In accordance with Census 2011 there are 6,797,587 Kashmiri speakers in India covering 0,56 % of the country's total population.

Kashmiri speakers are mainly concentrated in the states of:

Among the districts in Jammu and Kashmir, the highest proportion of Kashmiri speakers is noticed in:

Significant percentage of Kashmiri speakers outside Jammu & Kashmir are available in Kullu - कुल्लू (10.41 %), Chamba - चम्बा (1.32 %), in Himachal Pradesh in Mandi - मण्डी (0.21 %), and Shimla - शिमला (0.13 %), in NCT of Delhi in South - दक्षिणी (0.19 %), South West - दक्षिण पश्चिम and New Delhi - नई दिल्ली) (0.18 each %), East - पूर्वी (0.13 %).


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


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