List of states and territories of India by area

The following is a list of states and territories of India by area according to the census of 2011. India consists of 29 states and seven Union Territories (including one National Capital Region).^[1][2]

List

Rank	State / Territory	Area (km^2)	Region	National Share (%)	Country of Comparable size	Ref
1	Rajasthan	342,239	Western	10.41	Germany
2	Madhya Pradesh	308,245	Central	9.37	Poland
3	Maharashtra	307,713	Western	9.36	Poland
4	Uttar Pradesh	240,928	Northern	7.33	United Kingdom
5	Jammu and Kashmir	222,236	Northern	6.76	Romania	[note 1]
6	Gujarat	196,024	Western	5.96	Senegal
7	Karnataka	191,791	Southern	5.83	Kyrgyzstan
8	Andhra Pradesh	160,205	Southern	4.87	Tunisia
9	Odisha	155,707	Eastern	4.73	Bangladesh
10	Chhattisgarh	135,191	Central	4.11	Tajikistan
11	Tamil Nadu	130,058	Southern	3.95	Greece
12	Telangana	114,840	Southern	3.49	Benin
13	Bihar	94,163	Eastern	2.86	Malawi
14	West Bengal	88,752	Eastern	2.70	Serbia
15	Arunachal Pradesh	83,743	Northeastern	2.54	United Arab Emirates
16	Jharkhand	79,714	Eastern	2.42	Austria
17	Assam	78,438	Northeastern	2.38	Czech Republic
18	Himachal Pradesh	55,673	Northern	1.70	Croatia
19	Uttarakhand	53,483	Northern	1.62	Togo
20	Punjab	50,362	Northern	1.53	Costa Rica
21	Haryana	44,212	Northern	1.34	Denmark
22	Kerala	38,863	Southern	1.18	Bhutan
23	Meghalaya	22,429	Northeastern	0.68	Djibouti
24	Manipur	22,327	Eastern	0.68	Belize
25	Mizoram	21,081	Eastern	0.64	Israel
26	Nagaland	16,579	Eastern	0.50	Swaziland
27	Tripura	10,486	Eastern	0.31	Lebanon
28	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	8,249	Bay of Bengal	0.25	Puerto Rico
29	Sikkim	7,096	Northeastern	0.21	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
30	Goa	3,702	Western	0.11	French Polynesia
31	Delhi	1,490	Northern	0.04	Faroe Islands
32	Puducherry	492	Southern	0.01	Andorra
33	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	491	Western	0.01	Andorra
34	Chandigarh	114	Northern	0.003	Wallis and Futuna
35	Daman and Diu	112	Western	0.003	Montserrat
36	Lakshadweep	32	Arabian Sea	0.001	Macau
**	Disputed area	23		0.0007	Nauru	[note 2] [note 3]
	India	3,287,279		100

Source:Area of states^[3]

The area figures of states and union territories do not add up to area of India because:

• The shortfall of 7 km². area of Madhya Pradesh and 3 km². area of Chhattisgarh is yet to be resolved by the Survey of India.^[3]
• Disputed area of 13 km². between Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh is neither included in Puducherry nor in Andhra Pradesh.^[3]
• Area figures includes the area under occupation by Pakistan and China. The area includes 78,114 km². of disputed area under occupation of Pakistan, 5,180 km². of disputed area handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 km². of disputed area under occupation of China.^[3]

See also

• States and union territories of India
• List of states and union territories of India by population
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area

Notes

1. Jammu & Kashmir is a disputed territory between Pakistan & India. It is not internationally accepted. So, this area cannot be included in total area of India. The world does not include Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan's area in Pakistan's total area as well
2. The shortfall of 7 km² (2.7 sq mi) area of Madhya Pradesh and 3 km² (1.2 sq mi) area of Chhattisgarh is yet to be resolved by the Survey of India.
3. Disputed area of 13 km² (5.0 sq mi) between Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh is included in neither.

References

1. "Indian states and territories census" (PDF). Govt. of Bihar. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
2. "Area of Indian states" (pdf). Gov.t of Andhra Pradesh. p. 598.
3. "Official site of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India". Retrieved 20 July 2013.