Indian Language Profile

Language Profiles of States, Districts, Languages and Mother Tongues, as per Census Report, 2011

State wise Language Profile

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We found 146 mother tongues which are spoken in BIHAR as per census of India report 2011.
Out of 146, only 7 mother tongue is spoken by more than 0.5% of the total population of the district. The list of languages spoken by more than 0.5% of the total population 88141633 along with their percentage is given in the table below.

SL Languages Population Percentage
1 Hindi 26590625 25.54
2 Bhojpuri 25881691 24.86
3 Others 14920754 14.33
4 Maithili 12918324 12.41
5 Magadhi/Magahi 11316313 10.87
6 Urdu 8769007 8.42
7 Surjapuri 1857930 1.78
8 Bengali 807743 0.78
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9 Santali 455664 0.44
10 Thati 144675 0.14
11 Khortha/Khotta 134395 0.13
12 Kurukh/Oraon 83996 0.08
13 Kulehiya 75776 0.07
14 Arabic/Arbi 25144 0.02
15 Marwari 19167 0.02
16 Bishnoi 10927 0.01
17 Punjabi 10120 0.01
18 Gawari 10040 0.01
19 Rajasthani 6419 0.01
20 Nepali 5715 0.01
21 English 4652 0.00
22 Sadan/Sadri 4523 0.00
23 Pahari 3843 0.00
24 Sanskrit 3388 0.00
25 Odia 2905 0.00
26 Karmali 2896 0.00
27 Mundari 2468 0.00
28 Gujarati 2216 0.00
29 Assamese 2084 0.00
30 Marathi 1768 0.00
31 Brajbhasha 1602 0.00
32 Kharia 1600 0.00
33 Lohara 1313 0.00
34 Sindhi 1269 0.00
35 Munda 1239 0.00
36 Nagpuria 1235 0.00
37 Telugu 1212 0.00
38 Malayalam 1207 0.00
39 Pattani 1113 0.00
40 Kashmiri 985 0.00
41 Baori 984 0.00
42 Tamil 975 0.00
43 Rajbangsi 941 0.00
44 Bhatia 848 0.00
45 Haryanvi 809 0.00
46 Ho 577 0.00
47 Coorgi/Kodagu 489 0.00
48 Koda/Kora 468 0.00
49 Mandeali 456 0.00
50 Awadhi 373 0.00
51 Kol 373 0.00
52 Bhili/Bhilodi 316 0.00
53 Kumauni 301 0.00
54 Khari Boli 278 0.00
55 Dogri 254 0.00
56 Desia 249 0.00
57 Khezha 236 0.00
58 Manipuri 231 0.00
59 Kannada 226 0.00
60 Dhundhari 223 0.00
61 Rai 157 0.00
62 Chhattisgarhi 130 0.00
63 Koli 128 0.00
64 Savara 125 0.00
65 Chang 123 0.00
66 Prakritha/Prakritha Bhasha 113 0.00
67 Kurmali Thar 103 0.00
68 Korku 98 0.00
69 Lushai/Mizo 92 0.00
70 Gamti/Gavit 91 0.00
71 Pahariya 75 0.00
72 Koch 73 0.00
73 Garhwali 68 0.00
74 Chodhari 44 0.00
75 Palmuha 43 0.00
76 Tharu 38 0.00
77 Mahili 26 0.00
78 Bagheli/Baghel Khandi 26 0.00
79 Ladakhi 25 0.00
80 Bhateali 22 0.00
81 Bharmauri/Gaddi 20 0.00
82 Bhuiya/Bhuyan[Ori] 19 0.00
83 Chakma 18 0.00
84 Tibetan 17 0.00
85 Bodo/Boro 16 0.00
86 Badaga 14 0.00
87 Bhotia 10 0.00
88 Mara 10 0.00
89 Tulu 9 0.00
90 Talgalo 8 0.00
91 Adi 7 0.00
92 Panch Pargania 7 0.00
93 Kokna/Kokni/Kukna 7 0.00
94 Tagin 6 0.00
95 Thado 6 0.00
96 Kuki 6 0.00
97 Bundeli/Bundel khandi 6 0.00
98 Adi Gallong/Gallong 6 0.00
99 Khond/Kondh 6 0.00
100 Tangkhul 5 0.00
101 Malvi 5 0.00
102 Mogh 5 0.00
103 Purbi Maithili 5 0.00
104 Sambalpuri 5 0.00
105 Garo 4 0.00
106 Gujari 4 0.00
107 Kokbarak 4 0.00
108 Miri/Mishing 4 0.00
109 Mishmi 3 0.00
110 Kinnauri 3 0.00
111 Gojri/Gujjari/Gujar 3 0.00
112 Nissi/Dafla 3 0.00
113 Konkani 3 0.00
114 Bagri 3 0.00
115 Surgujia 3 0.00
116 Mao 3 0.00
117 Konda 3 0.00
118 Rabha 2 0.00
119 Apatani 2 0.00
120 Kachari 2 0.00
121 Tripuri 2 0.00
122 Rongmei 2 0.00
123 Konyak 2 0.00
124 Angami 2 0.00
125 Handuri 1 0.00
126 Jaunpuri/Jaunsari 1 0.00
127 Monpa 1 0.00
128 Nimadi 1 0.00
129 Are 1 0.00
130 Paite 1 0.00
131 Mech/Mechhia 1 0.00
132 Maria/ Muria 1 0.00
133 Lotha 1 0.00
134 Dimasa 1 0.00
135 Khasi 1 0.00
136 Kangri 1 0.00
137 Rathi 1 0.00
138 Lahauli 1 0.00
139 Lepcha 1 0.00
140 Tikhir 1 0.00
141 Hara/Harauti 1 0.00
142 Tadavi 1 0.00
143 Malwani 1 0.00
144 Gadaba 1 0.00
145 Halabi 1 0.00
146 Mewari 1 0.00
Total 104099452