Bihar with population of 82
million has slowest (-0.2%) growth per capita income p.a.
Population which
Immigrated to India
A little over a
billion people reside in 29 states and 6 Union Territories (UT) of
India. The variation of economic performances is very large in these
states and UT along with the population. Uttar Pradesh is the highest
populated state. West Bengal is most dense and Arunachal Pradesh is the
least.
Bihar with a population of 82 million has per capita income of Rs 1,010
per month where as Maharashtra has the richest with Rs 4,853 per month
with a population of 96 million. Growth performance has been equally
varied, with the slowest growth in state per capita income in Bihar, at
-0.2 per cent per year compared with the fastest growth in Gujarat, at
7.8 per cent per year.
| Division |
Capital |
Area
(sq.km.) |
Population
2001 census |
| Andaman &
Nicobar Islands (UT) |
Port Blair |
8,249 |
356,152 |
| Andhra Pradesh
|
Hyderabad |
275,069 |
76,210,007 |
| Arunachal
Pradesh |
Itanagar |
83,743 |
1,097,968 |
| Assam |
Dispur |
78,438 |
26,655,528 |
| Bihar |
Patna |
94,163 |
82,998,509 |
| Chandigarh (UT)
|
Chandigarh |
114 |
900,635 |
| Chhattisgarh
|
Raipur |
135,191 |
20,833,803 |
| Dadra &
Nagar Haveli (UT) |
Silvassa |
491 |
220,490 |
| Daman & Diu
(UT) |
Daman |
112 |
158,204 |
| Delhi (UT)
|
Delhi |
1,483 |
13,850,507 |
| Goa |
Panaji |
3,702 |
1,347,668 |
| Gujarat |
Gandhinagar |
196,022 |
50,671,017 |
| Haryana |
Chandigarh |
44,212 |
21,144,564 |
| Himachal
Pradesh |
Simla |
55,673 |
6,077,900 |
| Jammu &
Kashmir |
Srinagar |
101,387 |
10,143,700 |
| Jharkhand
|
Ranchi |
79,714 |
26,945,829 |
| Karnataka
|
Bangalore |
191,791 |
52,850,562 |
| Kerala |
Thiruvananthapuram |
38,863 |
31,841,374 |
| Lakshadweep
(UT) |
Kavaratti |
32 |
60,650 |
| Madhya Pradesh
|
Bhopal |
308,245 |
60,348,023 |
| Maharashtra
|
Mumbai |
307,713 |
96,878,627 |
| Manipur |
Imphal |
22,327 |
2,166,788 |
| Meghalaya
|
Shillong |
22,429 |
2,318,822 |
| Mizoram |
Aizawl |
21,081 |
888,573 |
| Nagaland
|
Kohima |
16,579 |
1,990,036 |
| Orissa |
Bhubaneswar |
155,707 |
36,804,660 |
| Pondicherry
(UT) |
Pondicherry |
480 |
974,345 |
| Punjab |
Chandigarh |
50,362 |
24,358,999 |
| Rajasthan
|
Jaipur |
342,239 |
56,507,188 |
| Sikkim |
Gangtok |
7,096 |
540,851 |
| Tamil Nadu
|
Chennai |
130,058 |
62,405,679 |
| Tripura |
Agartala |
10,486 |
3,199,203 |
| Uttaranchal
|
Dehra Dun |
53,483 |
8,489,349 |
| Uttar Pradesh
|
Lucknow |
240,928 |
166,197,921 |
| West Bengal
|
Calcutta |
88,752 |
80,176,197 |
| total |
|
3,166,414 |
1,028,610,328 |
Source: Census of
India 2001
Note: Chandigarh
is both the capital of Haryana and Punjab, and a separate Union
Territory of itself.
Uttaranchal, Jharkand and Chhatisgarh are recent split offs from
respectively Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
Manipur population numbers exclude Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul
sub-divisions of Senapati district.
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