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List of states and union territories of India by population

February 11, 2024

India is a union consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories.[1] As of 2022, with an estimated population of 1.4 billion, India is the world's most populous country. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population.[2] The Indo-Gangetic Plain has one of the world's biggest stretches of fertile not-deep alluvium and are among the most densely populated areas of the world. The eastern and western coastal regions of Deccan Plateau are also densely populated regions of India. The Thar Desert in western Rajasthan is one of the most densely populated deserts in the world.[3] The northern and north-eastern states along the Himalayas contain cold arid deserts with fertile valleys. These states have relatively less population density due to indomitable physical barriers.[4]

Census of India edit

 
2001 India population density map

The first population census in British India was conducted in 1872. Since India's independence in 1947, a census has been conducted every 10 years, the first occurring in 1951.[5] The census in India is conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs, and is one of the largest administrative tasks conducted by a federal government.[6]

The latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India.[7] During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population growth rate has slowed down from 2.15 percent to 1.76 percent.[7] Based on decennial census data, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has the fastest growth rate of 55.1 percent, followed by Meghalaya (27.8 percent) and Arunachal Pradesh (25.9 percent). Nagaland recorded the lowest growth rate of -0.5 percent.[8]

India has 641,000 inhabited villages and 72.2 percent of the total population reside in these rural areas.[8] Of them 145,000 villages have population size of 500–999 persons; 130,000 villages have population size of 1000–1999 and 128,000 villages have population size of 200–499. There are 3,961 villages that have a population of 10,000 persons or more.[9] India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations.[10] In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population.[11][12] On the basis of net migrants by last residence during the past decade, Maharashtra had most immigration with 2.3 million, followed by National Capital Territory of Delhi (1.7 million), Gujarat (0.68 million) and Haryana (0.67 million). Uttar Pradesh (−2.6 million) and Bihar (−1.7 million) topped the list for interstate emigration.[13] The five states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh account for almost half (47.90 percent) of the total Indian population.[7]

While the national average for the sex ratio shows an increase from 933 in 2001 to 940 in 2011,[7] the 2011 census shows a sharp decline in the child sex ratio, the number of females per thousand males in a population between age group 0–6 years.[7] States such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded an increase in India's child sex ratio.[7] The national child sex ratio has declined from 927 in 2001 to 914 in 2011.[7] Telangana census was separated from Andhra Pradesh state census figures, after Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014.[14]

List edit

Data from Census 2011 as published by the Registrar General & Census Commissioner,[15] Government of Telangana,[16] and then Planning Commission.[17]

(Population density is rounded to the nearest integer)

List of states and union territories of India by population
(2011 Census of India)
Rank State or Union Territory Population
[18][19]		 %
India 		Growth Rural pop. %
rural 		Urban pop. %
urban 		Density
[a]		 Sex ratio Lok Sabha seats Rajya Sabha seats
1 (S1) Uttar Pradesh 199,812,341 16.51% 20.2% 155,317,278 77.73% 44,495,063 22.27% 828 912 80 31
2 (S2) Maharashtra 112,374,333 9.28% 16% 61,556,074 54.78% 50,818,259 45.22% 365 929 48 19
3 (S3) Bihar 104,099,452 8.6% 25.4% 92,341,436 88.71% 11,758,016 11.29% 1102 918 40 16
4 (S4) West Bengal 91,276,115 7.54% 13.8% 62,183,113 68.13% 29,093,002 31.87% 1029 953 42 16
5 (S5) Madhya Pradesh 72,626,809 6% 20.3% 52,557,404 72.37% 20,069,405 27.63% 236 931 29 11
6 (S6) Tamil Nadu 72,147,030 5.96% 15.6% 37,229,590 51.6% 34,917,440 48.4% 555 996 39 18
7 (S7) Rajasthan 68,548,437 5.66% 21.3% 51,500,352 75.13% 17,048,085 24.87% 201 928 25 10
8 (S8) Karnataka 61,095,297 5.05% 15.6% 37,469,335 61.33% 23,625,962 38.67% 319 973 28 12
9 (S9) Gujarat 60,439,692 4.99% 19.3% 34,694,609 57.4% 25,745,083 42.6% 308 919 26 11
10 (S10) Andhra Pradesh 49,577,103[b] 4.1% 11.0% 34,966,693 70.53% 14,610,410 29.47% 303 993 25 11
11 (S11) Odisha 41,974,219 3.47% 14.0% 34,970,562 83.31% 7,003,656 16.69% 269 979 21 10
12 (S12) Telangana 35,003,674 2.89% 13.58% 21,395,009 61.12% 13,608,665 38.88% 312 988 17 7
13 (S13) Kerala 33,406,061 2.76% 4.9% 17,471,135 52.3% 15,934,926 47.7% 859 1,084 20 9
14 (S14) Jharkhand 32,988,134 2.73% 22.4% 25,055,073 75.95% 7,933,061 24.05% 414 948 14 6
15 (S15) Assam 31,205,576 2.58% 17.1% 26,807,034 85.9% 4,398,542 14.1% 398 958 14 7
16 (S16) Punjab 27,743,338 2.29% 13.89% 17,344,192 62.52% 10,399,146 37.48% 551 895 13 7
17 (S17) Chhattisgarh 25,545,198 2.11% 22.6% 19,607,961 76.76% 5,937,237 23.24% 189 991 11 5
18 (S18) Haryana 25,351,462 2.09% 19.9% 16,509,359 65.12% 8,842,103 34.88% 573 879 10 5
19 (UT1) NCT of Delhi 16,787,941 1.39% 21.2% 419,042 2.5% 16,368,899 97.5% 11,297 868 7 3
20 (UT2) Jammu and Kashmir 12,267,032 1.01% 23.6% 9,064,220 73.89% 3,202,812 26.11% 297 890 5 4
21 (S19) Uttarakhand 10,086,292 0.83% 18.8% 7,036,954 69.77% 3,049,338 30.23% 189 963 5 3
22 (S20) Himachal Pradesh 6,864,602 0.57% 12.9% 6,176,050 89.97% 688,552 10.03% 123 972 4 3
23 (S21) Tripura 3,673,917 0.3% 14.8% 2,712,464 73.83% 961,453 26.17% 350 960 2 1
24 (S22) Meghalaya 2,966,889 0.25% 27.9% 2,371,439 79.93% 595,450 20.07% 132 989 2 1
25 (S23) Manipur[c] 2,570,390 0.21% 24.5% 1,793,875 69.79% 776,515 30.21% 122 992 2 1
26 (S24) Nagaland 1,978,502 0.16% −0.6% 1,407,536 71.14% 570,966 28.86% 119 931 1 1
27 (S25) Goa 1,458,545 0.12% 8.2% 551,731 37.83% 906,814 62.17% 394 973 2 1
28 (S26) Arunachal Pradesh 1,383,727 0.11% 26.0% 1,066,358 77.06% 317,369 22.94% 17 938 2 1
29 (UT3) Puducherry 1,247,953 0.1% 28.1% 395,200 31.67% 852,753 68.33% 2,598 1,037 1 1
30 (S27) Mizoram 1,097,206 0.09% 23.5% 525,435 47.89% 571,771 52.11% 52 976 1 1
31 (UT4) Chandigarh 1,055,450 0.09% 17.2% 28,991 2.75% 1,026,459 97.25% 9,252 818 1 – [d]
32 (S28) Sikkim 610,577 0.05% 12.9% 456,999 74.85% 153,578 25.15% 86 890 1 1
33 (UT5) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 585,764 0.05% 55.1% 243,510 41.57% 342,254 58.43% 970 711 2 – [e]
34 (UT6) Andaman and Nicobar Islands 380,581 0.03% 6.9% 237,093 62.3% 143,488 37.7% 46 876 1 – [f]
35 (UT7) Ladakh 274,000 0.02% 17.8% 43,840 16% 230,160 84% 2.8 853 1 – [g]
36 (UT8) Lakshadweep 64,473 0.01% 6.3% 14,141 21.93% 50,332 78.07% 2,013 946 1 – [h]
Total India 1,210,569,573 100% 17.7% 833,463,448 68.84% 377,106,125 31.16% 382 940 543 245 (233+12)[i]

Notes

  1. ^ For determining population density of India and the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the data excludes areas claimed by India but controlled by Pakistan (78,114 km2) and China (5,180 km2 in Shaksgam Valley and 37,555 km2 under Aksai Chin and other areas).[20][21]
  2. ^ Calculated by subtracting the population of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh's Census 2011 figures.
  3. ^ Excludes Mao-Maram, Paomata, and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur.
  4. ^ No state legislature
  5. ^ No state legislature
  6. ^ No state legislature
  7. ^ No state legislature
  8. ^ No state legislature
  9. ^ Includes 12 Presidential nominations

See also edit

References edit

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  15. ^ "Population and decadal change by residence : 2011 (PERSONS)" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 2. (PDF) from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  16. ^ "Statistical Year Book 2015" (PDF). telangana.gov.in. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Telangana. (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  17. ^ (PDF). planningcommission.gov.in. Planning Commission, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  18. ^ "List of states with Population, Sex Ratio and Literacy Census 2011". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  19. ^ "Census 2011: Population in States and Union Territories of India". Jagranjosh.com. 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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External links edit

  • Census of India - Density of population
  • 2011 Indian Census
  • in 2016
  • in 2020

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India is a union consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories 1 As of 2022 with an estimated population of 1 4 billion India is the world s most populous country India occupies 2 4 of the world s area and is home to 17 5 of the world s population 2 The Indo Gangetic Plain has one of the world s biggest stretches of fertile not deep alluvium and are among the most densely populated areas of the world The eastern and western coastal regions of Deccan Plateau are also densely populated regions of India The Thar Desert in western Rajasthan is one of the most densely populated deserts in the world 3 The northern and north eastern states along the Himalayas contain cold arid deserts with fertile valleys These states have relatively less population density due to indomitable physical barriers 4 Contents 1 Census of India 2 List 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCensus of India edit nbsp 2001 India population density mapThe first population census in British India was conducted in 1872 Since India s independence in 1947 a census has been conducted every 10 years the first occurring in 1951 5 The census in India is conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs and is one of the largest administrative tasks conducted by a federal government 6 The latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India 7 During the decade of 2001 2011 India s annual population growth rate has slowed down from 2 15 percent to 1 76 percent 7 Based on decennial census data Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has the fastest growth rate of 55 1 percent followed by Meghalaya 27 8 percent and Arunachal Pradesh 25 9 percent Nagaland recorded the lowest growth rate of 0 5 percent 8 India has 641 000 inhabited villages and 72 2 percent of the total population reside in these rural areas 8 Of them 145 000 villages have population size of 500 999 persons 130 000 villages have population size of 1000 1999 and 128 000 villages have population size of 200 499 There are 3 961 villages that have a population of 10 000 persons or more 9 India s 27 8 percent urban population lives in more than 5 100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations 10 In the decade of 1991 2001 migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population 11 12 On the basis of net migrants by last residence during the past decade Maharashtra had most immigration with 2 3 million followed by National Capital Territory of Delhi 1 7 million Gujarat 0 68 million and Haryana 0 67 million Uttar Pradesh 2 6 million and Bihar 1 7 million topped the list for interstate emigration 13 The five states of Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Bihar West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh account for almost half 47 90 percent of the total Indian population 7 While the national average for the sex ratio shows an increase from 933 in 2001 to 940 in 2011 7 the 2011 census shows a sharp decline in the child sex ratio the number of females per thousand males in a population between age group 0 6 years 7 States such as Punjab Haryana Himachal Pradesh Gujarat Tamil Nadu Mizoram and Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded an increase in India s child sex ratio 7 The national child sex ratio has declined from 927 in 2001 to 914 in 2011 7 Telangana census was separated from Andhra Pradesh state census figures after Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014 14 List editData from Census 2011 as published by the Registrar General amp Census Commissioner 15 Government of Telangana 16 and then Planning Commission 17 Population density is rounded to the nearest integer List of states and union territories of India by population 2011 Census of India Rank State or Union Territory Population 18 19 India Growth Rural pop rural Urban pop urban Density a Sex ratio Lok Sabha seats Rajya Sabha seats1 S1 Uttar Pradesh 199 812 341 16 51 20 2 155 317 278 77 73 44 495 063 22 27 828 912 80 312 S2 Maharashtra 112 374 333 9 28 16 61 556 074 54 78 50 818 259 45 22 365 929 48 193 S3 Bihar 104 099 452 8 6 25 4 92 341 436 88 71 11 758 016 11 29 1102 918 40 164 S4 West Bengal 91 276 115 7 54 13 8 62 183 113 68 13 29 093 002 31 87 1029 953 42 165 S5 Madhya Pradesh 72 626 809 6 20 3 52 557 404 72 37 20 069 405 27 63 236 931 29 116 S6 Tamil Nadu 72 147 030 5 96 15 6 37 229 590 51 6 34 917 440 48 4 555 996 39 187 S7 Rajasthan 68 548 437 5 66 21 3 51 500 352 75 13 17 048 085 24 87 201 928 25 108 S8 Karnataka 61 095 297 5 05 15 6 37 469 335 61 33 23 625 962 38 67 319 973 28 129 S9 Gujarat 60 439 692 4 99 19 3 34 694 609 57 4 25 745 083 42 6 308 919 26 1110 S10 Andhra Pradesh 49 577 103 b 4 1 11 0 34 966 693 70 53 14 610 410 29 47 303 993 25 1111 S11 Odisha 41 974 219 3 47 14 0 34 970 562 83 31 7 003 656 16 69 269 979 21 1012 S12 Telangana 35 003 674 2 89 13 58 21 395 009 61 12 13 608 665 38 88 312 988 17 713 S13 Kerala 33 406 061 2 76 4 9 17 471 135 52 3 15 934 926 47 7 859 1 084 20 914 S14 Jharkhand 32 988 134 2 73 22 4 25 055 073 75 95 7 933 061 24 05 414 948 14 615 S15 Assam 31 205 576 2 58 17 1 26 807 034 85 9 4 398 542 14 1 398 958 14 716 S16 Punjab 27 743 338 2 29 13 89 17 344 192 62 52 10 399 146 37 48 551 895 13 717 S17 Chhattisgarh 25 545 198 2 11 22 6 19 607 961 76 76 5 937 237 23 24 189 991 11 518 S18 Haryana 25 351 462 2 09 19 9 16 509 359 65 12 8 842 103 34 88 573 879 10 519 UT1 NCT of Delhi 16 787 941 1 39 21 2 419 042 2 5 16 368 899 97 5 11 297 868 7 320 UT2 Jammu and Kashmir 12 267 032 1 01 23 6 9 064 220 73 89 3 202 812 26 11 297 890 5 421 S19 Uttarakhand 10 086 292 0 83 18 8 7 036 954 69 77 3 049 338 30 23 189 963 5 322 S20 Himachal Pradesh 6 864 602 0 57 12 9 6 176 050 89 97 688 552 10 03 123 972 4 323 S21 Tripura 3 673 917 0 3 14 8 2 712 464 73 83 961 453 26 17 350 960 2 124 S22 Meghalaya 2 966 889 0 25 27 9 2 371 439 79 93 595 450 20 07 132 989 2 125 S23 Manipur c 2 570 390 0 21 24 5 1 793 875 69 79 776 515 30 21 122 992 2 126 S24 Nagaland 1 978 502 0 16 0 6 1 407 536 71 14 570 966 28 86 119 931 1 127 S25 Goa 1 458 545 0 12 8 2 551 731 37 83 906 814 62 17 394 973 2 128 S26 Arunachal Pradesh 1 383 727 0 11 26 0 1 066 358 77 06 317 369 22 94 17 938 2 129 UT3 Puducherry 1 247 953 0 1 28 1 395 200 31 67 852 753 68 33 2 598 1 037 1 130 S27 Mizoram 1 097 206 0 09 23 5 525 435 47 89 571 771 52 11 52 976 1 131 UT4 Chandigarh 1 055 450 0 09 17 2 28 991 2 75 1 026 459 97 25 9 252 818 1 d 32 S28 Sikkim 610 577 0 05 12 9 456 999 74 85 153 578 25 15 86 890 1 133 UT5 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 585 764 0 05 55 1 243 510 41 57 342 254 58 43 970 711 2 e 34 UT6 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 380 581 0 03 6 9 237 093 62 3 143 488 37 7 46 876 1 f 35 UT7 Ladakh 274 000 0 02 17 8 43 840 16 230 160 84 2 8 853 1 g 36 UT8 Lakshadweep 64 473 0 01 6 3 14 141 21 93 50 332 78 07 2 013 946 1 h Total India 1 210 569 573 100 17 7 833 463 448 68 84 377 106 125 31 16 382 940 543 245 233 12 i Notes For determining population density of India and the State of Jammu and Kashmir the data excludes areas claimed by India but controlled by Pakistan 78 114 km2 and China 5 180 km2 in Shaksgam Valley and 37 555 km2 under Aksai Chin and other areas 20 21 Calculated by subtracting the population of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh s Census 2011 figures Excludes Mao Maram Paomata and Purul sub divisions of Senapati district of Manipur No state legislature No state legislature No state legislature No state legislature No state legislature Includes 12 Presidential nominationsSee also editList of states in India by past population Geography of India List of city districts by population density List of metropolitan areas in India List of states and union territories of India by areaReferences edit National Portal of India www india gov in Retrieved 2022 08 08 Census and you Area And Population 2007 12 26 Archived from the original on 26 December 2007 Retrieved 2022 08 08 Report of the Task Force on Grasslands and Deserts PDF 2011 12 10 Archived from the original PDF on 10 December 2011 Retrieved 2022 08 08 India General Profile Land Use Classification and Land Use Pattern PDF 2006 05 14 Archived from the original PDF on 14 May 2006 Retrieved 2022 08 08 Census Organisation of India Government of India 2001 Census of India Archived from the original on December 1 2008 Retrieved 2008 12 04 Brief history of census Government of India 2001 Census of India Archived from the original on 2013 11 13 Retrieved 2008 10 26 a b c d e f g India Census 2011 Provisional Population Totals The Hindu Chennai India dead link a b Archived copy PDF The Hindu Archived from the original PDF on 2013 11 03 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Area and Population Government of India 2001 Census of India Archived from the original on 2007 12 26 Retrieved 2008 10 26 Urban Agglomerations UAs amp towns Government of India 2001 Census of India Archived from the original on 2013 11 13 Retrieved 2008 12 04 Shinde Swati 13 Sep 2008 Migration rate to city will dip The Times of India Archived from the original on 5 November 2012 Retrieved 2008 12 08 Develop towns to stop migration to urban areas economist The Hindu Chennai India Dec 3 2005 Archived from the original on December 5 2005 Retrieved 2008 12 08 Migration Government of India 2001 Census of India Archived from the original on 2013 11 13 Retrieved 2008 10 26 T party today India s 29th state Telangana is born Times of India The Times of India 2 June 2014 Archived from the original on 17 September 2018 Retrieved 15 September 2018 Population and decadal change by residence 2011 PERSONS PDF Office of the Registrar General amp Census Commissioner India p 2 Archived PDF from the original on 2016 06 24 Retrieved 2019 01 15 Statistical Year Book 2015 PDF telangana gov in Directorate of Economics and Statistics Government of Telangana Archived PDF from the original on 19 October 2019 Retrieved 4 March 2019 Census 2011 Final Data Demographic details Literate Population Total Rural amp Urban PDF planningcommission gov in Planning Commission Government of India Archived from the original PDF on 27 January 2018 Retrieved 15 January 2019 List of states with Population Sex Ratio and Literacy Census 2011 www census2011 co in Retrieved 2023 04 30 Census 2011 Population in States and Union Territories of India Jagranjosh com 2016 10 14 Retrieved 2023 04 30 J amp K 2011 Population density census PDF Archived from the original on 2018 12 25 Retrieved 2022 01 06 Religion PCA 2011 J amp K census Archived from the original on 2016 02 09 Retrieved 2016 01 14 External links editOfficial website of Census of India Census of India Density of population 2011 Indian Census Official website of Census of India in 2016 Official website of Census of India in 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of states and union territories of India by population amp oldid 1199236736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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