List of Indian states by area

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India is the 7th largest country in the world by area. India accounts for 2.4 percent of total world surface area. According to Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, area of India is 3,287,469 square km or 1,269,298 square miles. As stated in official source, Area figures of jammu & kashmir includes the area under unlawful occupation of Pakistan and China. The area includes 78,114 sq km under illegal occupation of Pakistan, 5,180 sq. km. illegally handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq km under illegal occupation of China.

Rajasthan (342,239 sq km) is the largest state in India in terms of area. Rajasthan accounts for 10.4 percent of the total country's area. Rajasthan is followed by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra having area more than 3 lakh sq km. Madhya Pradesh is larger than Maharashtra by a narrow margin of 532 sq km. Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat complete the list of top five. Ladakh (166,698 sq km) is the largest union territory in India in terms of area.

42.45% of the country land is inside top 5 largest states whereas top 10 share 67.16%. 11 states and one union territory have area greater than 1 lakh sq km. 10 smallest states/UTs contribute only 1 % and 18 lowest constitute only 10 % of the total area.

Size of the largest state Rajasthan is slightly greater than Congo, the 65th largest country in the world. Population of 2nd ranked Madhya Pradesh and 3rd ranked Maharashtra are slightly less than of Oman. If we compare area of states/uts with countries, top 11 states/uts will comes under top 100 countries in the world.

Goa (3,702 sq km) is the smallest state and Lakshadweep (32 sq km) is the smallest union territory in India on the basis of area. Four union territories have area less than 1,000 sq km.

5 largest districts are : kachchh (gujarat - 45652), Leh (Jammu & kashmir - 45110), Jaisalmer (Rajasthan - 39313), Bikaner (Rajasthan - 28466), Barmar (Rajasthan - 28393).