List of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers

This is a list of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers as of census 2001 and the linguistic report.

List

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RankState or Union territorySpeakers in 2001
(% of population)
(2001)[1]		% of population
(1991)[2]		% of population
(1981)[3][4][5][6]		% of population
(1971)[7][8]		% of population
(1961)[9][10][11]
— India29,102,477
(2.83%)		2.79%2.95%2.57%2.49%
1Punjab22,334,369
(91.69%)		92.2%84.88%79.49%65.6%
2Haryana2,234,626
(10.57%)		7.10%5.70%8.34%–
3Rajasthan1,141,200
(2.01%)
4Delhi988,980
(7.14%)		7.90%13.00%13.04%13.30%
5Uttar Pradesh523,094
(0.31%)		0.50%[lower-alpha 1]0.4%0.57%
6Himachal Pradesh364,175
(5.99%)		6.28%5.70%4.75%
7Maharashtra269,309
8Chandigarh251,224
(27.89%)		34.70%40.20%40.67%–
9Uttarakhand247,084
(2.91%)		––––
10Jammu and Kashmir190,675
(1.88%)		2.72%3.10%
11Madhya Pradesh148,999
12Jharkhand86,596
13West Bengal67,952
14Chhattisgarh67,293
15Gujarat55,810
16Assam30,763
17Andhra Pradesh[12]23,838
18Odisha21,574
19Karnataka15,572
20Bihar13,600
21Tamil Nadu5,696
22Meghalaya4,753
23Arunachal Pradesh2,980
24Andaman and Nicobar Islands1,825
25Goa1,815
26Kerala1,668
27Tripura1,637
28Manipur1,438
29Sikkim1,364
30Nagaland1,362
31Mizoram479
32Daman and Diu304
33Dadra and Nagar Haveli283
34Puducherry131
35Lakshadweep9

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Figures before 2001 include Uttarakhand

References

  1. ↑ "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. p. 49. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Handbook of Bilingualism".
  3. ↑ "Multilingualism in India".
  4. ↑ "Libraries in India's National Developmental Perspective".
  5. ↑ "Nehru: Man Among Men".
  6. ↑ Mohsin Shakil. "Languages of Erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir (A Preliminary Study)".
  7. ↑ "Google Play".
  8. ↑ "International Handbook of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education".
  9. ↑ "Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan".
  10. ↑ "Sons of the Soil".
  11. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=9QUdAQAAMAAJ
  12. ↑ This is the data for the former state of Andhra Pradesh. This state bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014.
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