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

RankState or Union territorySpeakers 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]
— India33,124,726
(2.74%)		29,102,477
(2.83%)		2.79%2.95%2.57%2.49%
1Punjab24,917,885
(89.82%)		22,334,369
(91.69%)		92.2%84.88%79.49%65.6%
2Haryana2,400,883
(9.47%)		2,234,626
(10.57%)		7.10%5.70%8.34%–
3Rajasthan2,274,342
(3.32%)		1,141,200
(2.01%)
4Delhi873,774
(5.20%)		988,980
(7.14%)		7.90%13.00%13.04%13.30%
5Himachal Pradesh615,022
(8.96%)		364,175
(5.99%)		6.28%5.70%4.75%
6Uttar Pradesh508,736
(0.25%)		523,094
(0.31%)		0.50%[lower-alpha 1]0.4%0.57%
7Maharashtra280,192
(0.25%)		269,309
8Uttarakhand263,310
(2.61%)		247,084
(2.91%)		––––
9Chandigarh232,516
(22.03%)		251,224
(27.89%)		34.70%40.20%40.67%–
10Jammu and Kashmir219,193
(75%)		190,675
(74%)		72%70%
11Madhya Pradesh139,658
(0.19%)		148,999
12Jharkhand78,712
(0.24%)		86,596
13Chhattisgarh65,425
(0.26%)		67,293
14Gujarat63,288
(0.10%)		55,810
15West Bengal61,080
(0.07%)

67,952
(0.08%)

 0.24%0.21%
16Karnataka25,981
(0.04%)		15,572
17Andhra Pradesh[14]24,413
(0.03%)		23,838
18Assam23,313
(0.07%)		30,763
19Odisha19,470
(0.05%)		21,574
20Bihar10,467
(0.01%)		13,600
21Tamil Nadu6,565
(0.01%)		5,696
22Meghalaya4,540
(0.15%)		4,753
23Arunachal Pradesh3,674
(0.27%)		2,980
24Goa1,959
(0.13%)		1,815
25Andaman and Nicobar Islands1,565
(0.41%)		1,825
26Kerala13801,668
27Manipur1,370
(0.05%)		1,438
28Sikkim1,364
(0.32%)
29Nagaland1,362
(0.11%)
30Tripura997
(0.03%)		1,637
31Mizoram349
(0.03%)		479
32Dadra and Nagar Haveli414
(0.12%)		283
33Daman and Diu222
(0.09%)		304
34Puducherry122
(0.01%)		131
35Lakshadweep49

See also

Notes

  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

  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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