 191,791 61,095,297
9 Odisha 155,707 41,974,218
10 Chhattisgarh 135,192 25,545,198
11 Tamil Nadu 130,060 72,147,030
12 Telangana 112,077 35,193,978
13 Bihar 94,163 104,099,452
14 West Bengal 88,752 91,276,115
15 Arunachal Pradesh 83,743 1,383,727
16 Jharkhand 79,716 32,988,134
17 Assam 78,438 31,205,576
18 Himachal Pradesh 55,673 6,864,602
19 Uttarakhand 53,483 10,086,292
20 Punjab 50,362 27,743,338
21 Haryana 44,212 25,351,462
22 Kerala 38,852 33,406,061
23 Meghalaya 22,429 2,966,889
24 Manipur 22,327 2,855,794
25 Mizoram 21,081 1,097,206
26 Nagaland 16,579 1,978,502
27 Tripura 10,486 3,673,917
28 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 8,249 380,581
29 Sikkim 7,096 610,577
30 Goa 3,702 1,458,545
31 Delhi 1,483 16,787,941
32 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 491 343,709
33 Puducherry 490 1,247,953
34 Chandigarh 114 1,055,450
35 Daman and Diu 111 243,247
36 Lakshadweep 30 64,473

Questions about this ranking

Rajasthan, at 342,239 square kilometres according to the Census of India 2011.

Madhya Pradesh, at 308,252 square kilometres.

All figures come from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Nothing here is estimated or projected forward.

They describe 2011. Populations have grown since, unevenly, and many states have created new districts by splitting old ones, so a district in this table may no longer exist with the same boundary.

Union territories range from single cities to island groups, so they sit at both extremes of most of these tables. The census counts them alongside states, which is why they appear here.

Source: Census of India 2011. Figures are reproduced as published. Read more on our about the data page, and see the glossary for what these measures mean.