In accordance with Census 2011 there are 297,614 Kharia speakers in India covering 0,02 % of the country's total population.

Kharia speakers are mainly concentrated in:

Among the districts in Jharkhand, the highest number of Kharia speakers is registered in:

Among the districts in Odisha, the highest number of Kharia speakers is registered in:

Outside Jharkhand and Odisha, Kharia speakers are significant in West Bengal in Jalpaiguri - जलपाईगुड़ी (3,939), Puruliya - पुरूलिया (941) and Paschim Medinipur - पश्चिम मेदिनीपुर (596) in Assam in Golaghat - गोलाघाट (3,850), Karbi Anglong - कार्बी आंग्लंग (1,644) and Sonitpur - सोनितपुर (945), in Chhattisgarh in Jashpur - जशपुर (3,723) and Raigarh - रायगढ़ (2,297), in Andaman and Nicobar Islands in North and Middle Andaman - उत्तर और मध्य अण्डमान (2,181) and South Andaman - दक्षिण अण्डमान (1,696).


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


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