Indian states by most spoken scheduled languages explained

The following table contains the Indian states and union territories along with the most spoken scheduled languages used in the region.[1] These are based on the 2011 census of India figures except Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, whose statistics are based on the 2001 census of the then unified Andhra Pradesh.[2]

State / Union Territory12345
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsBengaliTamilTeluguHindiMalayalam
TeluguTamilKannadaOdia
NishiAdiApataniTaginHindi
BodoNepali
Hindi (including Bihari languages)Santali
HindiUrduNepaliBengali
HindiOdiaBengaliTeluguMarathi
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuGujaratiHindiMarathiBengali
HindiPunjabiUrduBengaliMaithili
KonkaniMarathiHindiKannadaUrdu
GujaratiHindiMarathiSindhiUrdu
HindiPunjabiUrduBengaliMaithili
Hindi (including Pahari languages)PunjabiNepaliDogri
Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhKashmiriDogriHindiPunjabiUrdu
Hindi (including Bihari languages)SantaliBengaliUrduOdia
KannadaTeluguTamilUrduMarathi
MalayalamTamilTuluKannadaKonkani
MalayalamDhivehiTamilHindiTelugu
HindiMarathiUrduSindhiGujarati
MarathiHindiUrduGujaratiTelugu
NepaliHindiBengaliEnglish
KhasiGaroBengaliNepaliHindi
MizoEnglishHindiMeiteiChakma
Naga languagesEnglishHindiAssameseMeitei
OdiaSantaliUrduTeluguHindi
TamilTeluguMalayalamFrenchEnglish
PunjabiHindiUrduBengaliEnglish
Hindi (including Rajasthani languages)PunjabiGujaratiSindhiUrdu
NepaliHindiBengaliUrduPunjabi
TamilMalayalamTeluguUrduKannada
TeluguUrduGondiKannadaMarathi
BengaliKokborokChakmaEnglishMeitei
Uttar PradeshHindi (including Hindi languages)UrduPunjabiNepaliBengali
UttarakhandHindi (including Pahari languages)UrduPunjabiBengaliNepali
BengaliHindiSantaliUrduNepali

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statement 3 : Distribution of 10,000 persons by Language – India, States and Union Territories – 2011. census.gov.in. 27 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Welcome To Census India : Census Data 2011. www.censusindia.gov.in. 29 January 2017.

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