States of India by Tamil speakers
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Tamil as first language[1] at the time of the 2001 census.[2] Gross population figures are available online.[3]
Rank | State | L1 Tamil speakers | L1 Tamil speakers % of state's population | % of L1 Tamil-speaking population of India |
---|---|---|---|---|
— | India | 60,893,731 | 5.91 | 100 |
1 | Tamil Nadu | 55,877,441 | 89.43 | 91.76 |
2 | Karnataka | 1,886,765 | 3.57 | 3.09 |
3 | Andhra Pradesh | 1,362,198 | 1.01 | 2.23 |
4 | Puducherry | 769,721 | 88.49 | 1.26 |
5 | Kerala | 598,618 | 1.88 | 0.98 |
6 | Maharashtra | 532,832 | 0.55 | 0.87 |
7 | Delhi | 92,798 | 0.67 | 0.15 |
8 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 63,538 | 17.85 | 0.11 |
9 | Gujarat | 35,470 | ||
10 | Madhya Pradesh | 24,139 | ||
11 | West Bengal | 24,053 | ||
12 | Uttar Pradesh | 16,620 | ||
13 | Jharkhand | 13,473 | ||
14 | Chhattisgarh | 12,500 | ||
15 | Punjab | 12,179 | ||
16 | Rajasthan | 11,301 | ||
17 | Haryana | 10,572 | ||
18 | Jammu and Kashmir | 9,129 | ||
19 | Goa | 7,951 | ||
20 | Orissa | 7,361 | ||
21 | Chandigarh | 5,764 | ||
22 | Assam | 5,331 | ||
23 | Uttarakhand | 2,547 | ||
24 | Manipur | 3,500 | ||
25 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,647 | ||
26 | Nagaland | 1,592 | ||
27 | Tripura | 1,280 | ||
28 | Himachal Pradesh | 1,216 | ||
29 | Meghalaya | 928 | ||
30 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 661 | ||
31 | Sikkim | 487 | ||
32 | Mizoram | 444 | ||
33 | Lakshadweep | 443 | ||
34 | Daman and Diu | 348 |
See also
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. Retrieved 17 September 2016. See table at Wikimedia commons' Language region maps of India showing L1 Tamil speakers numbers, percentage.
- ↑ India census 2001 - languages
- ↑ India census 2001
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