Jharkhand is 1.10× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Jharkhand (state of India) covers about 77,900 km² (30,100 mi²) and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

77,900km²Jharkhand
70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Jharkhand
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What fits

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 91% of the size of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand is larger by 7,030 km² (2,710 mi²), which is 9.9% of the area of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Measured in Belgiums: Jharkhand is about 2.54, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 2.31.

How they differ

Jharkhand also has the larger population: 33.0 million against 8.2 million, 4.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 423 in Jharkhand against 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Jharkhand is 3.68× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,480 km apart.
On a standard web map Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes looks larger than Jharkhand: Jharkhand at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as 1.56× the size of Jharkhand, when Jharkhand is 1.10× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Together Jharkhand and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes cover 149,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,030 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Jharkhand would have 9.0 million people (it has 33.0 million). At Jharkhand's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 30.0 million (it has 8.2 million).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 21.9° of latitude, about 2,430 km, farther north than Jharkhand's.
Jharkhand is the 16th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the 4th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 11% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,430 km) north of Jharkhand.
Shared out evenly, each person in Jharkhand would have about 2,360 m² and each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 8,690 m².
Laid side by side, Jharkhand and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would cover 149,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 41.2 million people, about as many people as Ukraine.

Side by side

	Jharkhand	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Is a	StateIndia	RegionFrance
Area, measured	77,900 km²30,100 mi²	70,900 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	79,700 km²Wikidata	69,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	16th of 36in India	4th of 18in France
Population	33.0 millionWikidata, 2011	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	14th of 36in India	2nd of 18in France
Density	423 per km²	115 per km²
Capital	Ranchi	Lyon
Latitude range	22°N to 25°N	44°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 77,900 km² is 2.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 79,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 69,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,900 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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