West Virginia is 1.19× the size of Uttarakhand

West Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²) and Uttarakhand (state of India) about 52,600 km² (20,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

62,700km²West Virginia
52,600km²Uttarakhand

100 km

West Virginia
Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with Nepal. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.

What fits

Uttarakhand is 84% of the size of West Virginia.
West Virginia is larger by 10,100 km² (3,900 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Uttarakhand.
Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Uttarakhand about 1.72.

How they differ

West Virginia is larger, but Uttarakhand has the larger population: 10.1 million against 1.8 million, 5.62× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 192 in Uttarakhand against 29 in West Virginia: Uttarakhand is 6.70× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Uttarakhand at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows West Virginia as 1.46× the size of Uttarakhand instead of 1.19×.
Together West Virginia and Uttarakhand cover 115,000 km², close to the size of Benin (116,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 10,100 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Uttarakhand's density, West Virginia would have 12.0 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Uttarakhand would have 1.5 million (it has 10.1 million).
West Virginia's centre is 8.5° of latitude, about 940 km, farther north than Uttarakhand's.
West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Uttarakhand is the 19th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
West Virginia lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 943 km) north of Uttarakhand.
Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Uttarakhand about 5,220 m².
Laid side by side, West Virginia and Uttarakhand would cover 115,000 km², about the same size as Benin.
Together they have 11.9 million people, about as many people as Belgium.

Side by side

	West Virginia	Uttarakhand
Is a	StateUnited States	StateIndia
Area, measured	62,700 km²24,200 mi²	52,600 km²20,300 mi²
Official area	62,800 km²Wikidata	53,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	41st of 51in the United States	19th of 36in India
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020	10.1 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	39th of 51in the United States	21st of 36in India
Density	29 per km²	192 per km²
Capital	Charleston	Gairsain; Dehradun
Latitude range	37°N to 41°N	29°N to 31°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 53,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,600 km², to within 2%.

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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

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