Indian states population

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

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.