| S. No. | Name of India State / UT | Population (Census 2011) |
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 199,812,341 |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 112,374,333 |
| 3 | Bihar | 104,099,452 |
| 4 | West Bengal | 91,276,115 |
| 5 | Andhra Pradesh | 84,580,777 |
| 6 | Madhya Pradesh | 72,626,809 |
| 7 | Tamil Nadu | 72,147,030 |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 68,548,437 |
| 9 | Karnataka | 61,095,297 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 60,439,692 |
| 11 | Odhisha | 41,974,218 |
| 12 | Kerela | 33,406,061 |
| 13 | Jharkhand | 32,988,134 |
| 14 | Assam | 31,205,576 |
| 15 | Punjab | 27,743,338 |
| 16 | Chhattisgarh | 25,545,198 |
| 17 | Haryana | 25,351,462 |
| 18 | Delhi | 16,787,941 |
| 19 | Jammu and Kashmir | 12,541,302 |
| 20 | Uttarakhand | 10,086,292 |
| 21 | Himachal Pradesh | 6,864,602 |
| 22 | Tripura | 3,673,917 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 2,966,889 |
| 24 | Manipur | 2,570,390 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 1,978,502 |
| 26 | Goa | 1,458,545 |
| 27 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,383,727 |
| 28 | Puducherry | 1,247,953 |
| 29 | Mizoram | 1,097,206 |
| 30 | Chandigarh | 1,055,450 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 610,577 |
| 32 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 380,581 |
| 33 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 343,709 |
| 34 | Daman and Diu | 243,247 |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | 64,473 |
