India : Urban - 6,331 Cities


India's Census 2011 recorded 7,933 Statutory and Census Towns. Accounting for UAs — where multiple towns are counted as one city — these consolidate to 6,331 Cities, comprising 5,986 cities, 301 UAs, and 44 villages that have since become District or State Capitals.

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 7,933 Statutory/Census Towns, States and Districts (Rural + Urban), the primary tongue (i.e. Mother Tongue) data for each of the 121 languages, was opened out for public use in 2018. Since the 44 villages-turned-capitals were not part of the 7,933 towns, their Mother Tongue data is not available in the Census; their language distribution has therefore been estimated based on their respective district's language profile.

The Language % in the Table below shows the "Percentage of the State/UT's 6,331 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% 29% 14% 100% 14% 14% 14% 43% 100% 100% 0% 257% 7 24 14
2 Andhra Pradesh 1% 9% 66% 3% 21% 13% 27% 9% 24% 85% 48% 99% 4% 10% 157 24 14
3 Arunachal Pradesh 67% 79% 82% 12% 0% 24% 6% 0% 24% 6% 0% 0% 0% 439% 33 24 14
4 Assam 91% 83% 78% 12% 2% 2% 2% 1% 10% 4% 2% 9% 1% 131% 200 24 14
5 Bihar 1% 21% 99% 8% 0% 1% 1% 2% 1% 91% 1% 1% 1% 62% 173 19 14
6 Chandigarh 17% 33% 100% 100% 17% 17% 17% 17% 17% 33% 17% 17% 17% 167% 6 19 14
7 Chhattisgarh 1% 33% 100% 22% 2% 9% 22% 15% 34% 31% 5% 18% 2% 90% 173 24 14
8 Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu 36% 93% 100% 14% 14% 36% 93% 100% 93% 21% 14% 21% 7% 157% 14 17 13
9 Goa 2% 17% 92% 5% 78% 32% 92% 19% 13% 54% 21% 22% 25% 119% 63 21 14
10 Gujarat 2% 18% 87% 10% 7% 12% 38% 100% 13% 25% 7% 10% 3% 71% 282 22 14
11 Haryana 4% 20% 100% 67% 4% 5% 9% 10% 7% 20% 7% 6% 2% 58% 138 22 14
12 Himachal Pradesh 2% 5% 100% 75% 0% 3% 5% 0% 5% 7% 0% 3% 2% 83% 60 24 14
13 Jammu And Kashmir 13% 18% 69% 43% 10% 13% 21% 10% 8% 8% 21% 17% 2% 142% 107 20 14
14 Jharkhand 1% 71% 98% 18% 1% 3% 3% 6% 23% 69% 5% 5% 2% 159% 186 22 14
15 Karnataka 1% 7% 75% 2% 98% 40% 70% 17% 7% 92% 51% 74% 2% 82% 321 24 14
16 Kerala 10% 21% 34% 4% 31% 100% 15% 6% 13% 21% 66% 26% 10% 71% 68 24 14
17 Ladakh 25% 50% 100% 75% 25% 25% 50% 25% 25% 0% 25% 25% 0% 325% 4 19 14
18 Lakshadweep 0% 17% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 6 13 13
19 Madhya Pradesh 1% 12% 100% 18% 1% 6% 24% 16% 5% 37% 3% 4% 1% 50% 439 23 14
20 Maharashtra 2% 18% 98% 13% 28% 12% 100% 45% 11% 69% 12% 50% 4% 83% 505 24 14
21 Manipur 5% 13% 30% 3% 3% 3% 3% 0% 3% 0% 5% 3% 0% 240% 40 24 14
22 Meghalaya 57% 79% 71% 14% 14% 29% 36% 7% 14% 14% 14% 14% 7% 507% 14 24 14
23 Mizoram 9% 52% 39% 0% 0% 9% 0% 0% 4% 0% 0% 4% 0% 239% 23 23 14
24 Nagaland 59% 86% 93% 10% 0% 14% 10% 0% 17% 3% 7% 7% 0% 772% 29 24 14
25 National Capital Territory Of Delhi 25% 50% 100% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 50% 25% 25% 25% 825% 4 23 14
26 Odisha 1% 34% 56% 10% 1% 5% 4% 10% 100% 43% 5% 50% 2% 86% 218 24 14
27 Puducherry 0% 20% 40% 20% 40% 60% 20% 20% 20% 60% 100% 60% 40% 20% 5 18 14
28 Punjab 5% 18% 91% 100% 4% 9% 10% 10% 10% 8% 7% 9% 1% 36% 211 24 14
29 Rajasthan 2% 7% 100% 31% 4% 8% 7% 17% 6% 37% 4% 4% 3% 57% 285 22 14
30 Sikkim 8% 67% 100% 8% 0% 17% 17% 0% 25% 58% 8% 8% 0% 383% 12 24 14
31 Tamil Nadu 0% 2% 13% 1% 23% 24% 7% 6% 1% 33% 100% 66% 1% 4% 827 23 14
32 Telangana 2% 9% 92% 8% 23% 8% 56% 16% 15% 98% 35% 100% 2% 33% 118 24 14
33 Tripura 7% 100% 50% 0% 0% 5% 5% 0% 14% 0% 0% 5% 0% 131% 42 21 14
34 Uttar Pradesh 2% 7% 100% 12% 2% 2% 2% 2% 3% 64% 2% 2% 1% 9% 802 24 14
35 Uttarakhand 2% 23% 100% 42% 2% 3% 8% 3% 5% 53% 2% 2% 2% 75% 92 22 14
36 West Bengal 1% 99% 48% 3% 0% 1% 1% 1% 6% 11% 2% 2% 1% 45% 667 24 14