In accordance with Census 2011 there are 260,008 Ao speakers in India covering 0,02 % of the country's total population.

The significant proportion of Manipuri speakers are concentrated in

Among the districts in Nagaland, the highest proportion of Ao speakers is noticed in:

Outside Nagaland, significant number of Ao speakers are recorded in Tripura in South Tripura - दक्षिण त्रिपुरा (12,823), West Tripura - पश्चिम त्रिपुरा (3,777) and Dhalai - धलाई (2,640), in Manipur in Chandel - चान्देल (2,368), in Arunachal PradeSh in Karbi Anglong - कार्बी आंग्लंग (2,223), Sonitpur - सोनितपुर (498),Jorhat - जोरहाट (258) and Lakhimpur - लखीमपुर (258).


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


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