Indian Language Profile

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

States with the least number of languages being spoken by more than 0.5% of the total population of the state (ordered by lowest first)

SL State Number Of Languages Spoken Total Polpulation of the state Names of the Languages and number of speakers
1UTTAR PRADESH4199812341HINDI (187979055), URDU (10820232), PUNJABI (508736), BENGALI (241007)
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2BIHAR7104099452HINDI (80698466), MAITHILI (13063042), URDU (8770002), BENGALI (810771), SANTALI (458949), KURUKH/ORAON (87995), MALTO (75986)
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3LAKSHADWEEP864473MALAYALAM (54264), Others (9311), TAMIL (364), HINDI (160), BENGALI (140), TELUGU (42), ODIA (40), KANNADA (37)
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4PUNJAB827743338PUNJABI (24917885), HINDI (2594831), URDU (27387), BENGALI (27030), LAHNDA (24642), NEPALI (22061), MARATHI (20392), DOGRI (18155)
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5RAJASTHAN868548437HINDI (61274274), BHILI/BHILODI (3592208), PUNJABI (2274342), URDU (664915), SINDHI (386569), BENGALI (81658), GUJARATI (67490), Others (43104)
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6TAMIL NADU872147030TAMIL (63753997), TELUGU (4234302), KANNADA (1286175), URDU (1264537), MALAYALAM (726096), HINDI (393380), GUJARATI (275023), MARATHI (85454)
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7HARYANA925351462HINDI (22322157), PUNJABI (2400883), URDU (374353), BENGALI (70948), LAHNDA (29892), MAITHILI (25685), NEPALI (19914), ODIA (14835), MALAYALAM (14518)
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8KERALA933406061MALAYALAM (32413213), TAMIL (502516), TULU (124266), KANNADA (86995), KONKANI (69449), HINDI (51928), TELUGU (35380), MARATHI (31642), BENGALI (29061)
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9PUDUCHERRY101247953TAMIL (1100976), TELUGU (74347), MALAYALAM (47973), URDU (8627), HINDI (6403), ODIA (1910), KANNADA (1870), BENGALI (1509), GUJARATI (1428), MARATHI (890)
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10WEST BENGAL1091276115BENGALI (78698852), HINDI (6356059), SANTALI (2429073), URDU (1663519), NEPALI (1155375), KURUKH/ORAON (171909), ODIA (162142), TELUGU (88352), Others (65874), PUNJABI (61080)
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