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][lower-alpha 1]

RankStateKashmiri speakers
—India6,797,587
1Jammu and Kashmir[lower-alpha 2]6,680,837
2Himachal Pradesh57,050
3Delhi18,122
4Maharashtra8,274
5Haryana6,225
6Uttar Pradesh6,123
7Rajasthan4,164
8Karnataka3,388
9Punjab2,913
10Uttarakhand1,770
11Chandigarh1,330
12Gujarat1,111
13Madhya Pradesh1,050
14Bihar986
15Kerala651
16West Bengal624
17Andhra Pradesh576
18Tamil Nadu453
19Goa372
20Assam357
21Jharkhand296
22Chhattisgarh171
23Odisha140
24Arunachal Pradesh[lower-alpha 3]108
25Andaman and Nicobar Islands34
26Sikkim30
26Puducherry30
28Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu14

Notes
  1. The figures includes speakers of Siraji, Kishtwari, Dardi and other dialects of Kashmiri or related languages.
  2. including Ladakh
  3. including Telangana

References
  1. "Language: India, States and Union Territories" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Office of the Registrar General, India. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

See also
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