States of India by Tamil speakers

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This is a list of states and territories of India by number of people for whom Tamil is their mother tongue (first language).

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State/territory 1981 census [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] 1991 census [lower-alpha 3] 2001 census 2011 census
Tamil
pop.
[3] 		% of
state
[3] [4] 		% of
Tamil
Tamil
pop.
[5] 		% of
state
[5] [6] 		% of
Tamil
Tamil
pop.
[7] 		% of
state
[7] [8] 		% of
Tamil
Tamil
pop.
[9] 		% of
state
[9] [10] 		% of
Tamil
Tamil Nadu 41,045,59185.35%91.76%48,434,74486.71%91.38%55,798,91689.41%91.78%63,753,99788.37%92.36%
Karnataka 1,385,3133.76%3.10%1,728,3613.84%3.26%1,874,9593.55%3.08%2,110,1283.45%3.06%
Puducherry 534,56089.18%1.20%720,47389.19%1.36%861,50288.42%1.42%1,100,97688.22%1.59%
Andhra Pradesh 654,4631.23%1.46%753,4841.13%1.42%769,6851.01%1.27%713,8480.84%1.03%
Maharashtra 300,3480.48%0.67%427,4470.54%0.81%527,9950.55%0.87%509,8870.45%0.74%
Kerala 603,1882.39%1.35%616,0102.12%1.16%596,9711.87%0.98%502,5161.50%0.73%
Delhi 54,7760.89%0.12%84,8730.90%0.16%92,4260.67%0.15%82,7190.49%0.12%
Andaman & Nicobar 26,48514.81%0.06%53,53619.07%0.10%62,96117.68%0.10%57,83015.20%0.08%
Gujarat 21,8520.06%0.05%34,4980.08%0.07%37,0920.07%0.06%40,0720.07%0.06%
Madhya Pradesh 32,1520.06%0.07%38,5620.06%0.07%24,8480.04%0.04%20,5440.03%0.03%
West Bengal 19,4470.04%0.04%25,7970.04%0.05%20,2380.03%0.03%15,9300.02%0.02%
Jammu & Kashmir 8660.01%0.00%n/an/an/a9,4940.09%0.02%14,7280.12%0.02%
Uttar Pradesh 3,4550.00%0.01%15,5690.01%0.03%13,6650.01%0.02%14,4440.01%0.02%
Haryana 4,0820.03%0.01%5,2020.03%0.01%10,2070.05%0.02%12,6580.05%0.02%
Punjab 3,2800.02%0.01%6,2710.03%0.01%12,3390.05%0.02%10,3890.04%0.02%
Chhattisgarh ------13,2410.06%0.02%10,3340.04%0.01%
Jharkhand ------12,9130.05%0.02%10,0610.03%0.01%
Rajasthan 5,1170.01%0.01%12,4610.03%0.02%11,8520.02%0.02%8,9390.01%0.01%
Goa 3,8840.37%0.01%6,8180.58%0.01%7,9030.59%0.01%6,9470.48%0.01%
Odisha 8,9060.03%0.02%11,5020.04%0.02%8,7090.02%0.01%6,1550.01%0.01%
Chandigarh 3,4260.78%0.01%5,3180.83%0.01%5,7160.63%0.01%5,5790.53%0.01%
Assam n/an/an/a1,7700.01%0.00%5,6720.02%0.01%5,2290.02%0.01%
Uttarakhand ------2,2150.03%0.00%2,5840.03%0.00%
Manipur 1,8320.13%0.00%2,6000.14%0.00%2,2790.11%0.00%1,6570.06%0.00%
Arunachal Pradesh 5480.09%0.00%8870.10%0.00%1,5950.15%0.00%1,2460.09%0.00%
Nagaland 2580.03%0.00%1,1660.10%0.00%1,4410.07%0.00%1,1270.06%0.00%
Himachal Pradesh 4580.01%0.00%5690.01%0.00%1,0660.02%0.00%1,0380.02%0.00%
Bihar 15,3510.02%0.03%16,3040.02%0.03%1,4530.00%0.00%9860.00%0.00%
Tripura 1310.01%0.00%4230.02%0.00%1,3120.04%0.00%9290.03%0.00%
Meghalaya 2900.02%0.00%6420.04%0.00%8340.04%0.00%9130.03%0.00%
Sikkim 1330.04%0.00%1690.04%0.00%4840.09%0.00%7620.12%0.00%
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 540.05%0.00%1990.14%0.00%6660.30%0.00%7390.22%0.00%
Lakshadweep 350.09%0.00%2820.55%0.00%3860.64%0.00%3640.56%0.00%
Daman & Diu ---1000.10%0.00%3480.22%0.00%3200.13%0.00%
Mizoram 1080.02%0.00%3310.05%0.00%4310.05%0.00%3060.03%0.00%
India 44,730,3896.76%100.00%53,006,3686.32%100.00%60,793,8145.91%100.00%69,026,8815.70%100.00%

Notes

  1. ↑ Excludes Assam where no census was carried out due to separatist insurgency. [1]
  2. ↑ Household population only i.e. excludes people in institutions.
  3. ↑ Excludes Jammu and Kashmir where no census was carried out due to separatist insurgency. [2]

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