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This is a list of [[States and union territories of India|states and territories]] of [[India]] by number of people for whom [[Tamil language|Tamil]] is their [[mother tongue]] (first language).

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! scope=col rowspan=2|[[States and union territories of India|State/territory]]
! scope=col colspan=3|1981 census{{Efn|Excludes [[Assam]] where no census was carried out due to [[Assam separatist movements|separatist insurgency]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Census shows drop in Assam population |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/03/30/stories/1430203e.htm |accessdate=7 October 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 March 2001 |location=Chennai, India}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>}}{{Efn|Household population only i.e. excludes people in institutions.}}
! scope=col colspan=3|[[1991 Census of India|1991 census]]{{Efn|Excludes [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] where no census was carried out due to [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|separatist insurgency]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sugden |first1=Joanna |last2=Seervai |first2=Shanoor |title=Where Are India’s 2011 Census Figures on Religion? |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2015/01/09/where-are-indias-census-figures-on-religion/ |accessdate=7 October 2018 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=9 January 2015 |location=New York, U.S.A.}}</ref>}}
! scope=col colspan=3|[[2001 Census of India|2001 census]]
! scope=col colspan=3|[[2011 Census of India|2011 census]]
|-
! scope=col valign=top|Tamil {{Tooltip|pop.|population}} <ref name="census1981">{{cite book |last1=Padmanabha |first1=P. |title=Census of India 1981: Series 1 India Paper 1 of 1987 - Households and Household Population by Language Mainly Spoken in the Household |date=1987 |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |location=New Delhi, India |page=38 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/data/Census_1981/Publication/India/46428_1981_HH.pdf |accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref>
! scope=col valign=top|% of state <ref name="census1981"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Padmanabha |first1=P. |title=Census of India 1981: Series 1 India Paper 1 of 1987 - Households and Household Population by Language Mainly Spoken in the Household |date=1987 |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |location=New Delhi, India |pages=1-2 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/data/Census_1981/Publication/India/46428_1981_HH.pdf |accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref>
! scope=col valign=top|% of Tamil 
! scope=col valign=top|Tamil {{Tooltip|pop.|population}} <ref name="census1991">{{cite web |title=Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 1991: Social & Cultural Tables - C-7 : Mother Tongue - C-7 Part A (i): Distribution of the 18 Scheduled Languages |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Tables.aspx |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=1 October 2018 |location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
! scope=col valign=top|% of state <ref name="census1991"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 1991: Primary Census Abstract - Primary Census Abstract Total : Primary Census Abstract Total |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Tables.aspx |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=1 October 2018 |location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
! scope=col valign=top|% of Tamil 
! scope=col valign=top|Tamil {{Tooltip|pop.|population}} <ref name="census2001">{{cite web |title=Census Data Online - 2001: Data on Language - Part A: Distribution of the 22 Scheduled Languages – India, States & Union Territories – 2001 Census |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/parta.htm |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=1 October 2018 |location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
! scope=col valign=top|% of state <ref name="census2001"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Census Data Online - 2001: Data on Language - Statement 2: Distribution of population by Scheduled and Other Languages - India, States and Union Territories - 2001 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement2.htm |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=1 October 2018 |location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
! scope=col valign=top|% of Tamil 
! scope=col valign=top|Tamil {{Tooltip|pop.|population}} <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=2011 Census Data: Data on Language and Mother Tongue - Part A : Distribution of the 22 scheduled languages - India/States/Union Territories - 2011 census |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Part-A.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=1 October 2018 |location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
! scope=col|% of state <ref name="census2011"/><ref>{{cite web |title=2011 Census Data: Data on Language and Mother Tongue - Statement 2 : Distribution of population by Scheduled and other Languages India, States and Union Territories - 2011 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-2.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=1 October 2018 |location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
! scope=col valign=top|% of Tamil 
|-
|align=left| [[Tamil Nadu]] || 41,045,591 || 85.35% || 91.76% || 48,434,744 || 86.71% || 91.38% || 55,798,916 || 89.41% || 91.78% || 63,753,997 || 88.37% || 92.36%
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|align=left| [[Karnataka]] || 1,385,313 || 3.76% || 3.10% || 1,728,361 || 3.84% || 3.26% || 1,874,959 || 3.55% || 3.08% || 2,110,128 || 3.45% || 3.06%
|-
|align=left| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] || 534,560 || 89.18% || 1.20% || 720,473 || 89.19% || 1.36% || 861,502 || 88.42% || 1.42% || 1,100,976 || 88.22% || 1.59%
|-
|align=left| [[Andhra Pradesh]] || 654,463 || 1.23% || 1.46% || 753,484 || 1.13% || 1.42% || 769,685 || 1.01% || 1.27% || 713,848 || 0.84% || 1.03%
|-
|align=left| [[Maharashtra]] || 300,348 || 0.48% || 0.67% || 427,447 || 0.54% || 0.81% || 527,995 || 0.55% || 0.87% || 509,887 || 0.45% || 0.74%
|-
|align=left| [[Kerala]] || 603,188 || 2.39% || 1.35% || 616,010 || 2.12% || 1.16% || 596,971 || 1.87% || 0.98% || 502,516 || 1.50% || 0.73%
|-
|align=left| [[Delhi]] || 54,776 || 0.89% || 0.12% || 84,873 || 0.90% || 0.16% || 92,426 || 0.67% || 0.15% || 82,719 || 0.49% || 0.12%
|-
|align=left| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Andaman & Nicobar]] || 26,485 || 14.81% || 0.06% || 53,536 || 19.07% || 0.10% || 62,961 || 17.68% || 0.10% || 57,830 || 15.20% || 0.08%
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|align=left| [[Gujarat]] || 21,852 || 0.06% || 0.05% || 34,498 || 0.08% || 0.07% || 37,092 || 0.07% || 0.06% || 40,072 || 0.07% || 0.06%
|-
|align=left| [[Madhya Pradesh]] || 32,152 || 0.06% || 0.07% || 38,562 || 0.06% || 0.07% || 24,848 || 0.04% || 0.04% || 20,544 || 0.03% || 0.03%
|-
|align=left| [[West Bengal]] || 19,447 || 0.04% || 0.04% || 25,797 || 0.04% || 0.05% || 20,238 || 0.03% || 0.03% || 15,930 || 0.02% || 0.02%
|-
|align=left| [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]] || 866 || 0.01% || 0.00% || n/a || n/a || n/a || 9,494 || 0.09% || 0.02% || 14,728 || 0.12% || 0.02%
|-
|align=left| [[Uttar Pradesh]] || 3,455 || 0.00% || 0.01% || 15,569 || 0.01% || 0.03% || 13,665 || 0.01% || 0.02% || 14,444 || 0.01% || 0.02%
|-
|align=left| [[Haryana]] || 4,082 || 0.03% || 0.01% || 5,202 || 0.03% || 0.01% || 10,207 || 0.05% || 0.02% || 12,658 || 0.05% || 0.02%
|-
|align=left| [[Punjab]] || 3,280 || 0.02% || 0.01% || 6,271 || 0.03% || 0.01% || 12,339 || 0.05% || 0.02% || 10,389 || 0.04% || 0.02%
|-
|align=left| [[Chhattisgarh]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || 13,241 || 0.06% || 0.02% || 10,334 || 0.04% || 0.01%
|-
|align=left| [[Jharkhand]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || 12,913 || 0.05% || 0.02% || 10,061 || 0.03% || 0.01%
|-
|align=left| [[Rajasthan]] || 5,117 || 0.01% || 0.01% || 12,461 || 0.03% || 0.02% || 11,852 || 0.02% || 0.02% || 8,939 || 0.01% || 0.01%
|-
|align=left| [[Goa]] || 3,884 || 0.37% || 0.01% || 6,818 || 0.58% || 0.01% || 7,903 || 0.59% || 0.01% || 6,947 || 0.48% || 0.01%
|-
|align=left| [[Odisha]] || 8,906 || 0.03% || 0.02% || 11,502 || 0.04% || 0.02% || 8,709 || 0.02% || 0.01% || 6,155 || 0.01% || 0.01%
|-
|align=left| [[Chandigarh]] || 3,426 || 0.78% || 0.01% || 5,318 || 0.83% || 0.01% || 5,716 || 0.63% || 0.01% || 5,579 || 0.53% || 0.01%
|-
|align=left| [[Assam]] || n/a || n/a || n/a || 1,770 || 0.01% || 0.00% || 5,672 || 0.02% || 0.01% || 5,229 || 0.02% || 0.01%
|-
|align=left| [[Uttarakhand]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || 2,215 || 0.03% || 0.00% || 2,584 || 0.03% || 0.00%
|-
|align=left| [[Manipur]] || 1,832 || 0.13% || 0.00% || 2,600 || 0.14% || 0.00% || 2,279 || 0.11% || 0.00% || 1,657 || 0.06% || 0.00%
|-
|align=left| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] || 548 || 0.09% || 0.00% || 887 || 0.10% || 0.00% || 1,595 || 0.15% || 0.00% || 1,246 || 0.09% || 0.00%
|-
|align=left| [[Nagaland]] || 258 || 0.03% || 0.00% || 1,166 || 0.10% || 0.00% || 1,441 || 0.07% || 0.00% || 1,127 || 0.06% || 0.00%
|-
|align=left| [[Himachal Pradesh]] || 458 || 0.01% || 0.00% || 569 || 0.01% || 0.00% || 1,066 || 0.02% || 0.00% || 1,038 || 0.02% || 0.00%
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|align=left| [[Bihar]] || 15,351 || 0.02% || 0.03% || 16,304 || 0.02% || 0.03% || 1,453 || 0.00% || 0.00% || 986 || 0.00% || 0.00%
|-
|align=left| [[Tripura]] || 131 || 0.01% || 0.00% || 423 || 0.02% || 0.00% || 1,312 || 0.04% || 0.00% || 929 || 0.03% || 0.00%
|-
|align=left| [[Meghalaya]] || 290 || 0.02% || 0.00% || 642 || 0.04% || 0.00% || 834 || 0.04% || 0.00% || 913 || 0.03% || 0.00%
|-
|align=left| [[Sikkim]] || 133 || 0.04% || 0.00% || 169 || 0.04% || 0.00% || 484 || 0.09% || 0.00% || 762 || 0.12% || 0.00%
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|align=left| [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli|Dadra & Nagar Haveli]] || 54 || 0.05% || 0.00% || 199 || 0.14% || 0.00% || 666 || 0.30% || 0.00% || 739 || 0.22% || 0.00%
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|align=left| [[Lakshadweep]] || 35 || 0.09% || 0.00% || 282 || 0.55% || 0.00% || 386 || 0.64% || 0.00% || 364 || 0.56% || 0.00%
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|align=left| [[Daman and Diu|Daman & Diu]] || - || - || - || 100 || 0.10% || 0.00% || 348 || 0.22% || 0.00% || 320 || 0.13% || 0.00%
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|align=left| [[Mizoram]] || 108 || 0.02% || 0.00% || 331 || 0.05% || 0.00% || 431 || 0.05% || 0.00% || 306 || 0.03% || 0.00%
|- class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"
|align=left| [[India]] || 44,730,389 || 6.76% || 100.00% || 53,006,368 || 6.32% || 100.00% || 60,793,814 || 5.91% || 100.00% || 69,026,881 || 5.70% || 100.00%
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==See also==
* [[List of territorial entities where Tamil is an official language]]
* [[Tamil population by nation]]
* [[Tamil population by cities]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tamil language}}

[[Category:Lists of states of India by number of speakers of the languages|Tamil]]
[[Category:Tamil language-related lists|India]]
[[Category:Tamil people]]

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	! scope=col valign=top\|Tamil<br>{{Tooltip\|pop.\|population}}<br><ref name="census1991">{{cite web \|title=Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 1991: Social & Cultural Tables - C-7 : Mother Tongue - C-7 Part A (i): Distribution of the 18 Scheduled Languages \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Tables.aspx \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>		! scope=col valign=top\|Tamil<br>{{Tooltip\|pop.\|population}}<br><ref name="census1991">{{cite web \|title=Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 1991: Social & Cultural Tables - C-7 : Mother Tongue - C-7 Part A (i): Distribution of the 18 Scheduled Languages \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Tables.aspx \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>

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	! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>state<br><ref name="census1981"/><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Padmanabha \|first1=P. \|title=Census of India 1981: Series 1 India Paper 1 of 1987 - Households and Household Population by Language Mainly Spoken in the Household \|date=1987 \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|location=New Delhi, India \|pages=~~1–2~~ \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/data/Census_1981/Publication/India/46428_1981_HH.pdf \|accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref>		! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>state<br><ref name="census1981"/><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Padmanabha \|first1=P. \|title=Census of India 1981: Series 1 India Paper 1 of 1987 - Households and Household Population by Language Mainly Spoken in the Household \|date=1987 \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|location=New Delhi, India \|pages=1-2 \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/data/Census_1981/Publication/India/46428_1981_HH.pdf \|accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref>
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	! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>state<br><ref name="census1991"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 1991: Primary Census Abstract - Primary Census Abstract Total : Primary Census Abstract Total \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Tables.aspx \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>		! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>state<br><ref name="census1991"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 1991: Primary Census Abstract - Primary Census Abstract Total : Primary Census Abstract Total \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Tables.aspx \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
	! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>Tamil<br>		! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>Tamil<br>
	! scope=col valign=top\|Tamil<br>{{Tooltip\|pop.\|population}}<br><ref name="census2001">{{cite web \|title=Census Data Online - 2001: Data on Language - Part A: Distribution of the 22 Scheduled Languages – India, States & Union Territories – 2001 Census \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/parta.htm \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>		! scope=col valign=top\|Tamil<br>{{Tooltip\|pop.\|population}}<br><ref name="census2001">{{cite web \|title=Census Data Online - 2001: Data on Language - Part A: Distribution of the 22 Scheduled Languages – India, States & Union Territories – 2001 Census \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/parta.htm \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160317212112/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/parta.htm \|archive-date=17 March 2016\|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
	! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>state<br><ref name="census2001"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=Census Data Online - 2001: Data on Language - Statement 2: Distribution of population by Scheduled and Other Languages - India, States and Union Territories - 2001 \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement2.htm \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>		! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>state<br><ref name="census2001"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=Census Data Online - 2001: Data on Language - Statement 2: Distribution of population by Scheduled and Other Languages - India, States and Union Territories - 2001 \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement2.htm \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
	! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>Tamil<br>		! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>Tamil<br>
	! scope=col valign=top\|Tamil<br>{{Tooltip\|pop.\|population}}<br><ref name="census2011">{{cite web \|title=2011 Census Data: Data on Language and Mother Tongue - Part A : Distribution of the 22 scheduled languages - India/States/Union Territories - 2011 census \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Part-A.pdf \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>		! scope=col valign=top\|Tamil<br>{{Tooltip\|pop.\|population}}<br><ref name="census2011">{{cite web \|title=2011 Census Data: Data on Language and Mother Tongue - Part A : Distribution of the 22 scheduled languages - India/States/Union Territories - 2011 census \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Part-A.pdf \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091709/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Part-A.pdf \|archive-date=27 March 2019 \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
	! scope=col\|% of<br>state<br><ref name="census2011"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=2011 Census Data: Data on Language and Mother Tongue - Statement 2 : Distribution of population by Scheduled and other Languages India, States and Union Territories - 2011 \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-2.pdf \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>		! scope=col\|% of<br>state<br><ref name="census2011"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=2011 Census Data: Data on Language and Mother Tongue - Statement 2 : Distribution of population by Scheduled and other Languages India, States and Union Territories - 2011 \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-2.pdf \|website=[[Census of India]] \|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] \|accessdate=1 October 2018 \|location=New Delhi, India}}</ref>
	! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>Tamil<br>		! scope=col valign=top\|% of<br>Tamil<br>
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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[List of ~~territorial entities~~ where Tamil is an official language]]		* [[List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language]]
	* [[Tamil population by nation]]		* [[Tamil population by nation]]
	* [[Tamil population by cities]]		* [[Tamil population by cities]]