In accordance with Census 2011 there are 34,838,819 Malayalam speakers in India covering 2,88 % of the country's total population.

Substantial proportion of Malayalam speakers is concentrated in the states of:

Among the districts in Kerala, the highest proportion of Malayalam speakers is noticed in:

Significant proportion of Malayalam speakers is noticed in Mahe - माही (98.79 %),Puducherry - पुडुचेरी and Lakshadweep - लक्षद्वीप (84.17 %), Kodagu - कोडगु (25.57 %), Dakshina Kannada - दक्षिण कन्नडा (9.97 %), Bangalore - बेंगलूरू (2.94 %) and Chikmagalur - चिक्कमगलूरू (2.48 %).


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


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