Uttar Pradesh

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What is Uttar Pradesh?

State in northern India

Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state not just in India but worldwide – if it were a country, it would be the sixth-largest in the world – and accounting for 17% of the population of India and around 3% of the total world population. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and Nepal to the north, Bihar to the east, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to the south. It is the fourth-largest Indian state by area covering 243,286 km2 (93,933 sq mi), accounting for 7.3 per cent of the total area of India. Lucknow serves as the state capital, with Prayagraj being the judicial capital. It is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts.