In accordance with Census 2011 there are 33,124,726 Punjabi speakers in India covering 2,74 % of the country's total population.

Substantial proportion of Punjabi speakers are mainly concentrated in:

Among the districts in Punjab, the highest proportion of Punjabi speakers is noticed in:

Significant proportion of Punjabi speakers outside Punjab is noticed in Himachal Pradesh in Bilaspur - बिलासपुर (80.38 %), Una - ऊना (29.68 %) and Solan - सोलन (9.15 %), Sirsa - सिरसा (73.30 %), Fatehabad - फतेहाबाद) (41.29 %), Kurukshetra - कुरूक्षेत्र (17.47 %), Ambala - अम्बाला (10.96 %) and Karnal - करनाल (10.86 %).


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


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