State Census 2011 - Indian State Population

As per the Census 2011, state with the highest population was Uttar Pradesh with population of 19.98 Cr. while the state/union territory with least population was Lakshadweep with total population of 64.5 K.

List of States in India with Population, Literacy and Area - Census 2011

# State Districts Population Area Literacy
1 Uttar Pradesh 71 Districts 19.98 Cr 240,928 Km2 67.68%
2 Maharashtra 35 Districts 11.24 Cr 307,713 Km2 82.34%
3 Bihar 38 Districts 10.41 Cr 94,163 Km2 61.8%
4 West Bengal 19 Districts 9.13 Cr 88,752 Km2 76.26%
5 Andhra Pradesh 23 Districts 8.46 Cr 275,045 Km2 67.02%
6 Madhya Pradesh 50 Districts 7.26 Cr 308,252 Km2 69.32%
7 Tamil Nadu 32 Districts 7.21 Cr 130,060 Km2 80.09%
8 Rajasthan 33 Districts 6.85 Cr 342,239 Km2 66.11%
9 Karnataka 30 Districts 6.11 Cr 191,791 Km2 75.36%
10 Gujarat 26 Districts 6.04 Cr 196,244 Km2 78.03%
11 Odisha 30 Districts 4.2 Cr 155,707 Km2 72.87%
12 Kerala 14 Districts 3.34 Cr 38,852 Km2 94%
13 Jharkhand 24 Districts 3.3 Cr 79,716 Km2 66.41%
14 Assam 27 Districts 3.12 Cr 78,438 Km2 72.19%
15 Punjab 20 Districts 2.77 Cr 50,362 Km2 75.84%
16 Chhattisgarh 18 Districts 2.55 Cr 135,192 Km2 70.28%
17 Hariyana 21 Districts 2.54 Cr 44,212 Km2 75.55%
18 Delhi 9 Districts 1.68 Cr 1,483 Km2 86.21%
19 Jammu and Kashmir 22 Districts 1.25 Cr 222,236 Km2 67.16%
20 Uttarakhand 13 Districts 1.01 Cr 53,483 Km2 78.82%
21 Himachal Pradesh 12 Districts 68.6 Lacs 55,673 Km2 82.8%
22 Tripura 4 Districts 36.7 Lacs 10,486 Km2 87.22%
23 Meghalaya 7 Districts 29.7 Lacs 22,429 Km2 74.43%
24 Manipur 9 Districts 28.6 Lacs 22,327 Km2 76.94%
25 Nagaland 11 Districts 19.8 Lacs 16,579 Km2 79.55%
26 Goa 2 Districts 14.6 Lacs 3,702 Km2 88.7%
27 Arunachal Pradesh 16 Districts 13.8 Lacs 83,743 Km2 65.38%
28 Puducherry 4 Districts 12.5 Lacs 490 Km2 85.85%
29 Mizoram 8 Districts 11 Lacs 21,081 Km2 91.33%
30 Chandigarh 1 District 10.6 Lacs 114 Km2 86.05%
31 Sikkim 4 Districts 6.1 Lacs 7,096 Km2 81.42%
32 Andaman and Nicobar 3 Districts 3.8 Lacs 8,249 Km2 86.63%
33 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1 District 3.4 Lacs 491 Km2 76.24%
34 Daman and Diu 2 Districts 2.4 Lacs 111 Km2 87.1%
35 Lakshadweep 1 District 64.5 K 30 Km2 91.85%