India : Urban - 7,933 Cities


India has 9,389 towns (Census 2011). Of these, 7933 are Statutory/Census Towns, 475 are Urban Agglomerations, and 985 are Outgrowths

India has 121 languages (which have more than 10,000 speakers in India). These 121 languages have 23 related scripts. For effective digital communication across the country, these can be grouped into 13 main scripts. Do note that the India Census 2011 was unique in its focus on Multilingualism. For all 7933 Statutory/Census Towns, the primary tongue ( i.e. Mother Tongue) data for each of the 121 languages, was opened out for public use in 2018.

The Language % in the Table below shows the "Percentage of the State/UTs Total Cities which have at least 100 or more Mother-Tongue speakers ( from the 121 Primary Indian Languages), of the respective language". This is Not the "Percent of the State/UT's Total Population who speak that Language". To see the Multilingualism i.e. "Percent of the State/UT's Population who speak a Second or Third language ( apart from their Mother Tongue)", please - Click here

# State Assamese Bengali Hindi Punjabi Kannada Malayalam Marathi Gujarati Odia Urdu Tamil Telugu English Others Language
(Cities #)
Scripts # Main Script #
1 Andaman And Nicobar 0% 100% 100% 20% 20% 100% 20% 20% 20% 40% 100% 100% 0% 300% 5 19 14
2 Andhra Pradesh 1% 9% 65% 3% 19% 14% 24% 8% 23% 91% 49% 106% 3% 8% 196 21 14
3 Arunachal Pradesh 78% 89% 93% 15% 0% 30% 7% 0% 30% 7% 0% 0% 0% 507% 27 23 14
4 Assam 89% 84% 79% 12% 1% 1% 1% 0% 10% 3% 1% 8% 0% 125% 210 23 14
5 Bihar 0% 20% 100% 6% 0% 1% 0% 2% 1% 88% 1% 1% 1% 59% 201 19 14
6 Chandigarh 13% 25% 100% 100% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 25% 13% 13% 13% 125% 8 19 14
7 Chhattisgarh 0% 38% 104% 26% 1% 12% 27% 18% 39% 35% 7% 23% 2% 90% 181 19 14
8 Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu 38% 92% 100% 8% 8% 31% 92% 100% 92% 15% 8% 15% 0% 131% 13 16 13
9 Goa 1% 19% 93% 4% 80% 39% 93% 17% 13% 57% 27% 30% 24% 114% 70 21 14
10 Gujarat 2% 19% 89% 11% 6% 13% 41% 100% 12% 21% 7% 10% 2% 62% 349 22 14
11 Haryana 4% 19% 100% 70% 3% 4% 8% 10% 6% 22% 7% 5% 2% 50% 155 22 14
12 Himachal Pradesh 2% 5% 100% 75% 0% 3% 7% 0% 5% 7% 0% 3% 2% 87% 61 20 14
13 Jammu And Kashmir 13% 22% 70% 47% 13% 17% 23% 13% 11% 9% 23% 20% 2% 146% 115 20 14
14 Jharkhand 0% 73% 99% 22% 1% 3% 3% 7% 27% 68% 7% 7% 2% 165% 230 22 14
15 Karnataka 1% 7% 75% 3% 99% 42% 70% 16% 7% 91% 51% 73% 3% 85% 346 24 14
16 Kerala 1% 6% 10% 1% 7% 101% 3% 1% 3% 3% 34% 6% 1% 16% 520 20 14
17 Ladakh 20% 40% 80% 60% 20% 20% 40% 20% 20% 0% 20% 20% 0% 280% 5 19 14
18 Lakshadweep 0% 17% 17% 0% 17% 83% 17% 0% 0% 17% 0% 0% 0% 17% 6 15 13
19 Madhya Pradesh 1% 13% 100% 19% 1% 7% 28% 17% 5% 36% 4% 5% 1% 48% 468 23 14
20 Maharashtra 4% 20% 98% 16% 30% 14% 100% 47% 13% 70% 14% 52% 6% 94% 535 24 14
21 Manipur 4% 14% 25% 2% 2% 2% 0% 0% 2% 0% 4% 2% 0% 269% 51 20 14
22 Meghalaya 67% 79% 88% 17% 4% 21% 21% 0% 4% 8% 4% 4% 0% 429% 24 23 14
23 Mizoram 9% 52% 39% 0% 0% 9% 0% 0% 4% 0% 0% 4% 0% 239% 23 23 14
24 Nagaland 62% 85% 92% 12% 0% 15% 12% 0% 19% 4% 8% 8% 0% 812% 26 22 14
25 National Capital Territory Of Delhi 8% 70% 110% 71% 11% 30% 20% 13% 35% 73% 23% 20% 9% 177% 112 23 14
26 Odisha 1% 36% 58% 11% 0% 5% 4% 10% 100% 43% 4% 51% 2% 92% 223 23 14
27 Puducherry 0% 17% 25% 0% 25% 50% 17% 17% 17% 67% 100% 75% 25% 17% 12 18 14
28 Punjab 5% 19% 91% 100% 4% 8% 10% 10% 10% 7% 7% 8% 1% 35% 215 24 14
29 Rajasthan 2% 8% 101% 31% 5% 9% 7% 17% 6% 37% 4% 4% 3% 57% 297 22 14
30 Sikkim 11% 67% 100% 11% 0% 11% 11% 0% 22% 67% 11% 11% 0% 367% 9 19 14
31 Tamil Nadu 0% 2% 20% 1% 31% 34% 9% 9% 2% 41% 100% 73% 2% 3% 1,095 23 14
32 Telangana 2% 25% 108% 22% 41% 26% 67% 28% 32% 117% 52% 118% 12% 45% 157 21 14
33 Tripura 8% 100% 48% 0% 0% 5% 5% 0% 15% 0% 0% 5% 0% 123% 40 20 14
34 Uttar Pradesh 2% 8% 100% 12% 2% 3% 3% 2% 3% 62% 2% 2% 1% 9% 898 24 14
35 Uttarakhand 2% 24% 101% 42% 3% 4% 8% 3% 6% 49% 4% 4% 2% 63% 114 22 14
36 West Bengal 1% 99% 55% 6% 0% 2% 2% 3% 10% 15% 2% 5% 2% 47% 875 24 14