Kashmiri language is the official language as well as the predominantly spoken language 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
editThis 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
edit- ^ The figures includes speakers of Siraji, Kishtwari, Dardi and other dialects of Kashmiri or related languages.
- ^ This includes the combined stats for the current union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
- ^ This includes the combined stats for the current partitioned states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
References
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—"Hindi Added 100Mn Speakers In A Decade; Kashmiri 2nd Fast Growing Language". 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
—"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 2023-11-16. - ^ "Language: India, States and Union Territories" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Office of the Registrar General, India. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "India - Census of India 2011 - LANGUAGE ATLAS - INDIA". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-12-17.