In accordance with Census 2011 there are 1,860,236 Khandeshi speakers in India covering 0,15 % of the country's total population.

Khandeshi speakers are mainly concentrated in the states in:

In Maharashtra, the highest number of Khandeshi speakers are registered in:

Apart from Maharashtra and Gujarat, significant number of Khandeshi speakers are registered in Madhya PradeSh in Barwani - बड़वानी (2.10 %), Burhanpur - बुरहानपुर (0.62 %), Neemuch - नीमच and Sehore - सीहोर(0.01 %) and in Jammu & KaShmir Ganderbal - गान्दरबल (1.53 %) and Ramban - रामबन (1.38 %).


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


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