List of Indian States by Population

May 17, 2011 April 13, 2021

Rank	State or union territory	Population	National Share (%)	Area	Density	Sex ratio
1	Uttar Pradesh	199,812,341	16.51%	240,928 km²	828/km²	912
2	Maharashtra	112,374,333	9.28%	307,713 km²	365/km²	929
3	Bihar	104,099,452	8.6%	94,163 km²	1,102/km²	918
4	West Bengal	91,276,115	7.54%	88,752 km²	1,029/km²	953
5	Madhya Pradesh	72,626,809	6%	308,245 km²	236/km²	931
6	Tamil Nadu	72,147,030	5.96%	130,051 km²	555/km²	996
7	Rajasthan	68,548,437	5.66%	342,239 km²	201/km²	928
8	Karnataka	61,095,297	5.05%	191,791 km²	319/km	973
9	Gujarat	60,439,692	4.99%	196,024 km²	308/km	919
10	Andhra Pradesh	49,577,103^[b]	4.1%	162,968 km²	303/km	993
11	Odisha	41,974,219	3.47%	155,707 km²	269/km²	979
12	Telangana	35,003,674	2.89%	112,077 km²	312/km²	988
13	Kerala	33,406,061	2.76%	38,863 km²	859/km²	1,084
14	Jharkhand	32,988,134	2.73%	79,714 km²	414/km²	948
15	Assam	31,205,576	2.58%	78,438 km²	398/km	958
16	Punjab	27,743,338	2.29%	50,362 km²	551/km	895
17	Chhattisgarh	25,545,198	2.11%	135,191 km²	189/km²	991
18	Haryana	25,351,462	2.09%	44,212 km²	573/km²	879
UT1	NCT of Delhi	16,787,941	1.39%	1,484 km²	11,297/km²	868
UT2	Jammu and Kashmir	12,267,032	1.01%	42,241 km²	297/km²	890
19	Uttarakhand	10,086,292	0.83%	53,483 km²	189/km	963
20	Himachal Pradesh	6,864,602	0.57%	55,673 km²	123/km²	972
21	Tripura	3,673,917	0.3%	10,486 km²	350/km²	960
22	Meghalaya	2,966,889	0.25%	22,429 km²	132/km²	989
23	Manipur	2,570,390	0.21%	22,327 km²	122/km²	992
24	Nagaland	1,978,502	0.16%	16,579 km²	119/km²	931
25	Goa	1,458,545	0.12%	3,702 km²	394/km²	973
26	Arunachal Pradesh	1,383,727	0.11%	83,743 km²	17/km²	938
UT3	Puducherry	1,247,953	0.1%	479 km²	2,598/km	1,037
27	Mizoram	1,097,206	0.09%	21,081 km²	52/km²	976
UT4	Chandigarh	1,055,450	0.09%	114 km²	9,252/km²	818
28	Sikkim	610,577	0.05%	7,096 km²	86/km²	890
UT5	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	585,764	0.05%	603 km²	970/km²	711
UT6	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	380,581	0.03%	8,249 km²	46/km²	876
UT7	Ladakh	274,000	0.02%	96,701 km²	2.8/km²	853
UT8	Lakshadweep	64,473	0.01%	32 km²	2,013/km²	946
Total	India	1,210,569,573	100%	3,287,240 km²	382/km²	940