State of India
Jharkhand
झारखण्डJharkhand is a state of India. It covers about 77,900 km² (30,100 mi²), the 16th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Serbia. About 33.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 77,900 km²30,100 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 79,700 km²Wikidata · 2.2% above our measure |
| Share of India | 2.5%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 16th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 33.0 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 423 people per km² |
| Capital | Ranchi |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 25°N |
| Type | StateIN-JH |
What the numbers say about Jharkhand
- Jharkhand covers 2.5% of the area of India and ranks 14th of 36 by population, against 16th by area.
- It would take 40.4 states and union territories the size of Jharkhand to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 4.40× the size of Jharkhand; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Assam (79,500 km², 1.02×) and Arunachal Pradesh (80,600 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Jharkhand would be larger than 123 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 117th by area, between Czechia (78,800 km²) and Serbia (77,600 km²).
- With 33.0 million people it would rank 46th of 238 by population.
- Jharkhand has 423 people per km², about the density of India, which has 421 per km².
- That makes Jharkhand the 14th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 1.06× the average for India (400 per km²).
- Jharkhand lies at 24°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, Jharkhand stretches about 373 km north to south and 462 km east to west.
- 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.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaChongqing0.95× · 82,400 km²PeopleChongqing1.03× · 32.1 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaSouth Carolina0.97× · 80,200 km²PeopleTexas1.13× · 29.1 million (2020)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.11× · 70,000 km²PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.84× · 17.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaOccitania1.06× · 73,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha0.98× · 79,400 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)0.99× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina82% · 95,100 km²PeopleSão Paulo74% · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.07× · 72,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.14× · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaTamaulipas0.98× · 79,600 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Jharkhand sits in India
All 36 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2011. India’s units share the 2011 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12