Indian States by most popular languages
The following table contains the Indian states and union territories along with the most popular languages used in the region.[1] These are based on the 2001 census figures.[2] (Note: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh statistics are based on the 2001 census of Andhra Pradesh).
| State / Union Territory | Language 1 | Language 2 | Language 3 | Language 4 | Language 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Bengali | Hindi | Tamil | Telugu | Malayalam |
| Andhra Pradesh | Telugu | Urdu | Tamil | Kannada | Oriya |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Bengali | Nepali | Hindi | Assamese | Oriya |
| Assam | Assamese | Bengali | Hindi | Bodo | Nepali |
| Bihar | Hindi(Bhojpuri and Magadhi) | Maithili | Urdu | Bengali | Santali |
| Chandigarh | Punjabi | Hindi | Urdu | Tamil | Bengali |
| Chhattisgarh | Hindi(Chattisgarhi) | Oriya | Telugu | Bengali | Marathi |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Gujarati | Hindi | Konkani | Marathi | Malayalam |
| Daman & Dui | Gujarati | Hindi | Marathi | Bengali | Oriya |
| Delhi | Hindi | Punjabi | Urdu | Bengali | Tamil |
| Goa | Konkani | Marathi | Hindi | Kannada | Urdu |
| Gujarat | Gujarati | Sindhi | Marathi | Hindi | Urdu |
| Haryana | Hindi | Punjabi | Urdu | Bengali | Nepali |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hindi | Punjabi | Nepali | Kashmiri | Dogri |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Kashmiri | Dogri | Hindi | Punjabi | Marathi |
| Jharkhand | Hindi(Bhojpuri,Magadhi,Nagpuri). | Maithali | Santhali | Urdu | Bengali |
| Karnataka | Kannada | Urdu | Telugu | Tamil | Marathi |
| Kerala | Malayalam | Tamil | Kannada | Konkani | Telugu |
| Lakshadweep | Malayalam | Tamil | Konkani | Hindi | Gujarati |
| Madhya Pradesh | Hindi | Marathi | Urdu | Sindhi | Gujarati |
| Maharashtra | Marathi | Hindi | Urdu | Gujarati | Kannada |
| Manipur | Manipuri | Bengali | Hindi | Nepali | Assamese |
| Meghalaya | Kashi | Garo | Bengali | Assamese | English |
| Mizoram | Mizo | English | Hindi | Manipuri | Chakma |
| Nagaland | Naga Languages | English | Hindi | Assamese | Manipuri |
| Odisha | Oriya | Bengali | Telugu | Hindi | Santali |
| Puducherry | Tamil | Malayalam | Telugu | Urdu | French |
| Punjab | Punjabi | Hindi | Urdu | Bengali | English |
| Rajasthan | Hindi (Rajasthani) | Punjabi | Urdu | Sindhi | Gujarati |
| Sikkim | Nepali | Hindi | Bengali | Assamese | Bodo |
| Tamil Nadu | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Urdu | Malayalam |
| Telangana | Telugu | Urdu | Marathi | Kannada | Hindi |
| Tripura | Bengali | Tripuri | Assamese | English | Manipuri |
| Uttar Pradesh | Hindi | Urdu | Punjabi | Nepali | Maithili |
| Uttarakhand | Garhwali | Kumauni | Hindi | Jaunsari | Sanskrit |
| West Bengal | Bengali | Hindi | Urdu | Oriya | Nepali |
References
- ↑ "Various Languages Spoken in India, States and Union Territories Growth Statistics Details Figures". www.indiastat.com. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
- ↑ "Welcome To Census India : Census Data 2001". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
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