State of India
Telangana
तेलंगानाTelangana is a state of India. It covers about 115,000 km² (44,300 mi²), the 11th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Benin. About 35.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 115,000 km²44,300 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 112,000 km²Wikidata · 2.4% below our measure |
| Share of India | 3.6%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 11th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 35.2 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 307 people per km² |
| Capital | Hyderabad |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 20°N |
| Type | State |
What the numbers say about Telangana
- Telangana covers 3.6% of the area of India and ranks 12th of 36 by population, against 11th by area.
- It would take 27.4 states and union territories the size of Telangana to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 2.99× the size of Telangana; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Tamil Nadu (131,000 km², 1.14×) and Chhattisgarh (135,000 km², 1.17×).
- Counted as a country, Telangana would be larger than 137 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 103rd by area, between Benin (116,000 km²) and Bulgaria (113,000 km²).
- With 35.2 million people it would rank 42nd of 238 by population.
- Telangana has 307 people per km², about the density of El Salvador, which has 294 per km².
- That makes Telangana the 21st most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 77% of the average for India (400 per km²).
- Telangana lies at 18°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Telangana stretches about 451 km north to south and 481 km east to west.
- Our measured 115,000 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 112,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Until 2014, Andhra Pradesh covered what is now Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Added together, today’s outlines measure 275,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso: as one unit they would be the 4th largest of 35, with 84.8 million people (2011 figures added up) the 5th most populous.
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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.
- ChinaAreaFujian0.95× · 121,000 km²PeopleShanxi1.01× · 34.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaOhio0.99× · 116,000 km²PeopleCalifornia89% · 39.5 million (2020)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.64× · 70,000 km²PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.97× · 17.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.35× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.21× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.46× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaPernambuco1.18× · 97,600 km²PeopleSão Paulo79% · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.58× · 72,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.69× · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaDurango0.95× · 121,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Telangana sits in India
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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