Indian states by most spoken scheduled languages

Most popular languages in Indian states and union territories

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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Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Bengali | Tamil | Telugu | Hindi | Malayalam
Andhra Pradesh | Telugu | Urdu | Tamil | Kannada | Odia
Arunachal Pradesh | Nishi | Adi | Apatani | Tagin | Hindi
Assam | Assamese | Bengali | Bodo | Hindi | Nepali
Bihar | Hindi (including Bihari languages)  | Maithili | Urdu | Bengali | Santali
Chandigarh | Hindi | Punjabi | Urdu | Nepali | Bengali
Chhattisgarh | Hindi | Odia | Bengali | Telugu | Marathi
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Gujarati | Hindi | Marathi | Konkani | Bengali
Delhi | Hindi | Punjabi | Urdu | Bengali | Maithili
Goa | Konkani | Marathi | Hindi | Kannada | Urdu
Gujarat | Gujarati | Hindi | Marathi | Sindhi | Urdu
Haryana | Hindi | Punjabi | Urdu | Bengali | Maithili
Himachal Pradesh | Hindi (including Pahari languages)  | Punjabi | Nepali | Kashmiri | Dogri
Jammu and Kashmir and  Ladakh | Kashmiri | Dogri | Hindi | Punjabi | Urdu
Jharkhand | Hindi (including Bihari languages)  | Santali | Bengali | Urdu | Odia
Karnataka | Kannada | Telugu | Tamil | Urdu | Marathi
Kerala | Malayalam | Tamil | Tulu | Kannada | Konkani
Lakshadweep | Malayalam | Dhivehi | Tamil | Hindi | Telugu
Madhya Pradesh | Hindi | Marathi | Urdu | Sindhi | Gujarati
Maharashtra | Marathi | Hindi | Urdu | Gujarati | Telugu
Manipur | Meitei | Nepali | Hindi | Bengali | English
Meghalaya | Khasi | Garo | Bengali | Nepali | Hindi
Mizoram | Mizo | English | Hindi | Meitei | Chakma
Nagaland | Naga languages | English | Hindi | Assamese | Meitei
Odisha | Odia | Santali | Urdu | Telugu | Hindi
Puducherry | Tamil | Telugu | Malayalam | French | English
Punjab | Punjabi | Hindi | Urdu | Bengali | English
Rajasthan | Hindi (including Rajasthani languages)  | Punjabi | Gujarati | Sindhi | Urdu
Sikkim | Nepali | Hindi | Bengali | Urdu | Punjabi
Tamil Nadu | Tamil | Malayalam | Telugu | Urdu | Kannada
Telangana | Telugu | Urdu | Gondi | Kannada | Marathi
Tripura | Bengali | Kokborok | Chakma | English | Meitei
Uttar Pradesh | Hindi (including Hindi languages)  | Urdu | Punjabi | Nepali | Bengali
Uttarakhand | Hindi (including Pahari languages)  | Urdu | Punjabi | Bengali | Nepali
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.[3][4][5][a]

## See also

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* Languages of India
* Languages with official status in India and its list of official languages by states.

## Notes

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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

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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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Languages of India

Official
languages|

| Union-level|

* Hindi
* English

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8th schedule to the
Constitution of India|

| Classical|

* Assamese
* Bengali
* Kannada
* Malayalam
* Marathi
* Odia
* Sanskrit
* Tamil
* Telugu

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Non-classical|

* Bodo
* Dogri
* Gujarati
* Hindi
* Kashmiri
* Konkani
* Maithili
* Meitei (Manipuri)
* Nepali
* Punjabi
* Santali
* Sindhi
* Urdu

State-level only|

* Angika
* Bhojpuri
* Chhattisgarhi
* Garo
* Gurung
* Ho
* Kamatapuri
* Kharia
* Khasi
* Khortha
* Kokborok
* Kurmali
* Kurukh
* Lepcha
* Limbu
* Magahi
* Magar
* Mizo
* Mundari
* Newari
* Rai
* Rajbangshi
* Sadri
* Sherpa
* Sikkimese
* Sunwar
* Tamang

Major
unofficial
languages|

| Over 1 million
speakers|

* Awadhi
* Bagheli
* Bagri
* Bajjika
* Bhili
* Bundeli
* Dhundhari
* Garhwali
* Gondi
* Harauti
* Haryanvi
* Kangri
* Khandeshi
* Kumaoni
* Lambadi
* Malvi
* Marwari
* Mewari
* Nimadi
* Rajasthani
* Surjapuri
* Tulu
* Wagdi
* Varhadi

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100,000 – 1 million
speakers|

* Adi
* Angami
* Ao
* Badaga
* Dimasa
* Halbi
* Karbi
* Khotta
* Kodava
* Kolami
* Konyak
* Korku
* Koya
* Kui
* Kuvi
* Ladakhi
* Lotha
* Malto
* Mising
* Nishi
* Phom
* Rabha
* Sema
* Sora
* Tangkhul
* Thadou

* Linguistic history
* Classical
* Multilingualism
* Endangered
* Scheduled languages in states

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