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
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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