In accordance with Census 2011 there are 69,026,881 Tamil speakers in India covering 5,70 % of the country's total population.

Tamil speakers are mainly concentrated in the states of:

Among the districts in Tamil Nadu, the highest proportion of Tamil speakers is noticed in:

Outside Tamil Nadu state, significant proportion of Tamil speakers are recorded in Puducherry UT in Karaikal - कारैक्काल (98.29 %) and Puducherry - पुडुचेरी (95.12 %), in Andaman & Nicobar Islands UT in South Andaman - दक्षिण अण्डमान (20.70 %), Nicobars - निकोबार (6.10 %) and North and Middle Andaman - उत्तर और मध्य अण्डमान (5.94%) and in Kerala in Palakkad - पालक्काट् (4.95%).


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


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