Kashmiri language is an official language as well as one of the main spoken languages of Jammu and Kashmir, besides being one of the scheduled languages of India.
Just after Hindi, Kashmiri is the second fastest growing language of India, followed by Meitei (Manipuri) as well as Gujarati in the third place, and Bengali in the fourth place, according to the 2011 census of India.
List
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Kashmiri according to the 2011 census.
| Rank | State | Kashmiri speakers |
|---|---|---|
| — | India | 6,797,587 |
| 1 | Jammu and Kashmir (state) | 6,680,837 |
| 2 | Himachal Pradesh | 57,050 |
| 3 | Delhi | 18,122 |
| 4 | Maharashtra | 8,274 |
| 5 | Haryana | 6,225 |
| 6 | Uttar Pradesh | 6,123 |
| 7 | Rajasthan | 4,164 |
| 8 | Karnataka | 3,388 |
| 9 | Punjab | 2,913 |
| 10 | Uttarakhand | 1,770 |
| 11 | Chandigarh | 1,330 |
| 12 | Gujarat | 1,111 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 1,050 |
| 14 | Bihar | 986 |
| 15 | Kerala | 651 |
| 16 | West Bengal | 624 |
| 17 | Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014) | 576 |
| 18 | Tamil Nadu | 453 |
| 19 | Goa | 372 |
| 20 | Assam | 357 |
| 21 | Jharkhand | 296 |
| 22 | Chhattisgarh | 171 |
| 23 | Odisha | 140 |
| 24 | Arunachal Pradesh | 108 |
| 25 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 34 |
| 26 | Sikkim | 30 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 30 |
| 28 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 14 |
See also
- States of India by Bengali speakers
- States of India by Meitei speakers
- States of India by Malayalam speakers
- List of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers
- States of India by Sindhi speakers
- States of India by Kannada speakers
- States of India by Tamil speakers
- States of India by Telugu speakers
- States of India by Urdu speakers
- States of India by urban population
- States of India by size of economy
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