States or Territories

Uttar Pradesh

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Uttar Pradesh." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/uttar-pradesh.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/uttar-pradesh

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-uttar-pradesh,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Uttar Pradesh},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/uttar-pradesh},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India, whose name literally means Northern Province. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is India's most populated state. Its capital is Lucknow, and infobox figures recorded its population at 241,066,874 in 2021 across an area of 243,286 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Lucknow 1

Population

241,066,874 1

2021 figure from Uttar Pradesh's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2021 1

Area (sq km)

243,286 1

Latitude

26.85 degrees north 1

Longitude

80.91 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

India

Uttar Pradesh is a state of India.

Source Uttar Pradesh (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh.

Source Lucknow (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Asia

Uttar Pradesh's own infobox names India as its country (checked live this session); India is on-continent Asia (its own live edge, content.EntityRelationship, checked this session), so Uttar Pradesh is on-continent Asia.

Source Uttar Pradesh (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Uttar Pradesh (Wikipedia)

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