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As per [[Government of India]] [[Demographics of India|census data]] of 2011, the total number of [[Urdu]] speakers in [[India]] were 62,772,631. <ref>http://censusindia.gov.in/</ref><ref>[http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement4.htm SCHEDULED LANGUAGES IN DESCENDING ORDER OF SPEAKERS' STRENGTH - 2001]</ref>

Urdu is [[Languages with official status in India|officially recognised in India]] and has official status in the National Capital Territory of [[Delhi]] to which the language has remained deeply attached through its medieval history of Muslim [[Delhi Sultanate|sultanates]] and [[Mughal Empire|empires]] and the [[States and territories of India|Indian states and union territories]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Bihar]],<ref name="Language in India — Urdu">{{cite web|url=http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2003/urduinbihar.html| title = Urdu in Bihar|publisher = Language in India|accessdate = 2008-05-17}}</ref> [[Telangana]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].

==Regional distribution==
Following is a '''list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of [[Urdu]]''' [[Demographics of India|census data]] with estimated 2001 speakers.<ref>http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-documents/lsi/ling_survey_india.html</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan=2| '''Rank'''
! rowspan=2| '''State'''
! colspan=3|'''Urdu speakers'''
|-
! ''Persons''
! ''Males''
! ''Females''
|-

| ||'''[[India]]''' ||85,061,078 ||46,837,143 ||45,698,968
|-
|1 ||[[Uttar Pradesh]] ||38,272,080 ||20,947,596 ||19,324,484
|-
|2 ||[[Bihar]] ||17,757,548 ||8,891,011 ||8,566,537
|-
|3 ||[[Telangana]] & [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||8,575,033 ||4,351,545 ||4,223,488
|-
|4 ||[[Maharashtra]] ||6,895,501 ||3,247,547 ||3,247,954
|-
|5 ||[[Karnataka]] ||5,539,910 ||3,430,719 ||2,109,191
|-
|6 ||[[Jharkhand]] ||3,324,411 ||2,206,458 ||1,117,953
|-
|7 ||[[Madhya Pradesh]] ||3,186,364 ||2,180,019 ||1,006,345
|-
|8 ||[[Delhi]] ||2,674,333 ||1,373,117 ||1,301,216
|-
|9 ||[[West Bengal]] ||1,653,739 ||914,087 ||739,652
|-
|10 ||[[Rajasthan]] ||1,462,983 ||781,000 ||681,002
|-
|11 ||[[Gujarat]] ||1,350,630 ||687,723 ||663,907
|-
|12 ||[[Orissa, India|Orissa]] ||899,299 |||411,692 ||288,817
|-
|13 ||[[Tamil Nadu]] ||511,299 ||273,914 ||232,385
|-
|14 ||[[Uttarakhand]] ||497,081 ||265,152 ||231,929
|-
|15 ||[[Haryana]] ||260,687 ||140,038 ||120,649
|-
|16 ||[[Chhattisgarh]] ||88,008 ||46,670 ||41,338
|-
|17 ||[[Goa]] ||54,163 ||28,306 ||25,857
|-
|18 ||[[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] ||27,660 ||16,971 ||10,689
|-
|19 ||[[Kerala]] ||51,492 ||26,703 ||25,789
|-
|20 ||[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]] ||13,251 ||8,293 ||4,958
|-
|21 ||[[Chandigarh]] ||7,254 ||4,428 ||2,826
|-
|22 ||[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] ||7,092 ||3,450 ||3,642
|-
|23 ||[[Himachal Pradesh]] ||4,787 ||3,146 ||1,641
|-
|24 ||[[Assam]] ||4,715 ||2,821 ||1,894
|-
|25 ||[[Sikkim]] ||2,930 ||2,118 ||812
|-
|26 ||[[Meghalaya]] ||2,531 ||1,509 ||1,022
|-
|27 ||[[Andaman & Nicobar Islands]] ||1,615 ||885 ||730
|-
|28 ||[[Arunachal Pradesh]] ||1,258 ||883 ||375
|-
|29 ||[[Dadra & Nagar Haveli]] ||994 ||590 ||404
|-
|30 ||[[Nagaland]] ||759 ||562 ||197
|-
|31 ||[[Daman & Diu]] ||574 ||388 ||186
|-
|32 ||[[Manipur]] ||483 ||470 ||13
|-
|33 ||[[Tripura]] ||313 ||253 ||60
|-
|34 ||[[Mizoram]] ||98 ||84 ||14
|-
|35 ||[[Lakshadweep]] ||26 ||14 ||12
|}

For [[Demographics of India|census data]] of 1991:[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement3.htm GOI census 1991: DISTRIBUTION OF 10,000 PERSONS BY LANGUAGE - INDIA, STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES - 1991]

==Speaker strength==
Following is speaker's strength data of Urdu language for decades of 1971, 1981, 1991 & 2001:<ref>[http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement5.htm GOI census 2001: COMPARATIVE SPEAKERS' STRENGTH OF SCHEDULED LANGUAGES -1971, 1981, 1991 AND 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411183701/http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement5.htm |date=2009-04-11 }}</ref><ref>http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/PCA_Highlights/pca_highlights_file/India/Chapter-1.pdf</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| rowspan=2| '''Language'''
| colspan=5| '''Persons who returned the language as their mother tongue'''<ref>http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement5.aspx</ref>
| colspan=5| '''Percentage to total population'''
|-
| ''1971''
| ''1981''
| ''1991''
| ''2001''
| ''2011''
| ''1971''
| ''1981''
| ''1991''
| ''2001''
| ''2011''
|-
| ''Urdu''
| 28,620,895
| 34,941,435
| 43,406,932
| 51,536,111
| 50,772,631
| 5.22
| 5.25
| 5.18
| 5.01
| 4.19
|}

==Ranking==
Following is ranking data of Urdu language for decades of 1971, 1981, 1991 & 2001:<ref>[http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement6.htm GOI census 2001: COMPARATIVE RANKING OF SCHEDULED LANGUAGES IN DESCENDING ORDER OF SPEAKERS' STRENGTH-1971, 1981, 1991 AND 2001]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan=10| '''Urdu: its rank and percentage to total population'''
|-
| colspan=2| ''1971''
| colspan=2| ''1981''
| colspan=2| ''1991''
| colspan=2| ''2001''
| colspan=2| ''2011''
|-
| ''Rank''
| ''%''
| ''Rank''
| ''%''
| ''Rank''
| ''%''
| ''Rank''
| ''%''
| ''Rank''
| ''%''
|-
| 6
| 5.22
| 5
| 5.25
| 6
| 5.18**
| 6
| 5.01
| 7
| 4.19
|}

"**" Census was not conducted in the former state of Jammu and Kashmir

==See also==
*[[States of India by urban population]]
*[[States of India by size of economy]]
*[[Muslims of Uttar Pradesh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final_PPT_2011_chapter5.pdf
*[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm GOI census 2001: Population by religious communities]

[[Category:Lists of states of India by number of speakers of the languages|Urdu speakers]]
[[Category:Urdu in India|Urdu language]]

States of India by Urdu speakers - Revision history

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