Population distribution in India by states

Rank	State / Union Territory	Type	Population	% [24]	Males	Females	Sex Ratio [25]	Literacy	Rural[26] Population	Urban[26] Population	Area[27] (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Uttar Pradesh	State	199,812,341	16.5	104,480,510	95,331,831	930	67.68	131,658,339	34,539,582	240,928	828
2	Maharashtra	State	112,374,333	9.28	58,243,056	54,131,277	929	82.34	55,777,647	41,100,980	307,713	365
3	Bihar	State	104,099,452	8.6	54,278,157	49,821,295	918	61.80	74,316,709	8,681,800	94,163	1,102
4	West Bengal	State	91,276,115	7.54	46,809,027	44,467,088	950	76.26	57,748,946	22,427,251	88,752	1,030
5	Andhra Pradesh	State	84,580,777	6.99	42,442,146	42,138,631	993	67.02	55,401,067	20,808,940	275,045	308
6	Madhya Pradesh	State	72,626,809	6.00	37,612,306	35,014,503	931	69.32	44,380,878	15,967,145	308,245	236
7	Tamil Nadu	State	72,147,030	5.96	36,137,975	36,009,055	996	80.09	34,921,681	27,483,998	130,058	555
8	Rajasthan	State	68,548,437	5.66	35,550,997	32,997,440	928	66.11	43,292,813	13,214,375	342,239	201
9	Karnataka	State	61,095,297	5.05	30,966,657	30,128,640	973	75.36	34,889,033	17,961,529	191,791	319
10	Gujarat	State	60,439,692	4.99	31,491,260	28,948,432	919	78.03	31,740,767	18,930,250	196,024	308
11	Orissa	State	41,974,218	3.47	21,212,136	20,762,082	979	72.87	31,287,422	5,517,238	155,707	269
12	Kerala	State	33,406,061	2.76	16,027,412	17,378,649	1084	94.00	23,574,449	8,266,925	38,863	859
13	Jharkhand	State	32,988,134	2.72	16,930,315	16,057,819	948	66.41	20,952,088	5,993,741	79,714	414
14	Assam	State	31,205,576	2.58	15,939,443	15,266,133	958	72.19	23,216,288	3,439,240	78,438	397
15	Punjab	State	27,743,338	2.29	14,639,465	13,103,873	895	75.84	16,096,488	8,262,511	50,362	550
16	Chhattisgarh	State	25,545,198	2.11	12,832,895	12,712,303	991	70.28	16,648,056	4,185,747	135,191	189
17	Haryana	State	25,351,462	2.09	13,494,734	11,856,728	879	75.55	15,029,260	6,115,304	44,212	573
18	Delhi	UT	16,787,941	1.39	8,987,326	7,800,615	868	86.21	944,727	12,905,780	1,484	11,297
19	Jammu and Kashmir	State	12,541,302	1.04	6,640,662	5,900,640	889	67.16	7,627,062	2,516,638	222,236	56
20	Uttarakhand	State	10,086,292	0.83	5,137,773	4,948,519	963	78.82	6,310,275	2,179,074	53,483	189
21	Himachal Pradesh	State	6,864,602	0.57	3,481,873	3,382,729	972	82.80	5,482,319	595,581	55,673	123
22	Tripura	State	3,673,917	0.30	1,874,376	1,799,541	960	87.22	2,653,453	545,750	10,486	350
23	Meghalaya	State	2,966,889	0.25	1,491,832	1,475,057	989	74.43	1,864,711	454,111	22,429	132
24	Manipur	State	2,570,390	0.21	1,290,171	1,280,219	992	79.21	1,590,820	575,968	22,327	122
25	Nagaland	State	1,978,502	0.16	1,024,649	953,853	931	79.55	1,647,249	342,787	16,579	119
26	Goa	State	1,458,545	0.12	739,140	719,405	973	88.70	677,091	670,577	3,702	394
27	Arunachal Pradesh	State	1,383,727	0.11	713,912	669,815	938	65.38	870,087	227,881	83,743	17
28	Pondicherry	UT	1,247,953	0.10	612,511	635,442	1037	85.85	325,726	648,619	479	2,598
29	Mizoram	State	1,097,206	0.09	555,339	541,867	976	91.33	447,567	441,006	21,081	52
30	Chandigarh	UT	1,055,450	0.09	580,663	474,787	818	86.05	92,120	808,515	114	9,252
31	Sikkim	State	610,577	0.05	323,070	287,507	890	81.42	480,981	59,870	7,096	86
32	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	UT	380,581	0.03	202,871	177,710	876	86.63	239,954	116,198	8,249	46
33	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	UT	343,709	0.03	193,760	149,949	774	76.24	170,027	50,463	491	698
34	Daman and Diu	UT	243,247	0.02	150,301	92,946	618	87.10	100,856	57,348	112	2,169
35	Lakshadweep	UT	64,473	0.01	33,123	31,350	946	91.85	33,683	26,967	32	2,013
TOTAL	India	28 + 7	1,210,726,932	100	623,724,248	586,469,174	943	73.00	833,087,662	377,105,760	3,287,240	382

Gunmen in Peshawar entered school and started shooting at random
One terrorist blew himself up in a classroom containing 60 children
Teacher set on fire in front of pupils, with the children forced to watch
Army commandos quickly arrived at the scene and exchanged fire
School was stormed by nine gunmen in military fatigues, it was reported
After hours of fighting the terrorists were killed by special forces soldiers  
Taliban accepted responsibility for the attack, claiming it 'was just a trailer'
 David Cameron described the attack on the school as 'deeply shocking'
The massacre is the worst ever in the deeply troubled region


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