| India
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Indian States - A Comparison
| Rank |
States
/ Union territories |
Population
2001 |
Percent to
total Population of India |
Rank
in 1991 |
| 2001 |
1991 |
| 1. |
Uttar Pradesh |
166,197,921 |
16.16 |
15.59 |
1 |
| 2. |
Maharashtra |
96,878,627 |
9.42 |
9.33 |
2 |
| 3. |
Bihar |
82,998,509 |
8.07 |
7.62 |
5 |
| 4. |
West Bengal |
80,176,197 |
7.79 |
8.04 |
3 |
| 5. |
Andhra Pradesh |
76,210,007 |
7.41 |
7.86 |
4 |
| 6. |
Tamil Nadu |
62,405,679 |
6.07 |
6.60 |
6 |
| 7. |
Madhya Pradesh |
60,348,023 |
5.87 |
5.74 |
7 |
| 8. |
Rajasthan |
56,507,188 |
5.49 |
5.20 |
9 |
| 9. |
Karnataka |
52,850,562 |
5.14 |
5.31 |
8 |
| 10. |
Gujarat |
50,671,017 |
4.93 |
4.88 |
10 |
| 11. |
Orissa |
36,804,660 |
3.58 |
3.74 |
11 |
| 12. |
Kerala |
31,841,374 |
3.10 |
3.44 |
12 |
| 13. |
Jharkhand |
26,945,829 |
2.62 |
2.58 |
14 |
| 14. |
Assam |
26,655,528 |
2.59 |
2.65 |
13 |
| 15. |
Punjab |
24,358,999 |
2.37 |
2.40 |
15 |
| 16. |
Haryana |
21,144,564 |
2.06 |
1.95 |
17 |
| 17. |
Chhattishgarh |
20,833,803 |
2.03 |
2.08 |
16 |
| 18. |
Delhi |
13,850,507 |
1.35 |
1.11 |
18 |
| 19. |
Jammu and Kashmir* |
10,143,700 |
0.99 |
0.93 |
19 |
| 20. |
Uttaranchal |
8,489,349 |
0.83 |
0.84 |
20 |
| 21. |
Himachal Pradesh |
6,077,900 |
0.59 |
0.61 |
21 |
| 22. |
Tripura |
3,199,203 |
0.31 |
0.33 |
22 |
| 23. |
Meghalaya |
2,318,822 |
0.23 |
0.21 |
24 |
| 24. |
Manipur** |
2,293,896 |
0.22 |
0.22 |
23 |
| 25. |
Nagaland |
1,990,036 |
0.19 |
0.14 |
25 |
| 26. |
Goa |
1,347,668 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
26 |
| 27. |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
1,097,968 |
0.11 |
0.10 |
27 |
| 28. |
Pondichery |
974,345 |
0.09 |
0.10 |
28 |
| 29. |
Chandigarh |
900,635 |
0.09 |
0.08 |
29 |
| 30. |
Mizoram |
888,573 |
0.09 |
0.08 |
30 |
| 31. |
Sikkim |
540,851 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
31 |
| 32. |
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands |
356,152 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
32 |
| 33. |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
220,490 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
33 |
| 34. |
Daman and Diu |
158,204 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
34 |
| 35. |
Laksdweep |
60,650 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
35 |
* The 1991Census could not be held owing to disturbed
conditions prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir. Hence the populaiton figures
for 1991 of Jammu and Kashmir have been worked out by 'interpolation'
on the basis of 2001 final population.
**. India and Manipur figures are final and include estimed figures
for those of the three sub-divisions viz. Mao maram, paomata and Purul
of Senepati district of Manipur as population census 2001 in these three
sub-divisions were cancelled was carried out in these sub-division also
as per shedule.
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