Demographia

India Regions
Ranked by Urban Population Share: 1991

Rank Region Population Area (Sq. Mi.) Density Urban Pop. Type of Region
1 Delhi 9,420,644 573 16,453 89.9% Union Territory
2 Chandigarh 642,015 44 14,586 89.7% Union Territory
3 Pondicherry 807,785 190 4,252 64.0% Union Territory
4 Lakshadweep 51,707 12 4,185 56.3% Union Territory
5 Daman and Diu 101,586 43 2,349 46.8% Union Territory
6 Mizoram 689,756 8,139 85 46.1% State
7 Goa 1,169,793 1,429 818 41.0% State
8 Maharashtra 78,937,187 118,809 664 38.7% State
9 Gujarat 41,309,582 75,685 546 34.5% State
10 Tamil Nadu 55,858,946 50,216 1,112 34.2% State
11 Karnataka 44,977,201 74,051 607 30.9% State
12 Punjab 20,281,969 19,445 1,043 29.5% State
13 Manipur 1,837,149 8,621 213 27.5% State
14 West Bengal 68,077,965 34,267 1,987 27.5% State
15 Andhra Pradesh 66,508,008 106,195 626 26.9% State
16 Andaman & Nicobar Is. 280,661 3,185 88 26.7% Union Territory
17 Kerala 29,098,518 15,005 1,939 26.4% State
18 Haryana 16,463,648 17,070 964 24.6% State
19 Jammu & Kashmir 7,718,700 85,806 90 23.8% State
20 Madhya Pradesh 66,181,170 171,215 387 23.2% State
21 Rajasthan 44,005,990 132,139 333 22.9% State
22 Uttar Pradesh 139,112,287 113,673 1,224 19.8% State
23 Meghalaya 1,774,778 8,660 205 18.6% State
24 Nagaland 1,209,546 6,401 189 17.2% State
25 Tripura 2,757,205 4,049 681 15.3% State
26 Orissa 31,659,736 60,119 527 13.4% State
27 Bihar 86,374,465 67,134 1,287 13.1% State
28 Arunachal Pradesh 864,558 32,333 27 12.8% State
29 Assam 22,414,322 30,285 740 11.1% State
30 Sikkim 406,457 2,740 148 9.1% State
31 Himachal Pradesh 5,170,877 21,495 241 8.7% State
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 138,477 190 730 8.5% Union Territory

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