In accordance with Census 2011 there are 259,678 English speakers in India covering 0,02 % of the country's total population.

The major share of English speakers is in the states of:

Among the districts in Maharashtra, the highest proportion of English speakers is noticed in:

In Maharashtra, the highest percentages of English speakers are noticed in Goa in North Goa - उत्तर गोवा (0.86 %) and South Goa - दक्षिण गोवा (0.42 %), in Puducherry UT in Mahe - माही (0.35 %), and in Tamil Nadu in Chennai - चेन्नई (0.22 %) and The Nilgiris - द नीलगिरि (0.11 %), West Bengal in Kolkata - कोलकाता (0.20 %), and in Karnataka in Bangalore - बेंगलूरू (0.18 %).


Source: Census of India (2022) Language Atlas of India 2011. url


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