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 8 union territories, including the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Rajasthan being largest in land area.[1][2][3]
List of states and union territories by area
| Rank | State / Union Territory |
Area (kmTemplate:Sup) | Region | % total |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (S1) | Rajasthan | 342,239 | Northern | 10.411 | |
| 2 (S2) | Madhya Pradesh | 308,252 | Central | 9.377 | Template:Efn |
| 3 (S3) | Maharashtra | 307,713 | Western | 9.360 | |
| 4 (S4) | Uttar Pradesh | 240,928 | Northern | 7.329 | |
| 5 (S5) | Gujarat | 196,024 | Western | 5.963 | |
| 6 (S6) | Karnataka | 191,791 | Southern | 5.834 | |
| 7 (UT1) | Ladakh | 166,076 (59,146) |
Northern | 5.052 (1.799) |
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| 8 (S7) | Andhra Pradesh | 163,275 | Southern | 4.957 | Template:Efn |
| 9 (S8) | Odisha | 155,707 | Eastern | 4.7361 | |
| 10 (S9) | Chhattisgarh | 135,192 | Central | 4.112 | Template:Efn |
| 11 (S10) | Tamil Nadu | 130,058 | Southern | 3.956 | |
| 12 (S11) | Telangana | 112,077 | Southern | 3.409 | |
| 13 (S12) | Bihar | 94,163 | Eastern | 2.864 | |
| 14 (S13) | West Bengal | 88,752 | Eastern | 2.740 | |
| 15 (S14) | Arunachal Pradesh | 83,743 | Northeastern | 2.547 | |
| 16 (S15) | Jharkhand | 79,716 | Eastern | 2.424 | |
| 17 (S16) | Assam | 78,438 | Northeastern | 2.386 | |
| 18 (UT2) | Jammu and Kashmir | 56,160 (42,241) |
Northern | 1.708 (1.284) |
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| 19 (S17) | Himachal Pradesh | 55,673 | Northern | 1.693 | |
| 20 (S18) | Uttarakhand | 53,483 | Northern | 1.626 | |
| 21 (S19) | Punjab | 50,362 | Northern | 1.532 | |
| 22 (S20) | Haryana | 44,212 | Northern | 1.344 | |
| 23 (S21) | Kerala | 38,863 | Southern | 1.182 | |
| 24 (S22) | Meghalaya | 22,429 | Northeastern | 0.682 | |
| 25 (S23) | Manipur | 22,327 | Northeastern | 0.679 | |
| 26 (S24) | Mizoram | 21,081 | Northeastern | 0.641 | |
| 27 (S25) | Nagaland | 16,579 | Northeastern | 0.504 | |
| 28 (S26) | Tripura | 10,491 | Northeastern | 0.319 | |
| 29 (UT3) | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 8,249 | Bay of Bengal | 0.250 | |
| 30 (S27) | Sikkim | 7,096 | Northeastern | 0.215 | |
| 31 (S28) | Goa | 3,702 | Western | 0.112 | |
| 32 (UT4) | Delhi | 1,484 | Northern | 0.045 | |
| 33 (UT5) | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 603 | Western | 0.018 | [4] |
| 34 (UT6) | Puducherry | 479 | Southern | 0.014 | Template:Efn |
| 35 (UT7) | Chandigarh | 114 | Northern | 0.003 | |
| 36 (UT8) | Lakshadweep | 32 | Arabian Sea | 0.001 | |
| India | 3,287,263 (3,166,414)Template:Efn |
Asia | 100 (96.323) |
Source:Area of states[5] |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
- ↑ Indian states and territories census. Govt. of Bihar. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ↑ Area of Indian states. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ↑ Indian states since 1947. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ Dadra and Nagar Haveli. egazette.nic.in. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ↑ Official site of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India. Retrieved 20 July 2013.