In accordance with Census 2011 there are 83,026,680 Marathi speakers in India covering 6,86 % of the country's total population.

Marathi speakers are mainly concentrated in the states of:

Among the districts in Maharashtra, the highest proportion of Marathi speakers is noticed in:

Outside Maharashtra the significant proportion of Marathi speakers is noticed in Burhanpur - बुरहानपुर (26.97 %) and Balaghat - बालाघाट (16.41 %), in Madhya Pradesh in Betul - बैतूल (12.86 %), Chhindwara - छिन्दवाड़ा (10.32 %), in Karnataka in Belgaum - बेलगांव (18.70 %), Bidar - बीदर (18.41 %), in Goa in North Goa - उत्तर गोवा (18.35 %) and in Andhra Pradesh in Adilabad - अदिलाबाद (13.61 %).


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


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