Gujarati is the official language and the lingua franca of the Indian state of Gujarat as well as the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Gujarati, along with Meitei (alias Manipuri), hold the third place among the fastest growing languages of India, following Hindi (first place) and Kashmiri language (second place), according to the 2011 census of India.[1][2][3][4]

List

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Gujarati as of census 2001. Gross population figures are available online.

RankStateGujarati speakers-2011percentage
—India55,492,5544.58% (Sixth most spoken in India)
1Gujarat51,958,73085.97
2Maharashtra2,371,7432.11
3Tamil Nadu275,023
4Madhya Pradesh187,211
5Daman and Diu123,64850.83
6Karnataka114,616
7Rajasthan67,490
8Dadra and Nagar Haveli73,83121.48
9West Bengal41,371
10Andhra Pradesh58,946
11Delhi40,613
12Chhattisgarh39,116
13Kerala4,710
14Jharkhand22,109
15Orissa14,856
16Goa6,846
17Assam7,660
18Punjab13,531
19Haryana7,519
20Jammu and Kashmir19,261
21Chandigarh1,573
22Himachal Pradesh10,012
23Uttarakhand3,921
24Tripura1,384
25Puducherry1,428
26Nagaland277
27Arunachal Pradesh362
28Andaman and Nicobar Islands241
29Meghalaya343
30Manipur164
31Lakshadweep24
32Sikkim197
33Mizoram59
34Bihar8,297
35Uttar Pradesh15,442

See also

References

  1. ↑ "What census data reveals about use of Indian languages". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ↑ "Hindi Added 100Mn Speakers In A Decade; Kashmiri 2nd Fast Growing Language". 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ↑ "Hindi fastest growing language in India, finds 100 million new speakers".
  4. ↑ "Hindi grew rapidly in non-Hindi states even without official mandate". India Today. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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