List of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers

This is a list of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers as of the 2011 census.

List

Rank State or Union territory Speakers in 2011
(% of population)
(2011)
Speakers in 2001
(% of population)
(2001)
% of population
(1991)
% of population
(1981)
% of population
(1971)
% of population
(1961)
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%)
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% 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
(0.08%)

0.24% 0.21%
16 Karnataka 25,981
(0.04%)
15,572
17 Andhra Pradesh 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%)
29 Nagaland 1,362
(0.11%)
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

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