Official Languages in India List - Summary
Download the **Official Languages in India List** and explore the Scheduled Languages and Official Languages of India, including those of States and Union Territories, in PDF format using the link provided below. Language plays a significant role in India’s identity, especially in a country as diverse as ours, filled with many different communities and cultures.
The Census of India has faithfully collected and published valuable language data every ten years for over a century. This language data is especially important in our diverse land, where no separate questions about ethnicity are asked, except for the scheduled tribes.
Key Information on Official Languages
Contents of the Official Languages in India List
- General Note
- Statement 1: Abstract of speakers’ strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011
- Statement 2: Distribution of population by Scheduled and other Languages – India, States and Union Territories – 2011
- Statement 3: Distribution of 10,000 persons by language – India, States and Union Territories – 2011
- Statement 4: Scheduled Languages in descending order of speakers’ strength – 2011
- Statement 5: Comparative speakers’ strength of Scheduled Languages – 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011
- Statement 6: Comparative rankings of Scheduled Languages in descending order of speakers’ strength – 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011
- Statement 7: Growth of Scheduled Languages – 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011
- Statement 8: Growth of Non-Scheduled Languages – 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011
- Statement 9: Family-wise grouping of the 121 Scheduled and Non-Scheduled Languages – 2011
- TABLE C-16 PART A: Distribution of the 22 Scheduled Languages – India, States & Union Territories – 2011 Census
- PART B: Distribution of the 99 Non-Scheduled Languages – India, States & Union Territories – 2011 Census
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