States, Population, Area and Languages of India.

The country of India, which is officially known as the Republic of India, has got 28 states.

Apart from that, the India is comprised of 7 Union Territories as well.

Population of the states along with area and languages of the nations/states is as follows:

1. Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow

199, 581, 477

243, 286 sq. km

Hindi and Urdu

2. Maharashtra - Mumbai

112, 372, 972

307, 713 sq. km

Marathi

3. Bihar - Patna

103, 804, 637

99, 200 sq. km

Hindi, Bhojpuri, Magadhi and Maithili

4. West Bengal - Kolkata

91, 347, 736

88, 752 sq. km

Bengali, Nepali, Santali and Urdu

5. Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

84, 665, 533

2,75,069 sq. km

Telugu and Urdu

6. Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal

72, 597, 565

308, 252 sq. km

Hindi

7. Tamil Nadu - Chennai

72, 138, 958

130, 058 sq. km

Tamil

8. Rajasthan - Jaipur

68, 621, 012

342, 269 sq. km

Rajasthani

9. Karnataka - Bengaluru

61, 130, 704

191, 791 sq. km

Kannada

10. Gujarat - Gandhinagar

60, 383, 628

196, 024 sq. km

Gujarati

11. Orissa - Bhubaneshwar

41, 947, 358

155, 820 sq. km

Oriya

12. Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

33, 387, 677

38, 863 sq. km

Malayalam

13. Jharkhand - Ranchi

32, 966, 238

74, 677 sq. km

Hindi

14. Assam - Dispur

31, 169, 272

78, 550 sq. km

Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Deori and Rabha dialect

15. Punjab - Chandigarh

27, 704, 236

50, 362 sq. km

Punjabi

16. Chhattisgarh - Raipur

25, 540, 196

135, 194 sq. km

Chattisgarhi and Hindi 

17. Haryana - Chandigarh

25, 353, 081

44, 212 sq. km

Punjabi and Haryanvi or Western Hindi

18. Jammu and Kashmir - Srinagar in summer & Jammu in winter

12, 548, 926

222, 236 sq. km

Kashmiri and Punjabi (Dogri dialect)

19. Uttarakhand - Dehradun

10, 116, 752

53, 566 sq. km

Western Hindi

20. Himachal Pradesh - Shimla

6, 856, 509

55, 673 sq. km

Punjabi (Pahari dialect)

21. Tripura - Agartala

3, 671, 032

10, 491.69 sq. km

Bengali

22. Meghalaya - Shillong

2, 964, 007

22, 720 sq. km

Khasi and Pnar 

23. Manipur - Imphal

2, 721, 756

22, 347 sq. km

Manipuri

24. Nagaland - Kohima

1, 980, 602

16, 579 sq. km

Angami, Ao, Chang, Chakhesang, Sema and Konyak

25. Goa - Panaji

1, 457, 723

3, 702 sq. km

Konkani and Marathi

26. Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar

1, 097, 968

83, 743 sq. km

Adi, Aka, Apatani, Digaru – Mismi, Hill Miri, Idu – Mishmi, Khamti, Miji, Miju – Mishmi, Monpa, Nocte, Nyishi, Sherdukpen, Tagin, Tangsa and Wancho

27. Mizoram - Aizawl

1, 091, 014

21, 081 sq. km

Mizo

28. Sikkim - Gangtok

607, 688

7, 096 sq. km

Nepali