In accordance with Census 2011 there are 83,968 Kuki speakers in India covering 0,01 % of the country's total population and there are 229,340 Thado speakers in India covering 0,02 % of the country's total population.

Kuki speakers are distributed in:

Thado speakers are concentrated in:

Among the districts in Manipur, the highest proportion of Kuki speakers is noticed in:

Among the districts in Manipur, the number of Thado speakers is the highest in:

Outside Manipur, significant number of Kuki speakers are recorded in Assam in Dima Hasao - दीमा हसाव (10,940), Karbi Anglong - कार्बी आंग्लंग (9,783), Cachar - कछार (995) and Kamrup Metropolitan - कामरूप महानगर (196), in Nagaland in Peren - पेरेन (9,666), Dimapur - दीमापुर(7,549) and Kohima - कोहिमा (637), in Tripura in West Tripura - पश्चिम त्रिपुरा (690), South Tripura - दक्षिण त्रिपुरा (357), Dhalai - धलाई (351) and North Tripura - उत्तर त्रिपुरा (295), in Meghalaya in East Khasi Hills - ईस्ट खासी हिल्स (1,149) and Ribhoi - रिभोइ (183), in NTC of Delhi South West - दक्षिण पश्चिम (185), in Punjab in Gurdaspur - गुरदासपुर (151) and in Uttar Pradesh Lucknow - लखनऊ (127).

Outside Manipur, Thado is not spoken significantly in any State/UT. However, a good number of Thado speakers is recorded in Assam in Dima Hasao - दीमा हसाव (1,854), Cachar - कछार (354) and Karbi Anglong - कार्बी आंग्लंग (128); in Meghalaya in Jaintia Hills - जैन्तिया हिल्स (800) and East Khasi Hills - ईस्ट खासी हिल्स (261); in Andhra Pradesh in Anantapur - अनंतपुर (and Sri Sathya Sai)(330); in Mizoram in Aizawl - आईज़ोल (134); in Uttar Pradesh in Kheri - खीरी (184) and in Ngaland in Dimapur - दीमापुर (130).


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


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