Largest and Smallest State/ UT in India

Largest and Smallest State in India: Our country India has a federal form of government. It is a union of 28 states and 8 union territories. Some states/ union territories are small in size while others are big. Similarly, a few states are densely populated than others. Various questions in different competitive exams are asked about Largest and Smallest States/ Union Territories of India. We classify the largest and Smallest States/ UT in India on the basis of their areas and population. Go through this post to check the list of largest and smallest states/ UT in India in 2023 on the basis of both Area and Population.

Area wise Largest and Smallest States in India in 2023

If we talk about the area, Rajasthan is the largest state in India and Ladakh is the smallest state in India. On the other hand, Goa is the smallest state and Lakshadweep is the smallest Union Territory in India. The complete list of states and UT on the basis of their area is given below.

Rank	State/ Union Territory	Area in KM sq.	National share in percentage
1	Rajasthan	342,239 Km sq.	10.41
2	Madhya Pradesh	308,252 Km sq.	9.38
3	Maharashtra	307,713 Km sq.	9.36
4	Uttar Pradesh	240,928 Km sq.	7.33
5	Gujarat	196,024 Km sq.	5.96
6	Karnataka	191,791 Km sq.	5.83
7	Andhra Pradesh	160,205 Km sq.	4.87
8	Odisha	155,707 Km sq.	4.74
9	Chhattisgarh	135,191 Km sq.	4.11
10	Tamil Nadu	130,058 Km sq.	3.96
11	Telangana	112,077 Km sq.	3.41
12	Bihar	94,163 Km sq.	2.86
13	West Bengal	88,752 Km sq.	2.70
14	Arunachal Pradesh	83,743 Km sq.	2.55
15	Jharkhand	79,714 Km sq.	2.42
16	Assam	78,438 Km sq.	2.39
17	Ladakh (Largest Union Territory by Area)	59,146 Km sq.	1.80
18	Himachal Pradesh	55,673 Km sq.	1.70
19	Uttarakhand	53,483 Km sq.	1.63
20	Punjab	50,362 Km sq.	1.53
21	Haryana	44,212 Km sq.	1.34
22	Jammu and Kashmir	42,241 Km sq.	1.28
23	Kerala	38,863 Km sq.	1.18
24	Meghalaya	22,429 Km sq.	0.682
25	Manipur	22,327 Km sq.	0.679
26	Mizoram	21,081 Km sq.	0.641
27	Nagaland	16,579 Km sq.	0.504
28	Tripura	10,486 Km sq.	0.319
29	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	8,249 Km sq.	0.251
30	Sikkim	7,096 Km sq.	0.216
31	Goa	3,702 Km sq.	0.113
32	Delhi	1,483 Km sq.	0.045
33	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	603 Km sq.	0.018
34	Puducherry	479 Km sq.	0.015
35	Chandigarh	114 Km sq.	0.003
36	Lakshadweep	32 Km sq.	0.001

Population-wise Largest and Smallest States and Union Territories in India in 2023

Uttar Pradesh is the Largest State in India on the basis of the population. Sikkim is the smallest state in India in terms of population. Talking about Union Territories, NCT of Delhi is the largest Union Territory in India and Lakshadweep is the smallest. The Ranks of each state and UT are given in the following table.

Note: The data has been updated according to the 2011 Census report of India.

Rank	State/ Union Territory	Population	National share in percentage
1	Uttar Pradesh	199,812,341	16.51%
2	Maharashtra	112,374,333	9.28%
3	Bihar	104,099,452	8.6%
4	West Bengal	91,276,115	7.54%
5	Madhya Pradesh	72,626,809	6%
6	Tamil Nadu	72,147,030	5.96%
7	Rajasthan	68,548,437	5.66%
8	Karnataka	61,095,297	5.05%
9	Gujarat	60,439,692	4.99%
10	Andhra Pradesh	49,577,103	4.1%
11	Odisha	41,974,219	3.47%
12	Telangana	35,003,674	2.89%
13	Kerala	33,406,061	2.76%
14	Jharkhand	32,988,134	2.73%
15	Assam	31,205,576	2.58%
16	Punjab	27,743,338	2.29%
17	Chhattisgarh	25,545,198	2.11%
18	Haryana	25,351,462	2.09%
19	NCT of Delhi (Most populous Union Territory in India)	16,787,941	1.39%
20	Jammu and Kashmir	12,267,032	1.01%
21	Uttarakhand	10,086,292	0.83%
22	Himachal Pradesh	6,864,602	0.57%
23	Tripura	3,673,917	0.3%
24	Meghalaya	2,966,889	0.25%
25	Manipur	2,570,390	0.21%
26	Nagaland	1,978,502	0.16%
27	Goa	1,458,545	0.12%
28	Arunachal Pradesh	1,383,727	0.11%
29	Puducherry	1,247,953	0.1%
30	Mizoram	1,097,206	0.09%
31	Chandigarh	1,055,450 (estimated)	0.09%
32	Sikkim	610,577 (estimated)	0.05%
33	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	585,764	0.05%
34	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	380,581	0.03%
35	Ladakh	274,000	0.02%
36	Lakshadweep	64,473	0.01%

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