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 8 union territories, including the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Rajasthan being largest in land area.[1][2][3]
Rank | State / Union Territory |
Area (km2) | Region | % total |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 (S1) | Rajasthan | 342,239 | Western | 10.411 | |
2 (S2) | Madhya Pradesh | 308,252 | Central | 9.377 | [lower-alpha 1] |
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 (S7) | Andhra Pradesh | 162,975 | Southern | 4.957 | [lower-alpha 2] |
8 (S8) | Odisha | 155,707 | Eastern | 4.7361 | |
9 (S9) | Chhattisgarh | 135,192 | Central | 4.112 | [lower-alpha 3] |
10 (S10) | Tamil Nadu | 130,058 | Southern | 3.956 | |
11 (S11) | Telangana | 112,077 | Southern | 3.409 | |
12 (S12) | Bihar | 94,163 | Eastern | 2.864 | |
13 (S13) | West Bengal | 88,752 | Eastern | 2.740 | |
14 (S14) | Arunachal Pradesh | 83,743 | Northeastern | 2.547 | |
15 (S15) | Jharkhand | 79,716 | Eastern | 2.424 | |
16 (S16) | Assam | 78,438 | Northeastern | 2.386 | |
17 (UT1) | Ladakh | 59,146 (166,698) |
Northern | 1.799 (5.071) |
[lower-alpha 4] |
18 (S17) | Himachal Pradesh | 55,673 | Northern | 1.693 | |
19 (S18) | Uttarakhand | 53,483 | Northern | 1.626 | |
20 (S19) | Punjab | 50,362 | Northern | 1.532 | |
21 (S20) | Haryana | 44,212 | Northern | 1.344 | |
22 (UT2) | Jammu and Kashmir | 42,241 (55,538) |
Northern | 1.284 (1.689) |
[lower-alpha 5] |
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) | National Capital Territory–Delhi | 1,484 | Northern | 0.045 | |
33 (UT5) | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 603 | Western | 0.018 | [5] |
34 (UT6) | Puducherry | 479 | Southern | 0.014 | [lower-alpha 6] |
35 (UT7) | Chandigarh | 114 | Northern | 0.003 | |
36 (UT8) | Lakshadweep | 32 | Arabian Sea | 0.001 | |
India | 3,166,414 (3,287,263)[lower-alpha 7] |
96.323 (100) |
Source:Area of states[6]
In August 2019, the Indian Parliament passed a resolution to divide the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh, which came into action on 31 October 2019.[7]
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