List of states and union territories of India by area

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The '''list of states and union territories of the Republic of India by area''' is ordered from largest to smallest. India consists of 28 [[states and union territories of India|states]] and 8 [[union territory|union territories]], including the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Rajasthan being largest in land area.<ref name=census>{{cite web|title=Indian states and territories census|url=http://gov.bih.nic.in/Depts/PlanningDevelopment/Statistics/table_1.pdf|publisher=Govt. of Bihar|access-date=6 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513041024/http://gov.bih.nic.in/Depts/PlanningDevelopment/Statistics/table_1.pdf|archive-date=13 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=pib>{{cite web|title=Area of Indian states|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/Other%20Docs/COMPARATIVE%20STATISTICS%20(STATES).pdf|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|page=598|access-date=6 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126011218/http://www.ap.gov.in/Other%20Docs/COMPARATIVE%20STATISTICS%20(STATES).pdf|archive-date=26 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|title=Indian states since 1947|newspaper=World Statesmen|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
| other = yes
| value1 = 10.411
| label1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| color1 = skyblue
| value2 = 9.377
| label2 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| color2 = pink
| value3 = 9.360
| label3 = [[Maharashtra]]
| value4 = 7.329
| label4 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| value5 = 5.963
| label5 = [[Gujarat]]
| value6 = 5.834
| label6 = [[Karnataka]]
| value7 = 5.052
| label7 = [[Ladakh]]
| value8 = 4.957
| label8 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| value9 = 4.736
| label9 = [[Odisha]]
| value10 = 4.112
| label10 = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| value11 = 3.956
| label11 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| value12 = 3.409
| label12 = [[Telangana]]
| value13 = 2.864
| label13 = [[Bihar]]
| value14 = 2.740
| label14 = [[West Bengal]]
| value15 = 2.547
| label15 = [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| value16 = 2.424
| label16 = [[Jharkhand]]
| value17 = 2.386
| label17 = [[Assam]]
| value18 = 1.708
| label18 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| value19 = 1.693
| label19 = [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| value20 = 1.626
| label20 = [[Uttarakhand]]
| value21 = 1.532
| label21 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| value22 = 1.344
| label22 = [[Haryana]]
| value23 = 1.182
| label23 = [[Kerala]]
| value24 = 0.682
| label24 = [[Meghalaya]]
| value25 = 0.679
| label25 = [[Manipur]]
| value26 = 0.641
| label26 = [[Mizoram]]
| value27 = 0.504
| label27 = [[Nagaland]]
| value28 = 0.319
| label28 = [[Tripura]]
| value29 = 0.250
| label29 = [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
| value30 = 0.215
| label30 = [[Sikkim]]
| value31 = 0.112
| label31 = [[Goa]]
}}

== List of states and union territories by area ==

{{table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header col2left col4left" {{right}}
! Rank
! State / Union Territory
! class=data-sort-type:number|Area (km{{sup|2}})
! Region
! % total
|Notes
|-
|1 (S1)
|[[Rajasthan]]
|342,239
|[[North India|Northern]]
|10.411
|
|-
|2 (S2)
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|308,252
|[[Central India|Central]]
|9.377
|{{efn|name=MP-CH|The shortfall of {{convert|7|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} area of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and {{convert|3|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} area of [[Chhattisgarh]] is yet to be resolved by the [[Survey of India]].}}
|-
|3 (S3)
|[[Maharashtra]]
|307,713
|[[Western India|Western]]
|9.360
|
|-
|4 (S4)
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|240,928
|[[North India|Northern]]
|7.329
|
|-
|5 (S5)
|[[Gujarat]]
|196,024
|[[Western India|Western]]
|5.963
|
|-
|6 (S6)
|[[Karnataka]]
|191,791
|[[South India|Southern]]
|5.834
|
|-
|7 (UT1)
|[[Ladakh]]
|166,076 (59,146)
|[[North India|Northern]]
|5.052 (1.799)
|{{efn|[[Ladakh]] is a [[List of territorial disputes|disputed territory]] between India, Pakistan and China. Areas claimed by India including the [[Aksai Chin]], [[Trans-Karakoram Tract]] regions administered by China and most of the [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] region administered by Pakistan respectively have been included from the total area. Should they be included, the area would total to 166,076 km{{sup|2}}.}}
|-
|8 (S7)
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|163,275
|[[South India|Southern]]
|4.957
|{{efn|name=P-AP| Disputed area of {{convert|13|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} between [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]] is included in neither.<ref>{{cite web |title=AP at a Glance |url=https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=30 |website=Official portal of Andhra Pradesh Government |access-date=31 May 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221132152/https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
|-
|9 (S8)
|[[Odisha]]
|155,707
|[[Eastern India|Eastern]]
|4.7361
|
|-
|10 (S9)
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|135,192
|[[Central india|Central]]
|4.112
|{{efn|name=MP-CH}}
|-
|11 (S10)
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|130,058
|[[South India|Southern]]
|3.956
|
|-
|12 (S11)
|[[Telangana]]
|112,077
|[[South india|Southern]]
|3.409
|
|-
|13 (S12)
|[[Bihar]]
|94,163
|[[East India|Eastern]]
|2.864
|
|-
|14 (S13)
|[[West Bengal]]
|88,752
|[[East India|Eastern]]
|2.740
|
|-
|15 (S14)
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|83,743
|[[Northeast India|Northeastern]]
|2.547
|
|-
|16 (S15)
|[[Jharkhand]]
|79,716
|[[East India|Eastern]]
|2.424
|
|-
|17 (S16)
|[[Assam]]
|78,438
|[[Northeast India|Northeastern]]
|2.386
|
|-
|18 (UT2)
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|56,160 (42,241)
|[[North India|Northern]]
|1.708 (1.284)
|{{efn|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] is a [[List of territorial disputes|disputed territory]] between India and Pakistan. Areas claimed by India including the [[Azad Kashmir]] region, and [[Minimarg|Minimarg region]] of the [[Astore District]] of Gilgit-Baltistan which are administered by Pakistan, have been included from the total area. The area would total to 56,160 km{{Sup|2}}.}}
|-
|19 (S17)
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|55,673
|[[North India|Northern]]
|1.693
|
|-
|20 (S18)
|[[Uttarakhand]]
|53,483
|[[Northwestern India|Northern]]
|1.626
|
|-
|21 (S19)
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|50,362
|[[North India|Northern]]
|1.532
|
|-
|22 (S20)
|[[Haryana]]
|44,212
|[[North India|Northern]]
|1.344
|
|-
|23 (S21)
|[[Kerala]]
|38,863
|[[South India|Southern]]
|1.182
|
|-
|24 (S22)
|[[Meghalaya]]
|22,429
|[[Northeast India|Northeastern]]
|0.682
|
|-
|25 (S23)
|[[Manipur]]
|22,327
|[[Northeast India|Northeastern]]
|0.679
|
|-
|26 (S24)
|[[Mizoram]]
|21,081
|[[Northeast India|Northeastern]]
|0.641
|
|-
|27 (S25)
|[[Nagaland]]
|16,579
|[[Northeast India|Northeastern]]
|0.504
|
|-
|28 (S26)
|[[Tripura]]
|10,491
|[[Northeast India|Northeastern]]
|0.319
|
|-
|29 (UT3)
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
|8,249
|[[Bay of Bengal]]
|0.250
|
|-
|30 (S27)
|[[Sikkim]]
|7,096
|[[Northeast India|Northeastern]]
|0.215
|
|-
|31 (S28)
|[[Goa]]
|3,702
|[[Western India|Western]]
|0.112
|
|-
|32 (UT4)
|[[Delhi]]
|1,484
|[[North India|Northern]]
|0.045
|
|-
|33 (UT5)
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]
|603
|[[Western India|Western]]
|0.018
|<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |title=Dadra and Nagar Haveli |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/214745.pdfegazette.nic.in |website=egazette.nic.in |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
|34 (UT6)
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|479
|[[South India|Southern]]
|0.014
|{{efn|name=P-AP}}
|-
|35 (UT7)
|[[Chandigarh]]
|114
|[[North India|Northern]]
|0.003
|
|-
|36 (UT8)
|[[Lakshadweep]]
|32
|[[Arabian Sea]]
|0.001
|
|-
|
| '''India'''
|3,287,263 (3,166,414){{efn|The area figures of states and union territories do not add up to area of India because:
* The shortfall of 7 km2 area of Madhya Pradesh and 3 km2 area of Chhattisgarh is yet to be resolved by the Survey of India.<ref name="censusofficial"/>
* Disputed area of 13 km2 between Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh is included neither in Puducherry nor in Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="censusofficial"/>
* Area figures do not include the areas claimed by India that are in Pakistani or Chinese administrative control. This includes 78,114 km2 of area in [[Azad Kashmir]] and [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] under Pakistani administration, 5,180 km2 of area in [[Trans-Karakoram Tract|Shaksgam Valley]] ceded to China by Pakistan and 37,555 km2 of area in [[Aksai Chin]] under Chinese administration totalling to 120,849 km2.<ref name="censusofficial"/>
*The Indian government lists the total area as {{convert|3287263|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and the total land area as {{convert|3060500|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}; the United Nations lists the total area as {{convert|3166414|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and total land area as {{convert|2973190|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. {{harv|Library of Congress|2004}}.}}
| [[Asia]]
| 100 (96.323)
|
|}

''Source:Area of states''<ref name="censusofficial">{{cite web|title=Official site of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India|url=http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_new/upload/SYB2013/ch2.html|access-date=20 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203163229/http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_new/upload/SYB2013/ch2.html|archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref>
|Note:- "()" Indian controlled area

== See also ==
* [[Lists of political and geographic subdivisions by total area]]
* [[List of states and union territories of India by population]]
* [[States and union territories of India]]

== Notes ==
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{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist|
<ref>{{citation|date=December 2004|title=Country Profile: India|edition=5th|work=[[Library of Congress Country Studies]]|publisher=[[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]]|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/India.pdf|access-date=30 September 2011|ref={{sfnRef|Library of Congress|2004}}}}</ref>
}}

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