Question

Which is the least and highly populated state in India?

Answer 1

According to the State Census 2011

Uttar Pradesh is the highly populated state in India. The population of this state is around 19.96 crores.

Sikkim is the least populated state in India. The population of this state is 6,07,688.

About Uttar Pradesh

• Uttar Pradesh is the largest populated states in our country.
• The Uttar Pradesh is divided into 18 divisions comprising of 75 districts with the capital being Lucknow.
• The area covered by the state is 240,928 km² (93,023 sq mi), which is equal to 7.34% of the total area of our country India.
• It is the fourth-largest Indian state by area. The Uttar Pradesh shares its borders with Bihar towards the east, Madhya Pradesh to the south, and touches the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to the southeast Rajasthan to the west, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and an international border with Nepal to the north.
• Uttar Pradesh comprises of the highest number of metropolitan cities than any other state in India.

About Sikkim

• Sikkim is the least populated and second smallest state in our country.
• The largest city in Sikkim is Gangtok and is the capital city of the state.
• Sikkim shares its borders with China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south.
• The Khangchendzonga National Park covers almost 35% of the state.
• Sikkim’s economy is basically dependent on agriculture and tourism, and as per the data of 2014, the state has the third-smallest GDP among Indian states.