States of India by Punjabi speakers

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This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Punjabi as of census 2001 and the linguistic report. Gross population figures are available online. down The Indian censuses record the native languages, but not the descent of the citizens. Linguistic data cannot accurately predict ethnicity: for example, Punjabis make up a large minority of Delhi's population but some descendants of the Hindu and Sikh refugees who came to Delhi following the partition of India now speak Hindi natively. Thus, there is no concrete official data on the ethnic makeup of Delhi[1]:8–10 or of any other state or union territory of India.

As per the 1961 Census of India, 65.6% of Punjab-proper spoke Punjabi. What is now Haryana and parts of Himachal Pradesh were part of what was then East Punjab until 1966, including those figures, Punjabi speakers become 41.1%.[2] The use of Punjabi as a percent of the state population in modern Punjab-proper has gradually increased since the reorganisation and generally declined in other states.

Rank State/Territory Punjabi speakers
(2001)		  % of state population
(2001)[3]		  % of state population
(1991)[4]		  % of state population
(1981)[5][6][7][8]		  % of state population
(1971)[9][10]		  % of state population
(1961)[11][2]
— 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[lower-alpha 1] or 41.1[lower-alpha 2]
2 Haryana 2,234,626 10.57 7.1 5.7 8.34 –
3 Rajasthan 1,141,445 2.01
4 Delhi 988,980 7.14 7.9 13 13.04 13.3
5 Uttar Pradesh 523,094 0.31 0.5[lower-alpha 3] 0.4 0.57
6 Himachal Pradesh 364,175 5.99 6.28 5.7 4.75
7 Maharashtra 271,260
8 Chandigarh 251,224 27.89 34.7 40.2 40.67 –
9 Uttarakhand 247,084 2.91 – – – –
10 Jammu and Kashmir 190,675 1.88 2.72
11 Madhya Pradesh 150,870
12 Jharkhand 86,227
13 Chhattisgarh 66,668
14 West Bengal 64,141
15 Gujarat 55,738
16 Assam 31,987
17 Andhra Pradesh 22,863
18 Orissa 22,083
19 Bihar 16,600
20 Karnataka 15,855
21 Tamil Nadu 6,241
22 Meghalaya 4,870
23 Arunachal Pradesh 3,184
23 Kerala 3,184
25 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1,852
26 Goa 1,752
27 Tripura 1,600
28 Nagaland 1,592
29 Manipur 1,517
30 Sikkim 1,352
31 Mizoram 444
32 Daman and Diu 316
33 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 287
34 Puducherry 97
35 Lakshadweep 12

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Figure does not include Haryana and parts of Himachal Pradesh
  2. ↑ Figure includes Haryana and parts of Himachal Pradesh
  3. ↑ Figures before 2001 include Uttarakhand

References

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