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List of states and union territories of India by population
India
is a union of
29 states and 7 union territories
. As of 2011, with an estimated population of 1
billion
, India is the
world's second most populous country
after the
People's Republic of China
. India occupies 2.4 percent of the
world's land surface area
and is home to 17.5 percent of the
world's population
. After the Gangetic plains, the
eastern
and
western
coastal regions of the
Deccan plateau
are the most densely populated regions of India. The
Thar desert
in western Rajasthan is one of the most densely populated deserts in the world. The northern and
north-eastern states
along the
Himalayas
contain
cold arid deserts
with fertile valleys. These states have less population density due to indomitable physical barriers.
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