List of states of India by population

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List of states of India by population

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
is a union of twenty-eight states and seven union territories

Union Territory

A Union Territory is a sub-national administrative division of India, in the Federal republic framework of governance. Unlike the States and territories of India, which have their own elected governments, union territories are ruled directly by the federal Government of India; the President of India appoints an Administrator of the Governmen...
. As of 2008, with an estimated population of 1.13 billion, India is the world's second most populous country

List of countries by population

This is a list of Country ordered according to population. The list includes list of sovereign states and inhabited dependent territories.Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned....
after the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
. India occupies 2.4 percent of the world's land surface area

List of countries and outlying territories by total area

This is a list of the Sovereignty of the world sorted by total area.For statistical purposes, dependent territories are listed separately from their sovereign state and are set off in italics....
but is home to 16.9 percent of the world's population

World population

The world population is the total number of living humans on Earth at a given time. As of March 2009, the world's population is estimated to be about 6.76 1,000,000,000 ....
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India

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List of countries by population

People's Republic of China

List of countries and outlying territories by total area

World population

The world population is the total number of living humans on Earth at a given time. As of March 2009, the world's population is estimated to be about 6.76 1,000,000,000 ....
. The Indo-Gangetic plain

Indo-Gangetic plain

The Indo-Gangetic Plain also known as the Northern plains and the North Indian River Plain is a large and fertiles plain encompassing most of northern and eastern India, the most populous parts of Pakistan, and virtually all of Bangladesh....
s have one of the world’s biggest stretches of fertile flat-deep alluvium

Alluvium

Alluvium is soil or sediments deposited by a river or other running water. Alluvium is typically made up of a variety of materials, including fine particles of silt and clay and larger particles of sand and gravel....
and are among the most densely populated areas of the world. The eastern

Eastern Coastal Plains

The Eastern Coastal Plains refer to a wide stretch of landmass of India, lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal. It stretches from Tamil Nadu in the south to West Bengal in the north....
and western

Western coastal plains

The Western Coastal Plains is a thin strip of coastal plain in width between the west coast of India and the Western Ghats hills. The plains begin at Gujarat in the north and end at Kerala in the south....
coastal regions of Deccan plateau

Deccan Plateau

The Deccan Plateau, also known as the Peninsular Plateau or the Great Peninsular Plateau, is a large plateau in India, making up the majority of the southern part of the country, ranging in elevation from 100 metres in the north to 1000 metres in the south....
are also densely populated regions of India. The Thar desert

Thar Desert

The Thar Desert , also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. With an area of more than 200,000 sq....
in western Rajasthan is one of the most densely populated deserts in the world. The northern and north-eastern states

North-East India

North-East India refers to the easternmost region of India consisting of the contiguous Seven Sister States, Sikkim, and parts of North Bengal ....
along the Himalayas

Himalayas

The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
contain cold arid deserts with fertile valleys. These states have relatively less population density due to indomitable physical barriers.

Census of India

The first population census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
in British India was conducted in 1872. Since India's independence in 1947, a census has been carried out every 10 years, starting from 1951. The census in India is carried out by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Home Affairs (India)

Ministry of Home Affairs is an Government of India Ministry . It is an interior ministry responsible for domestic policy.The Minister of Home Affairs holds Cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of India....
, and is one of the largest administrative tasks conducted by a federal government.

Latest population figures are based on data from the 2001 census of India. During the decade of 1991–2001, India's annual population growth rate has slowed down from 2.14 to 1.93. Based on decennial census data, Nagaland shows the highest growth rate of 64.53 percent. It is followed by National Capital Territory of Delhi (47.02 percent), Chandigarh (40.28 percent) and Sikkim (33.06 percent). Kerala recorded the lowest growth rate of 9.43 percent.

India has 593,731 inhabited villages and 72.2 percent of the total population reside in these rural areas. Of them 145,000 villages have population size of 500–999 persons; 130,000 villages have population size of 1000–1999 and 128,000 villages have population size of 200–499. There are 3,961 villages that have a population of 10,000 persons or more. India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations. In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population. On the basis of net migrants by last residence during the past decade, Maharashtra had most immigration

Immigration

While the movement of people has thought throughout history at various levels, modern immigration tourism are considered non-immigrants . Immigration that violates the immigration laws of the destination country is termed illegal immigration or undocumented immigration....
with 2.3 million, followed by National Capital Territory of Delhi (1.7 million), Gujarat (0.68 million) and Haryana (0.67 million). Uttar Pradesh (−2.6 million) and Bihar (−1.7 million) topped the list for interstate emigration

Emigration

Emigration is the act of leaving one's native country or region to Settler in another. It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin....
. The five states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh account for almost half (48.84 percent) of the total Indian population.

While the national avg for sex ratio

Sex ratio

Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....
shows an increase from 927 in year 1991 to 933 in year 2001, the 2001 census shows a sharp decline in child sex ratio

Child sex ratio

Child sex ratio is the number of females per thousand males in human population between age group 0–6 years.. The term is similar to sex ratio but limited by age group factor....
, the number of females per thousand males in a population between age group 0–6 years. States such as Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat recorded a sharp decline in child sex ratio. National child sex ratio has declined from 945 in year 1991 to 927 in year 2001.

States and union territories of India by population

The total geographical area of India is . Population density is rounded to the nearest integer.

Subdivisions of India
Rank	State or union territory States and territories of India India is a Federal_republic union of states comprising twenty-eight State s and seven Union Territory. The states and territories are further Subdivisions of India into districts and so on....	Population Demographics of India This article is about the demographics features of the population of India, including population density, Ethnic group, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....	%	Rural Pop.	Urban Pop.	Area km² Square kilometre Square kilometre , symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI Units of measurement of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units....	Density (per km²)	Area mi² Square mile The square mile is an Imperial system and US customary system of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one mile. It should not be confused with miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each side squared....	Density (per mi²)	Sex ratio Sex ratio Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....
1	Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh , [often referred to as U.P.] is a States and territories of India located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,...	166,197,921	16.17%	131,658,339	34,539,582	240,928	690	93,022.8	1,787	898
2	Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....	96,878,627	9.42%	55,777,647	41,100,980	307,713	315	118,808.7	815	922
3	Bihar	82,998,509	8.07%	74,316,709	8,681,800	94,163	881	36,356.5	2,283	919
4	West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal is a States and territories of India in eastern India. With Bangladesh, which lies on its eastern border, the state forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal....	80,176,197	7.81%	57,748,946	22,427,251	88,752	903	34,267.3	2,340	934
5	Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P.,is a state situated on eastern coast of India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....	76,210,007	7.37%	55,401,067	20,808,940	275,045	277	106,195.5	718	978
6	Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 States and territories of India of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southern most part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh....	62,405,679	6.05%	34,921,681	27,483,998	130,058	480	50,215.7	1,243	987
7	Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a States and territories of India in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out....	60,348,023	5.88%	44,380,878	15,967,145	308,245	196	119,014.1	507	919
8	Rajasthan Rajasthan Rajasthan is the largest States and territories of India of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan....	56,507,188	5.50%	43,292,813	13,214,375	342,239	165	132,139.2	428	921
9	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....	52,850,562	5.14%	34,889,033	17,961,529	191,791	276	74,050.9	714	965
10	Gujarat Gujarat Gujarat is a States and territories of India in western India. Gujarat borders Pakistan to the north west and the state of Rajasthan to the north and northeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the Union territory of Diu, Daman District, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south....	50,671,017	4.93%	31,740,767	18,930,250	196,024	258	75,685.3	669	920
11	Orissa Orissa Orissa , is a states and territories of India located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It was established on 1 April 1936 as a province in British India, and consists, predominantly of Oriya language speakers....	36,804,660	3.57%	31,287,422	5,517,238	155,707	236	60,118.8	612	972
12	Kerala Kerala Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....	31,841,374	3.10%	23,574,449	8,266,925	38,863	819	15,005.1	2,122	1,058
13	Jharkhand Jharkhand Jharkhand is a States and territories of India in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar state on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east....	26,945,829	2.62%	20,952,088	5,993,741	79,714	338	30,777.7	875	941
14	Assam Assam Assam ) is a North-East India state of India with its capital at Dispur, in the outskirts of the city Guwahati. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak River river valleys and the Karbi Anglong District and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles ....	26,655,528	2.59%	23,216,288	3,439,240	78,438	340	30,285.1	880	935
15	Punjab	24,358,999	2.37%	16,096,488	8,262,511	50,362	484	19,444.9	1,253	876
16	Haryana Haryana Haryana is a States and territories of India in the Punjab region of northern India. It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south....	21,144,564	2.05%	15,029,260	6,115,304	44,212	478	17,070.3	1,239	861
17	Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh , a States and territories of India in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000....	20,833,803	2.03%	16,648,056	4,185,747	135,191	154	52,197.5	399	989
UT1	National Capital Territory of Delhi	13,850,507	1.34%	9,44,727	12,905,780	1,483	9,340	572.6	24,189	821
18	Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost States and territories of India of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayas mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the People's Republic of China to the northeast, the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and Pakistani-administered territories of Kashmir, namely Azad Kashm...	10,143,700	0.98%	7,627,062	2,516,638	222,236	46	85,805.8	118	892
19	Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Uttarakhand , is a States and territories of India located in the northern part of India. It was carved out of Himalayan and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000, becoming the 27th States and territories of India of the Republic of India ....	8,489,349	0.83%	6,310,275	2,179,074	53,483	159	20,649.9	411	962
20	Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is a state in the Punjab region in north-west India. Himachal Pradesh is spread over 21,629 square mile , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on north, Punjab on west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on south, Uttarakhand on south-east and by Tibet on the east....	6,077,900	0.59%	5,482,319	595,581	55,673	109	21,495.5	283	968
21	Tripura Tripura is a States and territories of India in North-East India, with an area of 4,036 square mile or 10,453 km?. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west....	3,199,203	0.31%	2,653,453	545,750	10,486	305	4,048.7	790	948
22	Manipur Manipur Manipur is a States and territories of India in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Myanmar to the east....	2,166,788	0.23%	1,590,820	575,968	22,327	97	8,620.5	251	974
23	Meghalaya Meghalaya Meghalaya is a small States of India in north-eastern India. The word "Meghalaya" literally means "The Abode of Clouds" in Sanskrit and other Indic languages....	2,318,822	0.22%	1,864,711	454,111	22,429	103	8,659.9	268	972
24	Nagaland Nagaland Nagaland is a hill States and territories of India located in the far North-East India part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Burma to the east and Manipur to the south....	1,990,036	0.19%	1,647,249	342,787	16,579	120	6,401.2	311	900
25	Goa Goa Goa is India's smallest states and territories of India in terms of area and the List of states and territories of India by population. Located on the west coast of India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western...	1,347,668	0.13%	6,77,091	670,577	3,702	364	1,429.4	943	961
26	Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh 'Arunachal Pradesh' is the easternmost States and territories of India of India. Arunachal Pradesh borders with the state of Assam to the south and Nagaland to the southeast....	1,097,968	0.11%	870,087	227,881	83,743	13	32,333.4	34	893
UT2	Pondicherry	974,345	0.09%	325,726	648,619	479	2,034	184.9	5,268	1,001
UT3	Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh , also called The Beautiful City, is a city in India that serves as the Capital of two states and territories of India, Punjab, India and Haryana, and is a union territory of India....	900,635	0.09%	92,120	808,515	114	7,900	44	20,462	777
27	Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States in North-East India India. It shares land borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur, Bangladesh and the Chin State state of Burma....	888,573	0.09%	447,567	441,006	21,081	42	8,139.4	109	935
28	Sikkim Sikkim Sikkim is a landlocked States and territories of India nestled in the Himalayas. It is the least populous state in India, and the second-smallest in area after Goa....	540,851	0.05%	480,981	59,870	7,096	76	2,739.8	197	875
UT4	Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Andaman & Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India.Informally, the territory's name is often abbreviated to A & N Islands, or ANI....	356,152	0.03%	239,954	116,198	8,249	43	3,185	112	846
UT5	Dadra and Nagar Haveli Dadra and Nagar Haveli Dadra and Nagar Haveli Dadra and Nagar Haveli are in the watershed of the Daman Ganga River, which flows through the territory. The towns of Dadra and Silvassa both lie on the north bank of the river....	220,490	0.02%	170,027	50,463	491	449	189.6	1,163	812
UT6	Daman and Diu Daman and Diu Daman and Diu is a union territory in India.For over 450 years, these coastal enclaves on the Arabian Sea coast were part of Portuguese India, along with Goa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli....	158,204	0.02%	100,856	57,348	112	1,413	43.2	3,658	710
UT7	Lakshadweep Lakshadweep Lakshadweep , , []), the smallest union territory of India, is a group of islands 200 to 300 km off of the coast of Kerala in the Arabian Sea....	60,650	0.01%	33,683	26,967	32	1,895	12.4	4,909	948
Total	India	1,028,610,328	100.00%	742,490,639	286,119,689	3,287,240	313	1,269,210	810	933

List of states of India by population

Census of India

States and union territories of India by population

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