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Goa is the smallest state of India with 3,702 square kilometre, having coastline of 131 km long, followed by sikkim with an area of 7,096 sq km. Tripura is the third smallest state with 10,486 sq km. According to aadhar 2019 data Goa population is 1,542,750. Goa is located on the western part of India bordered by Maharastra to the north and Karnataka to the south and east.
The other smallest states are Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya with the areas below 16,000 sqkm to 23,000 sq km. The smallest indian state of Goa speak Konkani, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada languages.The smallest indian state has two districts North Goa and South Goa. Demographics wise 56% of population represents North Goa and 44% are living in South Goa.
Sikkim state is the smallest state in India by population with the estimated population of Seven hundred thousand people in 2021, followed by second smallest is the Mizoram state with 1.2 million, Arunachal Pradesh is the the third smallest with 1.52 million. Goa with 1.59 million is the fourth smallest, Nagaland with 2.3 million with fifth smallest state of India by population.
State | Population 2011 | Population 2021* |
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Sikkim | 610,577 | 700,251 |
Mizoram | 1,097,206 | 1,263,244 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 1,383,727 | 1,520,458 |
Goa | 1,458,545 | 1,591,250 |
Nagaland | 1,978,502 | 2,319,695 |
Manipur | 2,570,390 | 3,101,545 |
Goa state is the smallest state in India by area, followed by second smallest is the Sikkim state, Tripura is the the third smallest, Nagaland with is the fourth smallest, Mizoram is fifth smallest state of India by area wise. Sikkim is the smallest north east state in India by area.
State | Area |
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Goa | 3,702 sq km |
Sikkim | 7,096 sq km |
Tripura | 10,486 sq km |
Nagaland | 16,579 sq km |
Mizoram | 21,081 sq km |
Manipur | 22,327 sq km |
Meghalaya | 22,429 sq km |