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STATES
and
UTs by POPULATION SIZE
(App.)
NOTE
: Change in the ranks
over decade are marked
|
Rank
in 2001
|
State/UT
|
Population
2001
(in
00,000)
|
%
to total
Population of
India
|
Rank in 1991
|
|
2001
|
1991
|
|
1.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
16,61
|
16.17
|
15.60
|
1
|
|
2.
|
Maharashtra
|
9,68
|
9.42
|
9.33
|
2
|
|
3.
|
Bihar
|
8,29
|
8.07
|
7.62
|
5
|
|
4.
|
West Bengal
|
8,02
|
7.81
|
8.04
|
3
|
|
5.
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
7,57
|
7.37
|
7.86
|
4
|
|
6.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
6,21
|
6.05
|
6.59
|
6
|
|
7.
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
6,04
|
5.88
|
5.74
|
7
|
|
8.
|
Rajasthan
|
5,65
|
5.50
|
5.20
|
9
|
|
9.
|
Karnataka
|
5,27
|
5.14
|
5.31
|
8
|
|
10.
|
Gujarat
|
5,06
|
4.93
|
4.88
|
10
|
|
11.
|
Orissa
|
3,67
|
3.57
|
3.74
|
11
|
|
12.
|
Kerala
|
3,18
|
3.10
|
3.44
|
12
|
|
13.
|
Jharkhand
|
2,69
|
2.62
|
2.58
|
14
|
|
14.
|
Assam
|
2,66
|
2.59
|
2.64
|
13
|
|
15.
|
Punjab
|
2,43
|
2.37
|
2.40
|
15
|
|
16.
|
Haryana
|
2,11
|
2.05
|
1.95
|
17
|
|
17.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2,08
|
2.03
|
2.08
|
16
|
|
18.
|
Delhi
|
1,38
|
1.34
|
1.11
|
18
|
|
19.
|
Jammu
and Kashmir
|
1,01
|
0.98
|
0.92
|
19
|
|
20.
|
Uttranchal
|
85
|
0.83
|
0.84
|
20
|
|
21.
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
61
|
0.59
|
0.61
|
21
|
|
22.
|
Tripura
|
32
|
0.31
|
0.33
|
22
|
|
23.
|
Manipur
|
24
|
0.23
|
0.23
|
23
|
|
24.
|
Meghalaya
|
23
|
0.22
|
0.21
|
24
|
|
25.
|
Nagaland
|
20
|
0.19
|
0.14
|
25
|
|
26.
|
Goa
|
13
|
0.13
|
0.14
|
26
|
|
27.
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
11
|
0.11
|
0.10
|
27
|
|
28.
|
Pondicherry
|
10
|
0.09
|
0.10
|
28
|
|
29.
|
Chandigarh
|
9
|
0.09
|
0.08
|
30
|
|
30.
|
Mizoram
|
9
|
0.09
|
0.08
|
29
|
|
31.
|
Sikkim
|
5
|
0.05
|
0.05
|
31
|
|
32.
|
Andaman and
Nicobar
Island
|
4
|
0.03
|
0.03
|
32
|
|
33.
|
Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
|
2
|
0.02
|
0.02
|
33
|
|
34.
|
Daman and
Diu
|
2
|
0.02
|
0.01
|
34
|
|
35.
|
Lakshadweep
|
1
|
0.01
|
0.01
|
35
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