Surin is 16.3× the size of Puducherry
Surin (province of Thailand) covers about 8,560 km² (3,310 mi²) and Puducherry (union territory of India) about 526 km² (203 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 8,560km²Surin
- 526km²Puducherry
200 km
- Surin
- Puducherry
What fits
- Puducherry fits inside Surin about 16.3 times by area.
- Surin is larger by 8,040 km² (3,100 mi²), which is 1,527% of the area of Puducherry.
- Measured in Belgiums: Surin is about 0.28, Puducherry about 0.02.
How they differ
- Surin is larger, but Puducherry has the larger population: 1.4 million against 1.4 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 2,650 in Puducherry against 161 in Surin: Puducherry is 16.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,700 km apart.
- Together Surin and Puducherry cover 9,090 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 10% bigger).
- The gap between them, 8,040 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Puducherry's density, Surin would have 22.7 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Surin's density, Puducherry would have 85,000 (it has 1.4 million).
- Surin's centre is 2.9° of latitude, about 330 km, farther north than Puducherry's.
- Surin is the 23rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Puducherry is the 34th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Surin lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 325 km) north of Puducherry.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Surin would have about 6,210 m² and each person in Puducherry about 380 m².
- Laid side by side, Surin and Puducherry would cover 9,090 km², 91% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 2.8 million people, about as many people as Albania.
- Puducherry is drawn from 37 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
| Surin | Puducherry | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | Union TerritoryIndia |
| Area, measured | 8,560 km²3,310 mi² | 526 km²203 mi² |
| Official area | 8,120 km²Wikidata | 492 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 23rd of 77in Thailand | 34th of 36in India |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 77in Thailand | 28th of 36in India |
| Density | 161 per km² | 2,650 per km² |
| Capital | Surin | Pondicherry |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 15°N | 11°N to 17°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 8,560 km² is 5.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 8,120 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Our measured 526 km² is 7.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 492 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- 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
