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 India in terms of Area
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.
| 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 | 38,963 |
| 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 Territory in terms of Area
Jammu and Kashmir is the largest Union Territory in terms of area which covers 125,535 sq. km land and the smallest one is Lakshadweep which covers 32.62 sq. km land.
| S. No. | Union Territory | Area (sq. km) |
| 1. | Jammu and 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 |
Largest State in terms of Population
According to the census of 2011, Uttar Pradesh is the largest state in terms of population, the total population of UP is 199,812,341. Sikkim has the fewest people, with a total population of 610,577.
| 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. | Andhra Pradesh | 84,580,777 |
| 6. | Madhya Pradesh | 72,626,809 |
| 7. | Tamil Nadu | 72,147,030 |
| 8. | Rajasthan | 68,548,437 |
| 9. | Karnataka | 61,095,297 |
| 10. | Gujarat | 60,439,692 |
| 11. | Odisha | 41,974,218 |
| 12. | Telangana | 35,198,978 |
| 13. | Kerala | 33,406,061 |
| 14. | Jharkhand | 32,988,134 |
| 15. | Assam | 31,205,576 |
| 16. | Punjab | 27,743,338 |
| 17. | Haryana | 25,545,198 |
| 18. | Chhattisgarh | 25,351,462 |
| 19. | Uttarakhand | 10,086,292 |
| 20. | Himachal Pradesh | 6,864,602 |
| 21. | Tripura | 3,673,917 |
| 22. | Meghalaya | 2,966,889 |
| 23. | Manipur | 2,855,794 |
| 24. | Nagaland | 1,978,502 |
| 25. | Goa | 1,458,502 |
| 26. | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,458,545 |
| 27. | Mizoram | 1,097,206 |
| 28. | Sikkim | 610,577 |
Largest and Smallest Union Territory in terms of Population
The largest Union Territory in terms of population is Delhi with the total population of 16,787,941 and the smallest one is Lakshadweep with total population of 64,473.
| S. No. | Union Territory | Population |
| 1. | Delhi | 16,787,941 |
| 2. | Jammu and Kashmir | 12,267,013 |
| 3. | Puducherry | 1,247,953 |
| 4. | Chandigarh | 1,055,450 |
| 5. | Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 5,86,956 |
| 6. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 380,581 |
| 7. | Ladakh | 274,289 |
| 8. | Lakshadweep | 64,473 |