List of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers explained
This is a list of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers as of the 2011 census.[1]
List
| Rank | State or Union territory | Speakers in 2011
(% of population)
(2011)[2] | Speakers in 2001
(% of population)
(2001)[3] | % of population
(1991)[4] | % of population
(1981)[5] [6] [7] [8] | % of population
(1971)[9] [10] | % of population
(1961)[11] [12] [13] |
|---|
| — |  India | 33,124,726
(2.74%) | 29,102,477
(2.83%) | 2.79% | 2.95% | 2.57% | 2.49% |
| 1 | | 24,917,885
(89.82%) | 22,334,369
(91.69%) | 92.2% | 84.88% | 79.49% | 65.6% |
| 2 | | 2,400,883
(9.47%) | 2,234,626
(10.57%) | 7.10% | 5.70% | 8.34% | – |
| 3 | | 2,274,342
(3.32%) | 1,141,200
(2.01%) | | | | |
| 4 | Delhi | 873,774
(5.20%) | 988,980
(7.14%) | 7.90% | 13.00% | 13.04% | 13.30% |
| 5 | | 615,022
(8.96%) | 364,175
(5.99%) | 6.28% | 5.70% | 4.75% | |
| 6 | | 508,736
(0.25%) | 523,094
(0.31%) | 0.50%[14] | 0.4% | 0.57% | |
| 7 | | 280,192
(0.25%) | 269,309 | | | | |
| 8 | | 263,310
(2.61%) | 247,084
(2.91%) | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Chandigarh | 232,516
(22.03%) | 251,224
(27.89%) | 34.70% | 40.20% | 40.67% | – |
| 10 | | 219,193
(75%) | 190,675
(74%) | | 72% | | 70% |
| 11 | | 139,658
(0.19%) | 148,999 | | | | |
| 12 | | 78,712
(0.24%) | 86,596 | | | | |
| 13 | | 65,425
(0.26%) | 67,293 | | | | |
| 14 | | 63,288
(0.10%) | 55,810 | | | | |
| 15 | | 61,080
(0.07%) | 67,952
(0.08%) | 0.24% | 0.21% | |
| 16 | | 25,981
(0.04%) | 15,572 | | | | |
| 17 | Andhra Pradesh[15] | 24,413
(0.03%) | 23,838 | | | | |
| 18 | | 23,313
(0.07%) | 30,763 | | | | |
| 19 | | 19,470
(0.05%) | 21,574 | | | | |
| 20 | | 10,467
(0.01%) | 13,600 | | | | |
| 21 | | 6,565
(0.01%) | 5,696 | | | | |
| 22 | | 4,540
(0.15%) | 4,753 | | | | |
| 23 | | 3,674
(0.27%) | 2,980 | | | | |
| 24 | | 1,959
(0.13%) | 1,815 | | | | |
| 25 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1,565
(0.41%) | 1,825 | | | | |
| 26 | | 1380 | 1,668 | | | | |
| 27 | | 1,370
(0.05%) | 1,438 | | | | |
| 28 | | 1,364
(0.32%) | | | | |
| 29 | | 1,362
(0.11%) | | | | |
| 30 | | 997
(0.03%) | 1,637 | | | | |
| 31 | | 349
(0.03%) | 479 | | | | |
| 32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 414
(0.12%) | 283 | | | | |
| 33 | Daman and Diu | 222
(0.09%) | 304 | | | | |
| 34 | Puducherry | 122
(0.01%) | 131 | | | | |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | 4 | 9 | | | | | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Language: India, States and Union Territories. Office of the Registrar General, India. 2011 Census of India. 30 March 2022.
- Web site: Language: India, States and Union Territories. Office of the Registrar General, India. 2011 Census of India. 28 March 2022.
- Web site: Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013) . Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India . 49 . 14 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160708012438/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf . 8 July 2016 . dead .
- Book: The Handbook of Bilingualism. 9780470704387. Bhatia. Tej K.. Ritchie. William C.. 2008-06-09.
- Book: Multilingualism in India. 9781853590726. Pattanayak. Debi Prasanna. 1990.
- Book: Libraries in India's National Developmental Perspective. 9788170228424. Taher. Mohamed. 2001.
- Book: Nehru: Man Among Men. 9788170991960. Mehrotra. Raja R.. January 1990.
- Web site: Languages of Erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir (A Preliminary Study). Mohsin Shakil.
- Web site: Google Play.
- Book: International Handbook of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. 9780313244841. Paulston. Christina Bratt. 1988.
- Book: Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan. 9780230601949. Adeney. K.. 2016-01-12.
- Book: Sons of the Soil. 9781400871711. Weiner. Myron. 2015-03-08.
- Web site: Census of India, 1961: Jammu and Kashmir. 1962.
- Figures before 2001 include Uttarakhand
- This is the data for the former state of Andhra Pradesh. This state bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014.
