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Uttar Pradesh (UP)UP is India’s most populous state with apopulation of 199.5 million (about 16% oftotal population) (or ranked 5th as a countryafter Indonesia), and a land area of 240,000square kilometres (about 7.3% of total landarea) - about the size of United Kingdom(UK). Punjab has a population of 27.7million (about 2.3% of total population) andis ranked 15th in India by population and19th by land area. Its land area is 50,000square kilometres (about 1.5% of total landarea). Bihar has a population of 103.8million (8% of total population) and a landarea of 94,000 square kilometres (2.9% oftotal land area). These three states make upMain Cornmint Growing Area- Population and Land Area27% of India's population and 12% of total land area. In all, India is made up of 28 states and anumber of Union Territories.The slide provides a detailed map of UP with all 70 districts - with the mint growing areas indicatedwith a green dot.Main Cornmint Area –Uttar Pradesh (UP)Why UP? UP is basically a flat area with plenty of labour for the labour-intensive mint. Though it islocated at a lower longitude with insufficient rainfall, the area is compensated by plenty of water11