This is a list of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers as of the 2011 census. [note 1] [note 2] [1]
Rank | State or Union territory | Speakers in 2011 (% of population) (2011) [2] |
Speakers in 2001 (% of population) (2001) [3] |
% of population (1991) [4] |
% of population (1981) [5] [6] [7] [8] |
% of population (1971) [9] [10] |
% of population (1961) [11] [12] [13] |
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— | India | 33,124,726 (2.74%) |
29,102,477 (2.83%) |
2.79% | 2.95% | 2.57% | 2.49% |
1 | Punjab | 24,917,885 (89.82%) |
22,334,369 (91.69%) |
92.2% | 84.88% | 79.49% | 65.6% |
2 | Haryana | 2,400,883 (9.47%) |
2,234,626 (10.57%) |
7.10% | 5.70% | 8.34% | – |
3 | Rajasthan | 2,274,342 (3.32%) |
1,141,200 (2.01%) |
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4 | Delhi | 873,774 (5.20%) |
988,980 (7.14%) |
7.90% | 13.00% | 13.04% | 13.30% |
5 | Himachal Pradesh | 615,022 (8.96%) |
364,175 (5.99%) |
6.28% | 5.70% | 4.75% | |
6 | Uttar Pradesh | 508,736 (0.25%) |
523,094 (0.31%) |
0.50% [a] | 0.4% | 0.57% | |
7 | Maharashtra | 280,192 (0.25%) |
269,309 | ||||
8 | Uttarakhand | 263,310 (2.61%) |
247,084 (2.91%) |
– | – | – | – |
9 | Chandigarh | 232,516 (22.03%) |
251,224 (27.89%) |
34.70% | 40.20% | 40.67% | – |
10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 219,193 (75%) |
190,675 (74%) |
72% | 70% | ||
11 | Madhya Pradesh | 139,658 (0.19%) |
148,999 | ||||
12 | Jharkhand | 78,712 (0.24%) |
86,596 | ||||
13 | Chhattisgarh | 65,425 (0.26%) |
67,293 | ||||
14 | Gujarat | 63,288 (0.10%) |
55,810 | ||||
15 | West Bengal | 61,080 (0.07%) |
67,952 |
0.24% | 0.21% | ||
16 | Karnataka | 25,981 (0.04%) |
15,572 | ||||
17 | Andhra Pradesh [14] | 24,413 (0.03%) |
23,838 | ||||
18 | Assam | 23,313 (0.07%) |
30,763 | ||||
19 | Odisha | 19,470 (0.05%) |
21,574 | ||||
20 | Bihar | 10,467 (0.01%) |
13,600 | ||||
21 | Tamil Nadu | 6,565 (0.01%) |
5,696 | ||||
22 | Meghalaya | 4,540 (0.15%) |
4,753 | ||||
23 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3,674 (0.27%) |
2,980 | ||||
24 | Goa | 1,959 (0.13%) |
1,815 | ||||
25 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1,565 (0.41%) |
1,825 | ||||
26 | Kerala | 1380 | 1,668 | ||||
27 | Manipur | 1,370 (0.05%) |
1,438 | ||||
28 | Sikkim | 1,364 (0.32%) |
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29 | Nagaland | 1,362 (0.11%) |
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30 | Tripura | 997 (0.03%) |
1,637 | ||||
31 | Mizoram | 349 (0.03%) |
479 | ||||
32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 414 (0.12%) |
283 | ||||
33 | Daman and Diu | 222 (0.09%) |
304 | ||||
34 | Puducherry | 122 (0.01%) |
131 | ||||
35 | Lakshadweep | 4 | 9 |