Indian states by most spoken scheduled languages

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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]

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State / Union Territory12345
Andaman and Nicobar Administration Banner.png Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bengali Tamil Telugu Hindi Malayalam
Flag of Andhra Pradesh.svg Andhra Pradesh Telugu Urdu Tamil Kannada Odia
Flag of Arunachal Pradesh.svg Arunachal Pradesh Nishi Adi Apatani Tagin Hindi
Flag of Assam.svg Assam Assamese Bengali Bodo Hindi Nepali
Bihar Government Banner.png Bihar Hindi (including Bihari languages) Maithili Urdu Bengali Santali
Flag of Chandigarh.svg Chandigarh Hindi Punjabi Urdu Nepali Bengali
Coat of arms of Chhattisgarh.svg Chhattisgarh Hindi Odia Bengali Telugu Marathi
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu emblem.png Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Gujarati Hindi Marathi Konkani Bengali
Flag of Delhi Capital Territory.svg Delhi Hindi Punjabi Urdu Bengali Maithili
Flag of Goa, India.svg Goa Konkani Marathi Hindi Kannada Urdu
Flag of Gujarat.svg Gujarat Gujarati Hindi Marathi Sindhi Urdu
..Haryana Flag(INDIA).png Haryana Hindi Punjabi Urdu Bengali Maithili
Himachal Pradesh Hindi (including Pahari languages) Punjabi Nepali Kashmiri Dogri
Flag of Jammu and Kashmir.svg Jammu and Kashmir and Flag of Ladakh, India.svg Ladakh Kashmiri Dogri Hindi Punjabi Urdu
Government banner of Jharkhand.png Jharkhand Hindi (including Bihari languages) Santali Bengali Urdu Odia
..Karnataka Flag(INDIA).png Karnataka Kannada Telugu Tamil Urdu Marathi
..Kerala Flag(INDIA).png Kerala Malayalam Tamil Tulu Kannada Konkani
Flag of Lakshadweep.png Lakshadweep Malayalam Dhivehi Tamil Hindi Telugu
..Madhya Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png Madhya Pradesh Hindi Marathi Urdu Sindhi Gujarati
..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png Maharashtra Marathi Hindi Urdu Gujarati Telugu
Flag of the Government of Manipur.svg Manipur Meitei Nepali Hindi Bengali English
Meghalaya Khasi Garo Bengali Nepali Hindi
Mizoram Flag(INDIA).png Mizoram Mizo English Hindi Meitei Chakma
Nagaland Naga languages English Hindi Assamese Meitei
..Orissa Flag(INDIA).png Odisha Odia Santali Urdu Telugu Hindi
Banner of Puducherry.png Puducherry Tamil Telugu Malayalam French English
Seal of the Government Of Punjab (Black On White).svg Punjab Punjabi Hindi Urdu Bengali English
..Rajasthan Flag(INDIA).png Rajasthan Hindi (including Rajasthani languages) Punjabi Gujarati Sindhi Urdu
Flag of the Government of Sikkim.svg Sikkim Nepali Hindi Bengali Urdu Punjabi
..Tamil Nadu Flag(INDIA).png Tamil Nadu Tamil Malayalam Telugu Urdu Kannada
Telangana Telugu Urdu Gondi Kannada Marathi
Tiripura Flag(INDIA).png Tripura Bengali Kokborok Chakma English Meitei
Flag of Uttar Pradesh.svg Uttar Pradesh Hindi (including Hindi languages) Urdu Punjabi Nepali Bengali
Flag of Uttarakhand.svg Uttarakhand Hindi (including Pahari languages) Urdu Punjabi Bengali Nepali
Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png West Bengal Bengali Hindi Santali Urdu Nepali
States and union territories of India by the most commonly spoken languages, among which most are scheduled but some are not scheduled languages, like Ao of Nagaland, Khasi of Meghalaya, Ladakhi of Ladakh, Mizo of Mizoram and Nyishi of Arunachal Pradesh. Exceptionally, Mizo attains state level official language status, despite not being a scheduled language. Nepali, despite being the lingua franca of Sikkim as well as a scheduled language, isn't the official language of Sikkim state. Language region maps of India.svg
States and union territories of India by the most commonly spoken languages, among which most are scheduled but some are not scheduled languages, like Ao of Nagaland, Khasi of Meghalaya, Ladakhi of Ladakh, Mizo of Mizoram and Nyishi of Arunachal Pradesh. Exceptionally, Mizo attains state level official language status, despite not being a scheduled language. Nepali, despite being the lingua franca of Sikkim as well as a scheduled language, isn't the official language of Sikkim state.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Some languages may be over- or underrepresented as the census data used is at the state-level. For example, while Urdu has 52 million speakers (2001), in no state is it a majority as the language itself is primarily limited to Indian Muslims yet has more native speakers than Gujarati.

References

  1. ↑ "Statement 3 : Distribution of 10,000 persons by Language – India, States and Union Territories – 2011" (PDF). census.gov.in. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Welcome To Census India : Census Data 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 47th report (July 2008 to June 2010)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 84–89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution | Department of Official Language | Ministry of Home Affairs | GoI". rajbhasha.gov.in. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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