States of India by Punjabi speakers

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.

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.

Rank	State/Territory	Punjabi speakers (2001)	% of state population (2001)[2]	% of state population (1991)[3]	% of state population (1981)[4][5][6][7]	% of state population (1971)[8][9]	% of state population (1961)[10][11]
—	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	41.1[lower-alpha 1]
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 2]	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

• States of India by urban population
• States of India by size of economy

Notes

1. Figure includes Haryana and parts of Himachal Pradesh
2. Figures before 2001 include Uttarakhand

References

1. Sanjay Yadav (2008). The Invasion of Delhi. Worldwide Books. ISBN 978-81-88054-00-8.
2. "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. p. 49. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
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