Kashmiri language is the official language as well as the predominantly spoken language of Jammu and Kashmir, besides being one of the scheduled languages of India.
Just after Hindi, Kashmiri is the second fastest growing language of India, followed by Meitei (Manipuri) as well as Gujarati in the third place, and Bengali in the fourth place, according to the 2011 census of India.[1]
Contents
1List
2Notes
3References
4See also
List
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Kashmiri according to the 2011 census.[2][3][lower-alpha 1]
Rank
State
Kashmiri speakers
—
India
6,797,587
1
Jammu and Kashmir (state)[lower-alpha 2]
6,680,837
2
Himachal Pradesh
57,050
3
Delhi
18,122
4
Maharashtra
8,274
5
Haryana
6,225
6
Uttar Pradesh
6,123
7
Rajasthan
4,164
8
Karnataka
3,388
9
Punjab
2,913
10
Uttarakhand
1,770
11
Chandigarh
1,330
12
Gujarat
1,111
13
Madhya Pradesh
1,050
14
Bihar
986
15
Kerala
651
16
West Bengal
624
17
Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)[lower-alpha 3]
576
18
Tamil Nadu
453
19
Goa
372
20
Assam
357
21
Jharkhand
296
22
Chhattisgarh
171
23
Odisha
140
24
Arunachal Pradesh
108
25
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
34
26
Sikkim
30
27
Puducherry
30
28
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
14
Notes
↑The figures includes speakers of Siraji, Kishtwari, Dardi and other dialects of Kashmiri or related languages.
↑This includes the combined stats for the current union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
↑This includes the combined stats for the current partitioned states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
References
↑—"What census data reveals about use of Indian languages" (in en). https://www.deccanherald.com/india/what-census-data-reveals-about-use-of-indian-languages-738340.html. —"Hindi Added 100Mn Speakers In A Decade; Kashmiri 2nd Fast Growing Language" (in en). 2018-06-28. https://www.indiaspend.com/hindi-added-100mn-speakers-in-a-decade-kashmiri-2nd-fast-growing-language-93096/. —"Hindi fastest growing language in India, finds 100 million new speakers". https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/hindi-fastest-growing-language-in-india-finds-100-million-new-speakers-118070200029_1.html. —"Hindi grew rapidly in non-Hindi states even without official mandate" (in en). https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/hindi-grows-in-non-hindi-states-without-official-mandate-1936196-2022-04-11.
↑"Language: India, States and Union Territories". 2011 Census of India. Office of the Registrar General, India. https://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/C-16_25062018_NEW.pdf. Retrieved 28 March 2022.