Ethnic Groups and Languages of India - No yellow box - Statistics

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Language Family Language Ethnic Group Number in India State % Correct
Indo-Aryan Hindi (Hindustani) Hindi-speakers 460 million Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
100%
Dravidian Tamil Tamils 70 million Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry
100%
Indo-Aryan Bengali Bengalis 100 million West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
98%
Indo-Aryan Gujarati Gujaratis 56 million Gujarat, Daman and Diu
96%
Indo-Aryan Marathi Marathis 83 million Maharashtra
96%
Indo-Aryan Punjabi Punjabis 33 million Punjab
96%
Dravidian Telugu Telugu people 81 million Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
92%
Indo-Aryan Assamese Assamese people 15 million Assam
89%
Dravidian Kannada Kannadigas 43 million Karnataka
83%
Indo-Aryan Odia Odias 35 million Odisha
83%
Indo-Aryan Urdu (Hindustani) Urdu-speakers 50 million Muslims
83%
Indo-Aryan Kashmiri Kashmiris 6,8 million Jammu and Kashmir
81%
Dravidian Malayalam Malayalis 34 million Kerala, Lakshadweep
79%
Indo-Aryan Rajasthani languages Rajasthanis 70 million Rajasthan
74%
Sino-Tibetan Mizo-Kuki-Chin languages Mizo people (several tribes) [Zo people] 1,5 million Mizoram
72%
Sino-Tibetan Meitei Meitei people 1,8 million Manipur
70%
Indo-Aryan (also Sino-Tibetan ethnicities) Nepali Indian Gorkhas (multi-ethnic) 3 million West Bengal (minority) and Sikkim (majority)
64%
Sino-Tibetan Boro/Bodo Boro/Bodo people 1,4 million Bodoland (in Assam)
62%
Indo-Aryan Konkani Konkani people 2,3 million Goa (also minority in the city Mangalore in Karnataka)
60%
Indo-Aryan Bhojpuri (Bihari) Bhojpuris 51 million Minority in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
58%
Sino-Tibetan Naga languages Naga people (several) 2,7 million Nagaland and minority in Manipur
53%
Sino-Tibetan Garo Garos 1,1 million Garo Hills (in Meghalaya)
49%
Sino-Tibetan Kokborok Tripuri people 1 million Tripura (largest after Bengalis)
49%
Indo-Aryan Chhattisgarhi (Eastern Hindi) Chhattisgarhi-speakers 18 million Chhattisgarh
47%
Indo-Aryan Maithili (Bihari) Maithils 40 million Minority in Bihar and Jharkhand
45%
Dravidian Tulu Tulu people / Tuluvas 1,8 million Minority in the cities Mangalore (in Karnataka) and Kasaragod (in Kerala)
42%
Austroasiatic Santali Santal people 7 million Minority in Jharkhand and West Bengal
40%
Indo-Aryan Dogri Dogras 2,5 million Jammu (in Jammu and Kashmir)
36%
Indo-Aryan Awadhi (Eastern Hindi) Awadhis 3,8 million Minority in Uttar Pradesh
26%
Dravidian Gondi (minority) Gondi people 13 million Minority in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
26%
Austroasiatic Khasi Khasi people 1,4 million Meghalaya (largest group - none with majority)
25%
Indo-Aryan Bhili (minority) Bhils 17 million Dadra and Nagar Haveli (largest group - none with majority), also minority in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and more
23%
Indo-Aryan Magahi or Khortha (Bihari) Magahi people 20 million Jharkhand (largest group - none with majority), also minority in Bihar
21%
Austroasiatic Ho Ho people 1 million Minority in Jharkhand
19%
Austroasiatic Mundari Munda people 2,2 million Minority in Jharkhand and Odisha
19%
Sino-Tibetan Nyishi Nyishi people 300.000 Arunachal Pradesh (largest group - none with majority)
9%
Indo-Aryan (Sino-Tibetan originally) Kamtapuri/Rangpuri Koch-Rajbongshi people 3,4 million Minority in West Bengal
6%
Indo-Aryan Sadri (Bihari) Nagpuris 5 million Minority in Jharkhand
6%
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