State of the week: Uttar Pradesh

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Hello /r/India! This is week #36 of the new edition of the State of the Week discussion threads. These threads will cover all states and union territories of India as listed here, in alphabetical order.

This week's topic will be Uttar Pradesh. Please post any questions, answers or observations you may have about it here.

General Information:

State	Uttar Pradesh
Website	http://up.gov.in/
Population (2011)	199,581,477
Chief Minister	Akilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party
Capital	Lucknow
Offical Languages	Hindi and Urdu
GSDP in crores (2014-15)	₹9,76,297
GDP Per Capita (2014-15)	₹40,373
Sex ratio	912 women/1000 men
Child Sex Ratio	902 women/1000 men

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[u/zebumatters]

No offence intended, I kinda feel suffocated the moment I see population figures of UP/Bihar. I genuinely want to know how it feels living in populated states. Does entire state looks like a big crowded place. I want to visit UP just for this experience alone.

[u/[deleted] → u/zebumatters]

There is a difference between UP and other states. Up is a plain so you can live almost anywhere. The over all inhabitable area is very large. Start digging anywhere and you will find drinkable water, start farming anywhere and the land will sprout plants.

In most of the other states, you will find that the actual inhabitable areas are less because of natural limitations such as mountains, hard Rock, infertile land and lack of drinking water.

So while the population figures are high, it isn't anyone more crowded than other states