This is a list of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers as of the 2011 census.
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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) — 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%Figures before 2001 include Uttarakhand 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 PradeshThis is the data for the former state of Andhra Pradesh. This state bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014. 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
See also States of India by urban population States of India by size of economy
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