States of India by Tamil speakers

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

State/territory1981 census1991 census2001 census2011 censusTamil% ofstate% ofTamilTamil% ofstate% ofTamilTamil% ofstate% ofTamilTamil% ofstate% ofTamil 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% Chhattisgarh - - - - - - 13,241 0.06% 0.02% 10,334 0.04% 0.01% Jharkhand - - - - - - 12,913 0.05% 0.02% 10,061 0.03% 0.01% 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% Uttarakhand - - - - - - 2,215 0.03% 0.00% 2,584 0.03% 0.00% 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% Arunachal Pradesh 548 0.09% 0.00% 887 0.10% 0.00% 1,595 0.15% 0.00% 1,246 0.09% 0.00% Nagaland 258 0.03% 0.00% 1,166 0.10% 0.00% 1,441 0.07% 0.00% 1,127 0.06% 0.00% Himachal Pradesh 458 0.01% 0.00% 569 0.01% 0.00% 1,066 0.02% 0.00% 1,038 0.02% 0.00% Bihar 15,351 0.02% 0.03% 16,304 0.02% 0.03% 1,453 0.00% 0.00% 986 0.00% 0.00% Tripura 131 0.01% 0.00% 423 0.02% 0.00% 1,312 0.04% 0.00% 929 0.03% 0.00% Meghalaya 290 0.02% 0.00% 642 0.04% 0.00% 834 0.04% 0.00% 913 0.03% 0.00% Sikkim 133 0.04% 0.00% 169 0.04% 0.00% 484 0.09% 0.00% 762 0.12% 0.00% Dadra & Nagar Haveli 54 0.05% 0.00% 199 0.14% 0.00% 666 0.30% 0.00% 739 0.22% 0.00% Lakshadweep 35 0.09% 0.00% 282 0.55% 0.00% 386 0.64% 0.00% 364 0.56% 0.00% Daman & Diu - - - 100 0.10% 0.00% 348 0.22% 0.00% 320 0.13% 0.00% Mizoram 108 0.02% 0.00% 331 0.05% 0.00% 431 0.05% 0.00% 306 0.03% 0.00% 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

See also List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language Tamil population by nation Tamil population by cities

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