States of India by Telugu speakers

This is a list of states and union territories of India by speakers of Telugu as of census 2011.

Rank State Telugu speakers (2001) Telugu speakers (2011)Percentage (2011) — India 74,002,856 81,125,493 1 Andhra Pradesh / Telangana 61,924,954 74,665,533 83.55% 2 Karnataka 3,718,180 3,569,400 5.91% 3 Tamil Nadu 3,525,921 4,234,302 5.87% 4 Maharashtra 1,304,740 1,320,880 1.18% 5 Chhattisgarh 1,147,920 1,152,100 3.60% 6 Orissa 1,214,010 1,667,693 3.51% 7 West Bengal 108,458 188,352 0.10% 8 Gujarat 170,939 173,568 0.12% 9 Puducherry 50,958 74,347 5.96% 10 Kerala 147,762 135,380 0.53% 11 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 46,050 50,404 13.24% 12 Jharkhand 35,030 30,704 0.09% 13 Delhi 27,701 25,934 0.15% 14 Assam 26,656 26,630 0.09% 15 Madhya Pradesh 24,139 24,411 0.03% 16 Goa 11,994 11,116 0.76% 17 Rajasthan 11,301 8,350 0.01% 18 Punjab 7,308 9,523 0.03% 19 Jammu and Kashmir 7,101 13,970 0.11% 20 Haryana 6,343 9,831 0.04% 21 Tripura 3,839 3,845 0.10% 22 Uttarakhand 2,000 3,185 0.03% 23 Arunachal Pradesh 1,647 1,653 0.12% 24 Nagaland 1,393 1,188 0.06% 25 Chandigarh 1,351 1,339 0.13% 26 Himachal Pradesh 1,216 1,383 0.02% 27 Manipur 650 1,098 0.04% 28 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 617 778 0.23% 29 Meghalaya 464 1,277 0.04% 30 Sikkim 325 1,035 0.17% 31 Daman and Diu 301 464 0.19% 32 Mizoram 267 334 0.03% 33 Bihar - 1,467 - 34 Uttar Pradesh - 13,977 -

See also States of India by urban population States of India by size of economy

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