States of India by Kashmiri speakers

Short description: Kashmiri speakers in India

Kashmiri language is an official language as well as one of the main spoken languages 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

* 1 List
* 2 Notes
* 3 References
* 4 See 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

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— | 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

1. ↑ The figures includes speakers of Siraji, Kishtwari, Dardi and other dialects of Kashmiri or related languages.
2. ↑ This includes the combined stats for the current union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
3. ↑ This includes the combined stats for the current partitioned states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

## References

1. ↑ —"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). 28 June 2018. 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). 11 April 2022. https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/hindi-grows-in-non-hindi-states-without-official-mandate-1936196-2022-04-11.
2. ↑ "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.
3. ↑ "India - Census of India 2011 - LANGUAGE ATLAS - INDIA". https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42561.

## See also

* States of India by Bengali speakers
* States of India by Meitei speakers
* States of India by Malayalam speakers
* List of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers
* States of India by Sindhi speakers
* States of India by Kannada speakers
* States of India by Tamil speakers
* States of India by Telugu speakers
* States of India by Urdu speakers
* States of India by urban population
* States of India by size of economy

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