List of states and union territories of India by population

India is a union of 28 states and 8 union territories.[1] As of 2011, with an estimated population of 1.2 billion, India is the world's second most populous country after the People's Republic of China. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population.[2] The Indo-Gangetic plains have one of the world's biggest stretches of fertile flat-deep alluvium and are among the most densely populated areas of the world. The eastern and western coastal regions of Deccan Plateau are also densely populated regions of India. The Thar Desert in western Rajasthan is one of the least densely populated deserts in the world. The northern and north-eastern states along the Himalayas contain cold arid deserts with fertile valleys. These states have relatively less population density due to indomitable physical barriers.[3]

States and union
territories of India
ordered by

Census of India
2001 Population density map of India.

The first population census in British India was conducted in 1872. Since India's independence in 1947, a census has been conducted every 10 years, the first occurring in 1951.[4] The census in India is conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs, and is one of the largest administrative tasks conducted by a federal government.[5]

The latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India.[6] During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population growth rate has slowed down from 2.15 percent to 1.76 percent.[6] Based on decennial census data, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has the fastest growth rate of 55.1 percent, followed by Meghalaya (27.8 percent) and Arunachal Pradesh (25.9 percent). Nagaland recorded the lowest growth rate of -0.5 percent.[7]

India has 641,000 inhabited villages and 72.2 percent of the total population reside in these rural areas.[7] 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.[2] India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations.[8] In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population.[9][10] On the basis of net migrants by last residence during the past decade, Maharashtra had most 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.[11] The five states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh account for almost half (47.90 percent) of the total Indian population.[6]

While the national average for sex ratio shows an increase from 933 in 2001 to 940 in 2011,[6] the 2011 census shows a sharp decline in child sex ratio, the number of females per thousand males in a population between age group 0–6 years.[6] States such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded an increase in child sex ratio.[6] National child sex ratio has declined from 927 in 2001 to 914 in 2011.[6] Telangana census was separated from Andhra Pradesh state census figures, after Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014.[12]

List

Data from Census 2011 as published by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner,[13] Government of Telangana,[14] and Planning Commission of India.[15] Population density is rounded to the nearest integer.

Rank State or union territory Population Population (%) Decadal growth
(2001–2012)		 Rural population Percent rural Urban population Percent urban Area[16] Density[lower-alpha 1] Sex ratio
1 Uttar Pradesh 199,812,341 16.51% 20.2% 155,317,278 77.73% 44,495,063 22.27% 240,928 km2 (93,023 sq mi) 828/km2 (2,140/sq mi) 912
2 Maharashtra 112,374,333 9.28% 20.0% 61,556,074 54.78% 50,818,259 45.22% 307,713 km2 (118,809 sq mi) 365/km2 (950/sq mi) 929
3 Bihar 104,099,452 8.6% 25.4% 92,341,436 88.71% 11,758,016 11.29% 94,163 km2 (36,357 sq mi) 1,102/km2 (2,850/sq mi) 918
4 West Bengal 91,276,115 7.54% 13.8% 62,183,113 68.13% 29,093,002 31.87% 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi) 1,029/km2 (2,670/sq mi) 953
5 Madhya Pradesh 72,626,809 6% 16.3% 52,557,404 72.37% 20,069,405 27.63% 308,245 km2 (119,014 sq mi) 236/km2 (610/sq mi) 931
6 Tamil Nadu 72,147,030 5.96% 15.6% 37,229,590 51.6% 34,917,440 48.4% 130,051 km2 (50,213 sq mi) 555/km2 (1,440/sq mi) 996
7 Rajasthan 68,548,437 5.66% 21.3% 51,500,352 75.13% 17,048,085 24.87% 342,239 km2 (132,139 sq mi) 201/km2 (520/sq mi) 928
8 Karnataka 61,095,297 5.05% 15.6% 37,469,335 61.33% 23,625,962 38.67% 191,791 km2 (74,051 sq mi) 319/km2 (830/sq mi) 973
9 Gujarat 60,439,692 4.99% 19.3% 34,694,609 57.4% 25,745,083 42.6% 196,024 km2 (75,685 sq mi) 308/km2 (800/sq mi) 919
10 Andhra Pradesh 49,577,103[lower-alpha 2] 4.1% 11.0% 34,966,693 70.53% 14,610,410 29.47% 162,968 km2 (62,922 sq mi) 303/km2 (780/sq mi) 993
11 Odisha 41,974,219 3.47% 14.0% 34,970,562 83.31% 7,003,656 16.69% 155,707 km2 (60,119 sq mi) 269/km2 (700/sq mi) 979
12 Telangana 35,003,674 2.89% 13.58% 21,395,009 61.12% 13,608,665 38.88% 112,077 km2 (43,273 sq mi) 312/km2 (810/sq mi) 988
13 Kerala 33,406,061 2.76% 4.9% 17,471,135 52.3% 15,934,926 47.7% 38,863 km2 (15,005 sq mi) 859/km2 (2,220/sq mi) 1,084
14 Jharkhand 32,988,134 2.73% 22.4% 25,055,073 75.95% 7,933,061 24.05% 79,714 km2 (30,778 sq mi) 414/km2 (1,070/sq mi) 948
15 Assam 31,205,576 2.58% 17.7% 26,807,034 85.90% 4,398,542 14.10% 78,438 km2 (30,285 sq mi) 398/km2 (1,030/sq mi) 958
16 Punjab 27,743,338 2.29% 13.89% 17,344,192 62.52% 10,399,146 37.48% 50,362 km2 (19,445 sq mi) 551/km2 (1,430/sq mi) 895
17 Chhattisgarh 25,545,198 2.11% 22.6% 19,607,961 76.76% 5,937,237 23.24% 135,191 km2 (52,198 sq mi) 189/km2 (490/sq mi) 991
18 Haryana 25,351,462 2.09% 19.9% 16,509,359 65.12% 8,842,103 34.88% 44,212 km2 (17,070 sq mi) 573/km2 (1,480/sq mi) 879
NCT UT1 Delhi 16,787,941 1.39% 21.2% 419,042 2.5% 16,368,899 97.5% 1,484 km2 (573 sq mi) 11,297/km2 (29,260/sq mi) 868
UT2 Jammu and Kashmir 12,267,032 1.01% 23.6% 9,064,220 73.89% 3,202,812 26.11% 42,241 km2 (16,309 sq mi)[lower-alpha 3] 297/km2 (770/sq mi) 890
19 Uttarakhand 10,086,292 0.83% 18.8% 7,036,954 69.77% 3,049,338 30.23% 53,483 km2 (20,650 sq mi) 189/km2 (490/sq mi) 963
20 Himachal Pradesh 6,864,602 0.57% 12.9% 6,176,050 89.97% 688,552 10.03% 55,673 km2 (21,495 sq mi) 123/km2 (320/sq mi) 972
21 Tripura 3,673,917 0.3% 14.8% 2,712,464 73.83% 961,453 26.17% 10,486 km2 (4,049 sq mi) 350/km2 (910/sq mi) 960
22 Meghalaya 2,966,889 0.25% 27.9% 2,371,439 79.93% 595,450 20.07% 22,429 km2 (8,660 sq mi) 132/km2 (340/sq mi) 989
23 Manipur[lower-alpha 4] 2,570,390 0.21% 18.6% 1,793,875 69.79% 776,515 30.21% 22,327 km2 (8,621 sq mi) 122/km2 (320/sq mi) 992
24 Nagaland 1,978,502 0.16% −0.6% 1,407,536 71.14% 570,966 28.86% 16,579 km2 (6,401 sq mi) 119/km2 (310/sq mi) 931
25 Goa 1,458,545 0.12% 8.2% 551,731 37.83% 906,814 62.17% 3,702 km2 (1,429 sq mi) 394/km2 (1,020/sq mi) 973
26 Arunachal Pradesh 1,383,727 0.11% 26.0% 1,066,358 77.06% 317,369 22.94% 83,743 km2 (32,333 sq mi) 17/km2 (44/sq mi) 938
UT3 Puducherry 1,247,953 0.1% 28.1% 395,200 31.67% 852,753 68.33% 479 km2 (185 sq mi) 2,598/km2 (6,730/sq mi) 1,037
27 Mizoram 1,097,206 0.09% 23.5% 525,435 47.89% 571,771 52.11% 21,081 km2 (8,139 sq mi) 52/km2 (130/sq mi) 976
UT4 Chandigarh 1,055,450 0.09% 17.2% 28,991 2.75% 1,026,459 97.25% 114 km2 (44 sq mi) 9,252/km2 (23,960/sq mi) 818
28 Sikkim 610,577 0.05% 12.9% 456,999 74.85% 153,578 25.15% 7,096 km2 (2,740 sq mi) 86/km2 (220/sq mi) 890
UT5 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 585,764 0.05% 55.1% 243,510 41.57% 342,254 58.43% 603 km2 (233 sq mi) 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi) 711
UT6 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 380,581 0.03% 6.9% 237,093 62.3% 143,488 37.7% 8,249 km2 (3,185 sq mi) 46/km2 (120/sq mi) 876
UT7 Ladakh 274,000 0.02% 17.8% 43,840 16% 230,160 84% 96,701 km2 (37,336 sq mi)[lower-alpha 5] 2.8/km2 (7.3/sq mi) 853
UT8 Lakshadweep 64,473 0.01% 6.3% 14,141 21.93% 50,332 78.07% 32 km2 (12 sq mi) 2,013/km2 (5,210/sq mi) 946
Total India 1,210,569,573 100% 17.7% 833,463,448 68.84% 377,106,125 31.16% 3,287,240 km2 (1,269,210 sq mi)[lower-alpha 6] 382/km2 (990/sq mi) 940

Notes
  1. For determining population density of India and the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the data excludes areas claimed by India but controlled by Pakistan (78,114 km2) and China (5,180 km2 in Shaksgam Valley and 37,555 km2 under Aksai Chin and other areas).[17][18]
  2. Calculated by subtracting the population of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh's Census 2011 figures.
  3. This includes 83,294 square kilometres (32,160 sq mi) of territory controlled by Pakistan, but claimed by India along with Shaksgam Valley territory administered by the People's Republic of China.
  4. Excludes Mao-Maram, Paomata, and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur.
  5. This includes 37,555 square kilometres (14,500 sq mi) of Aksai Chin territory and other areas along the eastern border of Ladakh administered by the People's Republic of China, but claimed by India
  6. This includes 120,849 square kilometres (46,660 sq mi) of territory controlled by Pakistan, but claimed by India along with Aksai Chin and Shaksgam Valley, territories administered by the People's Republic of China.

See also

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