Indian states by most spoken scheduled languages information
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.[2] (Note: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh statistics are based on the 2001 census of Andhra Pradesh)
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]
State / Union Territory
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2
3
4
5
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
^"Statement 3 : Distribution of 10,000 persons by Language – India, States and Union Territories – 2011" (PDF). census.gov.in. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^"Welcome To Census India : Census Data 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^"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.
^"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.
^"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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