In accordance with Census 2011 there are 43,706,512 Kannada speakers in India covering 3,61 % of the country's total population.

The significant proportion of Kannada speakers are concentrated in the states of:

Among the districts in Karnataka, the highest proportion of Kannada speakers is noticed in:

Significant proportion of Kannada speaking population outside Karnataka are found in The Nilgiris - द नीलगिरि (24.25 %) and Krishnagiri - कृष्णगिरि (1270 %), Theni - थेनी (7.86 %), Coimbatore - कोयम्बत्‍तूर (6.97 %), in Tamil Nadu in Erode - ईरोड (5.57 %), in Maharashtra in Solapur - सोलापूर (9.28 %) and Sangli - सांगली (5.09 %), in Goa in South Goa - दक्षिण गोवा (5.28 %) and in Andhra Pradesh in Anantapur - अनंतपुर (and Sri Sathya Sai) (4.86 %).


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


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