In accordance with Census 2011 there are 528,347,193 Hindi speakers in India covering 43,63 % of the country's total population.

The major share of Hindi speakers is in the states of

Out of 640 districts in India:

  • 39 districts are in the range of 0.01 to 0.20 per cent,
  • 306 districts in the range of 0.21 to 20 per cent,
  • 47 districts in the range of 20.01 to 70 per cent,
  • 58 districts in the range of 70.01 to 90 per cent, and
  • 190 districts in the range of 90.01 per cent and above.

Among the districts the highest proportion of Hindi speakers is noticed in:

Besides these states, proportion of Hindi speakers are noticed in Daman - दमन (45.89 %) and Doda - डोडा (38.33 %), Mumbai Suburban - मुंबई उपनगर (29.57 %), Mumbai - मुंबई, Thane - थाने, Gondiya - गोंदिया and Nagpur - नागपूर (26.16 %), and in Tinsukia - तिनसुकिया (25.47 %), Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar - साहिबज़ादा अजीत सिंह नगर (24.03 %), Kolkata - कोलकाता (22.84 %), Sundargarh - सुन्दरगढ़ (23.38 %), Nuapada - नूआपड़ा (16.98 %), and Surat - सुरत (22.94 %).


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


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