Largest State in India: List by Area and Population

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

Rajasthan is the largest state in India with an area of 342,239 KM². Goa is the smallest state in India with an area of 3,702 sq km. India has a total of 28 states and 8 union territories. Uttar Pradesh is the most populated state in India followed by Maharashtra and Bihar. Check the list of largest states in India by area and population.

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Largest State in India by Area

Rajasthan is the largest state in India with an area of 342,239 km². It is the seventh most populated state with a population of 68,548,437 people. Below is the list of largest states in India by area.

S.No.	State	Area (Sq. 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

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Largest Union Territory in India by Area

Jammu and Kashmir is the area-wise largest union territory in India. It has an area of 125,535 square kilometers. While, Ladakh is the 2nd largest union territory in India with an area of 96,701 KM². Check the largest Union Territory in India by area from below table.

S.No.	Union Territory	Area (Sq. Km.)
1	Jammu & Kashmir	125,535
2	Ladakh	96,701
3	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	8,249
4	Delhi	1,484
5	Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	603
6	Puducherry	479
7	Chandigarh	114
8	Lakshadweep	32.62

Every States and their capital have some specific cultures based on their geographical locations. Economy of some states are dependent on business whereas most of the Indian State's economy are base on agriculture.

Largest State in India by Population

Uttar Pradesh is the largest state in India in terms of population. The Population of Uttar Pradesh is 199,812,341 according to census 2011. Maharashtra is the population wise second largest state in India. It has a population of 112,372,333.

Here is the table showcasing the largest state in terms of population in India:

S.No.	State	Population
1	Uttar Pradesh	199,812,341
2	Maharashtra	112,372,333
3	Bihar	104,099,452
4	West Bengal	91,276,115
5	Madhya Pradesh	72,626,809
6	Tamil Nadu	72,147,030
7	Rajasthan	68,548,437
8	Karnataka	61,095,297
9	Gujarat	60,439,692
10	Andhra Pradesh	49,386,799
11	Odisha	41,974,218
12	Telangana	35,193,978
13	Kerala	33,406,061
14	Jharkhand	32,988,134
15	Assam	31,205,576
16	Punjab	27,743,338
17	Chattisgarh	25,545,198
18	Haryana	25,353,081
19	Uttarakhand	10,086,292
20	Himachal Pradesh	6,856,509
21	Tripura	3,673,917
22	Meghalaya	2,966,889
23	Manipur	2,721,756
24	Nagaland	1,978,502
25	Goa	1,458,545
26	Arunachal Pradesh	1,383,727
27	Mizoram	1,097,206
28	Sikkim	607,688

Largest Union Territory in India by Population

Delhi is most populated union territory in India with a population of 16,787,941. Whereas Lakshadweep is the least populated union territory in India with a population of 64,473. Following is the population wise largest state in India.

S.No.	Union Territory	Population
1	Delhi	16,787,941
2	Jammu & Kashmir	12,267,013
3	Puducherry	1,247,953
4	Chandigarh	1,055,450
5	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	380,581
6	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	343,709
7	Ladakh	274,289
8	Lakshadweep	64,473