States of India by Kashmiri speakers

Kashmiri language is an official language as well as one of the main spoken languages of Jammu and Kashmir, besides being one of the scheduled languages of India.

Just after Hindi, Kashmiri is the second fastest growing language of India, followed by Meitei (Manipuri) as well as Gujarati in the third place, and Bengali in the fourth place, according to the 2011 census of India.[1]

List

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Kashmiri according to the 2011 census.[2][3][a]

Rank State Kashmiri speakers
— India 6,797,587
1 Jammu and Kashmir (state)[b] 6,680,837
2 Himachal Pradesh 57,050
3 Delhi 18,122
4 Maharashtra 8,274
5 Haryana 6,225
6 Uttar Pradesh 6,123
7 Rajasthan 4,164
8 Karnataka 3,388
9 Punjab 2,913
10 Uttarakhand 1,770
11 Chandigarh 1,330
12 Gujarat 1,111
13 Madhya Pradesh 1,050
14 Bihar 986
15 Kerala 651
16 West Bengal 624
17 Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)[c] 576
18 Tamil Nadu 453
19 Goa 372
20 Assam 357
21 Jharkhand 296
22 Chhattisgarh 171
23 Odisha 140
24 Arunachal Pradesh 108
25 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 34
26 Sikkim 30
27 Puducherry 30
28 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 14

Notes

  1. ^ The figures includes speakers of Siraji, Kishtwari, Dardi and other dialects of Kashmiri or related languages.
  2. ^ This includes the combined stats for the current union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
  3. ^ This includes the combined stats for the current partitioned states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

References

  1. ^ —"What census data reveals about use of Indian languages". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
    —"Hindi Added 100Mn Speakers In A Decade; Kashmiri 2nd Fast Growing Language". 28 June 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
    —"Hindi fastest growing language in India, finds 100 million new speakers".
    —"Hindi grew rapidly in non-Hindi states even without official mandate". India Today. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Language: India, States and Union Territories" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Office of the Registrar General, India. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. ^ "India - Census of India 2011 - LANGUAGE ATLAS - INDIA". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 17 December 2024.

See also

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