This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Telugu as of census 2001. Gross population figures are available online.
| Rank | State | Telugu speakers |
|---|---|---|
| — | India | 74,162,805 |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 63,924,954 |
| 2 | Karnataka | 3,715,395 |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu | 3,525,921 |
| 4 | Maharashtra | 1,404,740 |
| 5 | Orissa | 714,010 |
| 6 | West Bengal | 208,458 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 147,920 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 70,939 |
| 9 | Pondicherry | 50,958 |
| 10 | Kerala | 47,762 |
| 11 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 46,050 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 35,030 |
| 13 | Delhi | 27,701 |
| 14 | Assam | 26,656 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 24,139 |
| 16 | Goa | 11,994 |
| 17 | Rajasthan | 11,301 |
| 18 | Punjab | 7,308 |
| 19 | Jammu and Kashmir | 7,101 |
| 20 | Haryana | 6,343 |
| 21 | Tripura | 3,839 |
| 22 | Uttarakhand | 1,698 |
| 23 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,647 |
| 24 | Nagaland | 1,393 |
| 25 | Chandigarh | 1,351 |
| 26 | Himachal Pradesh | 1,216 |
| 27 | Manipur | 650 |
| 28 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 617 |
| 29 | Meghalaya | 464 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 325 |
| 31 | Daman and Diu | 301 |
| 32 | Mizoram | 267 |
| 33 | Lakshadweep | 30 |