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
Rank | State or Union territory | Speakers 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] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | India | 29,102,477 (2.83%) | 2.79% | 2.95% | 2.57% | 2.49% |
1 | Punjab | 22,334,369 (91.69%) | 92.2% | 84.88% | 79.49% | 65.6% |
2 | Haryana | 2,234,626 (10.57%) | 7.10% | 5.70% | 8.34% | – |
3 | Rajasthan | 1,141,200 (2.01%) | ||||
4 | Delhi | 988,980 (7.14%) | 7.90% | 13.00% | 13.04% | 13.30% |
5 | Uttar Pradesh | 523,094 (0.31%) | 0.50%[lower-alpha 1] | 0.4% | 0.57% | |
6 | Himachal Pradesh | 364,175 (5.99%) | 6.28% | 5.70% | 4.75% | |
7 | Maharashtra | 269,309 | ||||
8 | Chandigarh | 251,224 (27.89%) | 34.70% | 40.20% | 40.67% | – |
9 | Uttarakhand | 247,084 (2.91%) | – | – | – | – |
10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 190,675 (1.88%) | 2.72% | 3.10% | ||
11 | Madhya Pradesh | 148,999 | ||||
12 | Jharkhand | 86,596 | ||||
13 | West Bengal | 67,952 | ||||
14 | Chhattisgarh | 67,293 | ||||
15 | Gujarat | 55,810 | ||||
16 | Assam | 30,763 | ||||
17 | Andhra Pradesh[12] | 23,838 | ||||
18 | Odisha | 21,574 | ||||
19 | Karnataka | 15,572 | ||||
20 | Bihar | 13,600 | ||||
21 | Tamil Nadu | 5,696 | ||||
22 | Meghalaya | 4,753 | ||||
23 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,980 | ||||
24 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1,825 | ||||
25 | Goa | 1,815 | ||||
26 | Kerala | 1,668 | ||||
27 | Tripura | 1,637 | ||||
28 | Manipur | 1,438 | ||||
29 | Sikkim | 1,364 | ||||
30 | Nagaland | 1,362 | ||||
31 | Mizoram | 479 | ||||
32 | Daman and Diu | 304 | ||||
33 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 283 | ||||
34 | Puducherry | 131 | ||||
35 | Lakshadweep | 9 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Figures before 2001 include Uttarakhand
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "The Handbook of Bilingualism".
- ↑ "Multilingualism in India".
- ↑ "Libraries in India's National Developmental Perspective".
- ↑ "Nehru: Man Among Men".
- ↑ Mohsin Shakil. "Languages of Erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir (A Preliminary Study)".
- ↑ "Google Play".
- ↑ "International Handbook of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education".
- ↑ "Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan".
- ↑ "Sons of the Soil".
- ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=9QUdAQAAMAAJ
- ↑ 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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