This is a list of states and territories of India by number of people for whom Tamil is their mother tongue (first language).
State/territory
1981 census[a][b]
1991 census[c]
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
41,045,591
85.35%
91.76%
48,434,744
86.71%
91.38%
55,798,916
89.41%
91.78%
63,753,997
88.37%
92.36%
Karnataka
1,385,313
3.76%
3.10%
1,728,361
3.84%
3.26%
1,874,959
3.55%
3.08%
2,110,128
3.45%
3.06%
Puducherry
534,560
89.18%
1.20%
720,473
89.19%
1.36%
861,502
88.42%
1.42%
1,100,976
88.22%
1.59%
Andhra Pradesh
654,463
1.23%
1.46%
753,484
1.13%
1.42%
769,685
1.01%
1.27%
713,848
0.84%
1.03%
Maharashtra
300,348
0.48%
0.67%
427,447
0.54%
0.81%
527,995
0.55%
0.87%
509,887
0.45%
0.74%
Kerala
603,188
2.39%
1.35%
616,010
2.12%
1.16%
596,971
1.87%
0.98%
502,516
1.50%
0.73%
Delhi
54,776
0.89%
0.12%
84,873
0.90%
0.16%
92,426
0.67%
0.15%
82,719
0.49%
0.12%
Andaman & Nicobar
26,485
14.81%
0.06%
53,536
19.07%
0.10%
62,961
17.68%
0.10%
57,830
15.20%
0.08%
Gujarat
21,852
0.06%
0.05%
34,498
0.08%
0.07%
37,092
0.07%
0.06%
40,072
0.07%
0.06%
Madhya Pradesh
32,152
0.06%
0.07%
38,562
0.06%
0.07%
24,848
0.04%
0.04%
20,544
0.03%
0.03%
West Bengal
19,447
0.04%
0.04%
25,797
0.04%
0.05%
20,238
0.03%
0.03%
15,930
0.02%
0.02%
Jammu & Kashmir
866
0.01%
0.00%
n/a
n/a
n/a
9,494
0.09%
0.02%
14,728
0.12%
0.02%
Uttar Pradesh
3,455
0.00%
0.01%
15,569
0.01%
0.03%
13,665
0.01%
0.02%
14,444
0.01%
0.02%
Haryana
4,082
0.03%
0.01%
5,202
0.03%
0.01%
10,207
0.05%
0.02%
12,658
0.05%
0.02%
Punjab
3,280
0.02%
0.01%
6,271
0.03%
0.01%
12,339
0.05%
0.02%
10,389
0.04%
0.02%
Chhattisgarh
-
-
-
-
-
-
13,241
0.06%
0.02%
10,334
0.04%
0.01%
Jharkhand
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,913
0.05%
0.02%
10,061
0.03%
0.01%
Rajasthan
5,117
0.01%
0.01%
12,461
0.03%
0.02%
11,852
0.02%
0.02%
8,939
0.01%
0.01%
Goa
3,884
0.37%
0.01%
6,818
0.58%
0.01%
7,903
0.59%
0.01%
6,947
0.48%
0.01%
Odisha
8,906
0.03%
0.02%
11,502
0.04%
0.02%
8,709
0.02%
0.01%
6,155
0.01%
0.01%
Chandigarh
3,426
0.78%
0.01%
5,318
0.83%
0.01%
5,716
0.63%
0.01%
5,579
0.53%
0.01%
Assam
n/a
n/a
n/a
1,770
0.01%
0.00%
5,672
0.02%
0.01%
5,229
0.02%
0.01%
Uttarakhand
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,215
0.03%
0.00%
2,584
0.03%
0.00%
Manipur
1,832
0.13%
0.00%
2,600
0.14%
0.00%
2,279
0.11%
0.00%
1,657
0.06%
0.00%
Arunachal Pradesh
548
0.09%
0.00%
887
0.10%
0.00%
1,595
0.15%
0.00%
1,246
0.09%
0.00%
Nagaland
258
0.03%
0.00%
1,166
0.10%
0.00%
1,441
0.07%
0.00%
1,127
0.06%
0.00%
Himachal Pradesh
458
0.01%
0.00%
569
0.01%
0.00%
1,066
0.02%
0.00%
1,038
0.02%
0.00%
Bihar
15,351
0.02%
0.03%
16,304
0.02%
0.03%
1,453
0.00%
0.00%
986
0.00%
0.00%
Tripura
131
0.01%
0.00%
423
0.02%
0.00%
1,312
0.04%
0.00%
929
0.03%
0.00%
Meghalaya
290
0.02%
0.00%
642
0.04%
0.00%
834
0.04%
0.00%
913
0.03%
0.00%
Sikkim
133
0.04%
0.00%
169
0.04%
0.00%
484
0.09%
0.00%
762
0.12%
0.00%
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
54
0.05%
0.00%
199
0.14%
0.00%
666
0.30%
0.00%
739
0.22%
0.00%
Lakshadweep
35
0.09%
0.00%
282
0.55%
0.00%
386
0.64%
0.00%
364
0.56%
0.00%
Daman & Diu
-
-
-
100
0.10%
0.00%
348
0.22%
0.00%
320
0.13%
0.00%
Mizoram
108
0.02%
0.00%
331
0.05%
0.00%
431
0.05%
0.00%
306
0.03%
0.00%
India
44,730,389
6.76%
100.00%
53,006,368
6.32%
100.00%
60,793,814
5.91%
100.00%
69,026,881
5.70%
100.00%
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