Surat Thani is 113× the size of Chandigarh

What fits

• Chandigarh fits inside Surat Thani about 113 times by area.
• Surat Thani is larger by 13,300 km² (5,150 mi²), which is 11,229% of the area of Chandigarh.
• Measured in Belgiums: Surat Thani is about 0.44, Chandigarh about 0.00.

How they differ

• Surat Thani also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 1.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 8,892 in Chandigarh against 79 in Surat Thani: Chandigarh is 112× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,340 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Surat Thani at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Chandigarh at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Surat Thani as 85.8× the size of Chandigarh instead of 113×.
• Together Surat Thani and Chandigarh cover 13,600 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 13,300 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
• At Chandigarh's density, Surat Thani would have 119.6 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Surat Thani's density, Chandigarh would have 9,420 (it has 1.1 million).
• Chandigarh's centre is 21.7° of latitude, about 2,410 km, farther north than Surat Thani's.
• Surat Thani is the 7th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 61st most densely populated of them.
• Chandigarh is the 35th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Chandigarh lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,410 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Surat Thani would have about 12,590 m² and each person in Chandigarh about 110 m².
• Laid side by side, Surat Thani and Chandigarh would cover 13,600 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.
• Chandigarh is drawn from 13 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 13,400 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 119 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 114 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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