Indian Language Profile

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

Indian districts with the most number of languages being spoken by more than 0.5% of the total population of that district.

SL State Number Of Languages Spoken Total Polpulation of the District Names of the Languages and number of speakers
1Dimapur 42376088BENGALI (57695), AO (41925), HINDI (37480), ANGAMI (28305), NEPALI (21596), LOTHA (18353), ASSAMESE (8175), KUKI (7549), CHAKHESANG (6820), MANIPURI (5968), SANGTAM (5634), DIMASA (4803), BODO (4746), YIMCHUNGRE (4644), ZELIANG (4527), SEMA (3867), RENGMA (3044), KONYAK (2907), KABUI (2635), PHOM (2494), MAO (2463), ODIA (2434), KHIEMNUNGAN (1978), MARATHI (1895), CHANG (1789), GARO (1725), TANGKHUL (1481), MALAYALAM (1207), TELUGU (859), PUNJABI (823), URDU (749), CHAKRU/CHOKRI (673), POCHURY (650), TAMIL (646), MAITHILI (641), KHEZHA (538), DOGRI (450), LUSHAI/MIZO (433), KURUKH/ORAON (408), KARBI/MIKIR (314), ENGLISH (228)
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2Kohima39266190ANGAMI (121517), RENGMA (57728), AO (14378), HINDI (10247), NEPALI (9812), LOTHA (6304), BENGALI (5234), MAO (4196), CHAKHESANG (3272), CHAKRU/CHOKRI (2283), ASSAMESE (2209), KONYAK (2012), MANIPURI (1877), SEMA (1693), SANGTAM (1650), ZELIANG (1143), YIMCHUNGRE (1142), PUNJABI (1134), BODO (1103), PHOM (1083), KHIEMNUNGAN (1071), KHEZHA (865), MALAYALAM (843), CHANG (762), KUKI (637), DOGRI (529), KABUI (500), POCHURY (482), ODIA (413), GARO (406), MARATHI (342), MAITHILI (308), LUSHAI/MIZO (300), TAMIL (284), TANGKHUL (261), KURUKH/ORAON (239), ZEMI (203), TELUGU (193)
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3Lohit33145166NEPALI (21872), ASSAMESE (21396), HINDI (20607), BENGALI (12625), MISHMI (12283), ADI (11247), DEORI (2909), MIRI/MISHING (1783), ODIA (1453), BODO (1423), TIBETAN (917), NISSI/DAFLA (798), SANTALI (781), LUSHAI/MIZO (666), MUNDA (453), MALAYALAM (391), MARATHI (382), MAITHILI (370), TAMANG (325), MANIPURI (324), MUNDARI (293), TANGSA (275), NOCTE (273), TELUGU (248), PUNJABI (226), WANCHO (174), KURUKH/ORAON (153), MONPA (134), TAMIL (118), SAVARA (102), DOGRI (97), KANNADA (89)
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4Changlang32147457BENGALI (47670), TANGSA (29767), HINDI (14900), NEPALI (10511), ASSAMESE (5183), MONPA (3295), NOCTE (2452), AO (1716), DEORI (1450), ADI (1136), MUNDARI (959), NISSI/DAFLA (938), WANCHO (770), TIBETAN (711), ODIA (625), MANIPURI (515), BODO (388), MUNDA (342), MAITHILI (288), MALAYALAM (272), SANTALI (265), LUSHAI/MIZO (231), TELUGU (205), AFGHANI/KABULI/PASHTO (202), KURUKH/ORAON (186), DOGRI (126), MIRI/MISHING (119), PUNJABI (115), MARATHI (103), KHARIA (102), KISAN (101)
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5Peren2994681ZELIANG (54467), ZEMI (10823), KUKI (9666), KABUI (3757), LIANGMEI (3658), NEPALI (2422), BENGALI (1849), CHAKHESANG (1594), AO (1030), HINDI (945), ANGAMI (707), BODO (415), MAO (368), LOTHA (312), ASSAMESE (295), MANIPURI (279), YIMCHUNGRE (268), RENGMA (241), SANGTAM (229), KONYAK (167), CHAKRU/CHOKRI (153), ODIA (146), PHOM (100), MALAYALAM (81), CHANG (78), TANGKHUL (73), KURUKH/ORAON (73), LUSHAI/MIZO (57)
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6Papum Pare29175495NISSI/DAFLA (96309), BENGALI (18562), ADI (14561), HINDI (14427), ASSAMESE (8768), NEPALI (7961), BODO (1477), MIRI/MISHING (1475), KARBI/MIKIR (1349), MALAYALAM (1249), MONPA (1108), MANIPURI (795), ODIA (680), MAITHILI (646), NOCTE (605), MARATHI (413), WANCHO (355), PUNJABI (349), TANGSA (329), DEORI (290), URDU (288), TELUGU (222), TIBETAN (214), MUNDA (214), RAI (185), MISHMI (183), TAMIL (169), BHOTIA (155)
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7West Kameng2983563BHOTIA (25078), NEPALI (14333), HINDI (8252), ASSAMESE (3500), BENGALI (3053), MONPA (2728), ADI (2005), NISSI/DAFLA (1985), TIBETAN (1382), ODIA (751), MALAYALAM (585), BODO (572), MARATHI (524), PUNJABI (470), TAMIL (466), TELUGU (425), MAITHILI (373), MANIPURI (247), TAMANG (226), KANNADA (163), SANTALI (145), GARO (124), SHERPA (120), DOGRI (118), URDU (103), GUJARATI (80), MIRI/MISHING (60), LUSHAI/MIZO (51)
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8Lower Dibang Valley2953862ADI (13724), NEPALI (13135), MISHMI (8191), HINDI (4896), BENGALI (3805), MIRI/MISHING (3799), ASSAMESE (2027), NISSI/DAFLA (513), ODIA (478), MAITHILI (397), TAMANG (277), BODO (267), MUNDA (226), MALAYALAM (194), SANTALI (177), MANIPURI (136), TIBETAN (110), NOCTE (106), WANCHO (98), URDU (95), KURUKH/ORAON (67), TELUGU (65), MARATHI (58), TANGSA (55), DEORI (49), RAI (46), LUSHAI/MIZO (41), LIMBU (32)
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9Raigarh294120758MARATHI (2108846), HINDI (1260938), HINDI (229795), URDU (154318), ODIA (142294), KURUKH/ORAON (60385), GUJARATI (23698), KANNADA (20860), MALAYALAM (19107), TELUGU (14245), BENGALI (13721), BENGALI (12029), PUNJABI (9082), TAMIL (8716), BHILI/BHILODI (7274), ODIA (6046), SINDHI (3207), SINDHI (2861), NEPALI (2831), URDU (2570), KHARIA (2297), TULU (2189), MAITHILI (1921), MARATHI (1892), ASSAMESE (1736), PUNJABI (1673), TELUGU (1367), GUJARATI (1110)
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10Anjaw2921113MISHMI (15313), HINDI (1488), NEPALI (1116), TIBETAN (483), BENGALI (450), PUNJABI (327), ASSAMESE (287), DOGRI (246), ADI (189), ODIA (188), LUSHAI/MIZO (185), NISSI/DAFLA (97), TAMIL (67), MALAYALAM (67), MARATHI (57), SANTALI (43), TELUGU (42), MIRI/MISHING (41), RAI (30), TAMANG (25), MANIPURI (24), KANNADA (23), KURUKH/ORAON (22), MAITHILI (20), MONPA (19), MUNDA (15), BODO (14), SAVARA (13)
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