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 the 2011 census.[note 1][note 2][1]

List

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Rank State or Union territory Speakers in 2011
(% of population)
(2011)[2]		 Speakers in 2001
(% of population)
(2001)[3]		 % of population
(1991)[4]		 % of population
(1981)[5][6][7][8]		 % of population
(1971)[9][10]		 % of population
(1961)[11][12][13]
—  India 33,124,726
(2.74%)		 29,102,477
(2.83%)		 2.79% 2.95% 2.57% 2.49%
1 Punjab 24,917,885
(89.82%)		 22,334,369
(91.69%)		 92.2% 84.88% 79.49% 65.6%
2 Haryana 2,400,883
(9.47%)		 2,234,626
(10.57%)		 7.10% 5.70% 8.34% –
3 Rajasthan 2,274,342
(3.32%)		 1,141,200
(2.01%)
4 Delhi 873,774
(5.20%)		 988,980
(7.14%)		 7.90% 13.00% 13.04% 13.30%
5 Himachal Pradesh 615,022
(8.96%)		 364,175
(5.99%)		 6.28% 5.70% 4.75%
6 Uttar Pradesh 508,736
(0.25%)		 523,094
(0.31%)		 0.50%[a] 0.4% 0.57%
7 Maharashtra 280,192
(0.25%)		 269,309
8 Uttarakhand 263,310
(2.61%)		 247,084
(2.91%)		 – – – –
9 Chandigarh 232,516
(22.03%)		 251,224
(27.89%)		 34.70% 40.20% 40.67% –
10 Jammu and Kashmir 219,193
(75%)		 190,675
(74%)		 72% 70%
11 Madhya Pradesh 139,658
(0.19%)		 148,999
12 Jharkhand 78,712
(0.24%)		 86,596
13 Chhattisgarh 65,425
(0.26%)		 67,293
14 Gujarat 63,288
(0.10%)		 55,810
15 West Bengal 61,080
(0.07%)

67,952
(0.08%)

0.24% 0.21%
16 Karnataka 25,981
(0.04%)		 15,572
17 Andhra Pradesh[14] 24,413
(0.03%)		 23,838
18 Assam 23,313
(0.07%)		 30,763
19 Odisha 19,470
(0.05%)		 21,574
20 Bihar 10,467
(0.01%)		 13,600
21 Tamil Nadu 6,565
(0.01%)		 5,696
22 Meghalaya 4,540
(0.15%)		 4,753
23 Arunachal Pradesh 3,674
(0.27%)		 2,980
24 Goa 1,959
(0.13%)		 1,815
25 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1,565
(0.41%)		 1,825
26 Kerala 1380 1,668
27 Manipur 1,370
(0.05%)		 1,438
28 Sikkim 1,364
(0.32%)
29 Nagaland 1,362
(0.11%)
30 Tripura 997
(0.03%)		 1,637
31 Mizoram 349
(0.03%)		 479
32 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 414
(0.12%)		 283
33 Daman and Diu 222
(0.09%)		 304
34 Puducherry 122
(0.01%)		 131
35 Lakshadweep 4 9

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ This list is of those people who declare Punjabi to be their mother tongue in the census of India. It does not list the states and union territories of India by number of ethnic Punjabis.
  2. ^ Includes speakers of Bagri, Bhateali, Kahluri and other such dialects or related languages.
  1. ^ Figures before 2001 include Uttarakhand

References

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  1. ^ "Language: India, States and Union Territories" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Office of the Registrar General, India. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Language: India, States and Union Territories" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Office of the Registrar General, India. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  4. ^ Bhatia, Tej K.; Ritchie, William C. (2008-06-09). The Handbook of Bilingualism. ISBN 9780470704387.
  5. ^ Pattanayak, Debi Prasanna (1990). Multilingualism in India. ISBN 9781853590726.
  6. ^ Taher, Mohamed (2001). Libraries in India's National Developmental Perspective. ISBN 9788170228424.
  7. ^ Mehrotra, Raja R. (January 1990). Nehru: Man Among Men. ISBN 9788170991960.
  8. ^ Mohsin Shakil. "Languages of Erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir (A Preliminary Study)".
  9. ^ "Google Play".
  10. ^ Paulston, Christina Bratt (1988). International Handbook of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. ISBN 9780313244841.
  11. ^ Adeney, K. (2016-01-12). Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan. ISBN 9780230601949.
  12. ^ Weiner, Myron (2015-03-08). Sons of the Soil. ISBN 9781400871711.
  13. ^ "Census of India, 1961: Jammu and Kashmir". 1962.
  14. ^ 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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