States of India by Kashmiri speakers
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Kashmiri according to the 2011 census.[1][2][lower-alpha 1]
| Rank | State | Kashmiri speakers |
|---|---|---|
| — | India | 6,797,587 |
| 1 | Jammu and Kashmir (state)[lower-alpha 2] | 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)[lower-alpha 3] | 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
- 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
- "Language: India, States and Union Territories" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Office of the Registrar General, India. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42561
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