Largest and Smallest States of India:
India is country with total 28 states and 8 union territories with diverse culture, tradition, history, heritage within it. People of different religion and cultural values live together with harmony and brotherhood. India is the 7th largest country in the world in terms of area and 2 largest country in terms of population. Delhi is the capital of India. In this article, candidates will know about largest and smallest states/union territories in terms of land area and population both. States and its details are important for competitive exam which cover larger part of general knowledge or general awareness section.
Largest and Smallest States:
There are still many people who do not know about largest and smallest states/union territories for area wise and population wise. The largest state by area is Rajasthan after which comes Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. In terms of population Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India which is followed by Maharashtra and Bihar. Rajasthan covers total area 342,239 km2 of land. As per the last census of 2011, total population of Rajasthan was 68548437. Goa is the smallest state of India in terms of land which covers only 3702 km2 area. The most populous state Uttar Pradesh had total population of 199,812,341 according to the last census of 2011. Sikkim has the lowest population which is smallest state in terms of population.
SR. No. |
States Name | Area (KM) |
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 and Smallest Union Territories:
After states there comes union territories which are also classified in largest and smallest for land area and population terms. Jammu and Kashmir is the largest union territory area wise covering the total area of 125,535 km2. Lakshadweep is the smallest union territory in terms of area. Delhi is also a union territory which is the capital of India. Delhi is the largest union territory of India population wise which had population of 16,787,941 people as per last census of 2011. Lakshadweep is the smallest union territory in terms of population. As a citizen of India we all know about the boundaries of union territories and states. Candidates of competitive exam must know details about neighbouring states and its detail information. They will find complete list of states/union territories with total area and population.
FAQs:
- Which is the most populous state of India?
Answer. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state within India.
- Which is the largest union territory of India in terms of area?
Answer. Jammu and Kashmir is the largest union territory of India area wise.