In accordance with Census 2011 there are 13,583,464 Maithili speakers in India covering 1,12 % of the country's total population.

Substantial proportion of Maithili speakers is mainly concentrated in:

Among the districts in Bihar, the highest proportion of Maithili speakers is noticed in:

Significant proportion of Maithili speakers outside Bihar are in Udham Singh Nagar - उधम सिंह नगर (2.99 %), in Uttarakhand in Purbi Singhbhum - पूर्वी सिंहभूम (1.28 %), Bokaro - बोकारो (1.14 %) and Saraikela Kharsawan - सरायकेला-खरसावां (1.05 %).


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


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