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 census 2001 and the linguistic report.

List

Rank	State or Union territory	Speakers in 2001 (% of population) (2001)[1]	% of population (1991)[2]	% of population (1981)[3][4][5][6]	% of population (1971)[7][8]	% of population (1961)[9][10][11]
—	India	29,102,477 (2.83%)	2.79%	2.95%	2.57%	2.49%
1	Punjab	22,334,369 (91.69%)	92.2%	84.88%	79.49%	65.6%
2	Haryana	2,234,626 (10.57%)	7.10%	5.70%	8.34%	–
3	Rajasthan	1,141,200 (2.01%)
4	Delhi	988,980 (7.14%)	7.90%	13.00%	13.04%	13.30%
5	Uttar Pradesh	523,094 (0.31%)	0.50%[lower-alpha 1]	0.4%	0.57%
6	Himachal Pradesh	364,175 (5.99%)	6.28%	5.70%	4.75%
7	Maharashtra	269,309
8	Chandigarh	251,224 (27.89%)	34.70%	40.20%	40.67%	–
9	Uttarakhand	247,084 (2.91%)	–	–	–	–
10	Jammu and Kashmir	190,675 (1.88%)		2.72%		3.10%
11	Madhya Pradesh	148,999
12	Jharkhand	86,596
13	West Bengal	67,952
14	Chhattisgarh	67,293
15	Gujarat	55,810
16	Assam	30,763
17	Andhra Pradesh[12]	23,838
18	Odisha	21,574
19	Karnataka	15,572
20	Bihar	13,600
21	Tamil Nadu	5,696
22	Meghalaya	4,753
23	Arunachal Pradesh	2,980
24	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1,825
25	Goa	1,815
26	Kerala	1,668
27	Tripura	1,637
28	Manipur	1,438
29	Sikkim	1,364
30	Nagaland	1,362
31	Mizoram	479
32	Daman and Diu	304
33	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	283
34	Puducherry	131
35	Lakshadweep	9

See also

• States of India by urban population
• States of India by size of economy

Notes

1. Figures before 2001 include Uttarakhand

References

1. "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. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
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5. "Nehru: Man Among Men".
6. Mohsin Shakil. "Languages of Erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir (A Preliminary Study)".
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9. "Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan".
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11. https://books.google.ca/books?id=9QUdAQAAMAAJ
12. This is the data for the former state of Andhra Pradesh. This state bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014.