{"id":152684,"date":"2023-07-27T11:53:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T06:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=152684"},"modified":"2023-07-27T11:53:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T06:23:27","slug":"largest-and-smallest-state-of-india-population-wise-area-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/largest-and-smallest-state-of-india-population-wise-area-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest and Smallest State of India, Population-wise & Area-wise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Largest and Smallest State of India, Population-wise & Area-wise:<\/strong> India is the 7th<\/sup> largest country<\/strong> of the world in terms of area<\/strong> and at 1st<\/sup> position in terms of population<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

States and UTs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are total 28 States<\/strong> and 8 UTs<\/strong> in India presently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Largest and Smallest State in India in terms of Area<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of area, Rajasthan is the largest state in India, with 342,239 square kilometres, while Goa is the smallest, covering 3702 square kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. No.<\/td>State<\/td>Area (sq. km)<\/td><\/tr>
1.<\/td>Rajasthan<\/td>342,239<\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/td>Madhya Pradesh<\/td>308,245<\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/td>Maharashtra<\/td>307,713<\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/td>Uttar Pradesh<\/td>240,928<\/td><\/tr>
5.<\/td>Gujarat<\/td>196,024<\/td><\/tr>
6.<\/td>Karnataka<\/td>191,791<\/td><\/tr>
7.<\/td>Andhra Pradesh<\/td>162,968<\/td><\/tr>
8.<\/td>Odisha<\/td>155,707<\/td><\/tr>
9.<\/td>Chhattisgarh<\/td>135,191<\/td><\/tr>
10.<\/td>Tamil Nadu<\/td>130,058<\/td><\/tr>
11.<\/td>Telangana<\/td>112,077<\/td><\/tr>
12.<\/td>Bihar<\/td>94,163<\/td><\/tr>
13.<\/td>West Bengal<\/td>88,752<\/td><\/tr>
14.<\/td>Arunachal Pradesh<\/td>83,743<\/td><\/tr>
15.<\/td>Jharkhand<\/td>79,714<\/td><\/tr>
16.<\/td>Assam<\/td>78,438<\/td><\/tr>
17.<\/td>Himachal Pradesh<\/td>55,673<\/td><\/tr>
18.<\/td>Uttarakhand<\/td>53,483<\/td><\/tr>
19.<\/td>Punjab<\/td>50,362<\/td><\/tr>
20.<\/td>Haryana<\/td>44,212<\/td><\/tr>
21.<\/td>Kerala<\/td>38,963<\/td><\/tr>
22.<\/td>Meghalaya<\/td>22,429<\/td><\/tr>
23.<\/td>Manipur<\/td>22,327<\/td><\/tr>
24.<\/td>Mizoram<\/td>21,081<\/td><\/tr>
25.<\/td>Nagaland<\/td>16,579<\/td><\/tr>
26.<\/td>Tripura<\/td>10,486<\/td><\/tr>
27.<\/td>Sikkim<\/td>7,096<\/td><\/tr>
28.<\/td>Goa<\/td>3,702<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Largest and Smallest Union Territory in terms of Area<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jammu and Kashmir is the largest<\/strong> Union Territory in terms of area which covers 125,535 sq. km land<\/strong> and the smallest one is Lakshadweep <\/strong>which covers 32.62 sq. km land<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. No.<\/td>Union Territory<\/td>Area (sq. km)<\/td><\/tr>
1.<\/td>Jammu and Kashmir<\/td>125,535<\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/td>Ladakh<\/td>96,701<\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/td>Andaman and Nicobar Islands<\/td>8,249<\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/td>Delhi<\/td>1,484<\/td><\/tr>
5.<\/td>Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu<\/td>603<\/td><\/tr>
6.<\/td>Puducherry<\/td>479<\/td><\/tr>
7.<\/td>Chandigarh<\/td>114<\/td><\/tr>
8.<\/td>Lakshadweep<\/td>32.62<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Largest State in terms of Population<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the census of 2011, Uttar Pradesh is the largest state<\/strong> in terms of population, the total population of UP is 199,812,341<\/strong>. Sikkim has the fewest people, with a total population of 610,577.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. No.<\/td>State<\/td>Population<\/td><\/tr>
1.<\/td>Uttar Pradesh<\/td>199,812,341<\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/td>Maharashtra<\/td>112,372,333<\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/td>Bihar<\/td>104,099,452<\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/td>West Bengal<\/td>91,276,115<\/td><\/tr>
5.<\/td>Andhra Pradesh<\/td>84,580,777<\/td><\/tr>
6.<\/td>Madhya Pradesh<\/td>72,626,809<\/td><\/tr>
7.<\/td>Tamil Nadu<\/td>72,147,030<\/td><\/tr>
8.<\/td>Rajasthan<\/td>68,548,437<\/td><\/tr>
9.<\/td>Karnataka<\/td>61,095,297<\/td><\/tr>
10.<\/td>Gujarat<\/td>60,439,692<\/td><\/tr>
11.<\/td>Odisha<\/td>41,974,218<\/td><\/tr>
12.<\/td>Telangana<\/td>35,198,978<\/td><\/tr>
13.<\/td>Kerala<\/td>33,406,061<\/td><\/tr>
14.<\/td>Jharkhand<\/td>32,988,134<\/td><\/tr>
15.<\/td>Assam<\/td>31,205,576<\/td><\/tr>
16.<\/td>Punjab<\/td>27,743,338<\/td><\/tr>
17.<\/td>Haryana<\/td>25,545,198<\/td><\/tr>
18.<\/td>Chhattisgarh<\/td>25,351,462<\/td><\/tr>
19.<\/td>Uttarakhand<\/td>10,086,292<\/td><\/tr>
20.<\/td>Himachal Pradesh<\/td>6,864,602<\/td><\/tr>
21.<\/td>Tripura<\/td>3,673,917<\/td><\/tr>
22.<\/td>Meghalaya<\/td>2,966,889<\/td><\/tr>
23.<\/td>Manipur<\/td>2,855,794<\/td><\/tr>
24.<\/td>Nagaland<\/td>1,978,502<\/td><\/tr>
25.<\/td>Goa<\/td>1,458,502<\/td><\/tr>
26.<\/td>Arunachal Pradesh<\/td>1,458,545<\/td><\/tr>
27.<\/td>Mizoram<\/td>1,097,206<\/td><\/tr>
28.<\/td>Sikkim<\/td>610,577<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Largest and Smallest Union Territory in terms of Population<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The largest Union Territory in terms of population is Delhi<\/strong> with the total population of 16,787,941<\/strong> and the smallest one is Lakshadweep<\/strong> with total population of 64,473.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. No.<\/td>Union Territory<\/td>Population<\/td><\/tr>
1.<\/td>Delhi<\/td>16,787,941<\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/td>Jammu and Kashmir<\/td>12,267,013<\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/td>Puducherry<\/td>1,247,953<\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/td>Chandigarh<\/td>1,055,450<\/td><\/tr>
5.<\/td>Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu<\/td>5,86,956<\/td><\/tr>
6.<\/td>Andaman and Nicobar Islands<\/td>380,581<\/td><\/tr>
7.<\/td>Ladakh<\/td>274,289<\/td><\/tr>
8.<\/td>Lakshadweep<\/td>64,473<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Largest and Smallest State of India, Population-wise & Area-wise: India is the 7th largest country of the world in terms of area and at 1st position in terms of population. States and UTs There are total 28 States and 8 UTs in India presently. Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023 Largest and Smallest State in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":152685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[4916,4917],"class_list":["post-152684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-july-2023","tag-national-current-affairs","tag-state-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152686,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152684\/revisions\/152686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}