In accordance with Census 2011 there are 81,127,740 Telugu speakers in India covering 6,70 % of the country's total population.

The major share of Telugu speakers is in the states of:

Among the districts of Andhra Pradesh, the highest proportion of Telugu Sspeakers are found in:

Significant proportion of Telugu speakers is also noticed in Chikkaballapura - चिक्कबल्लापुरा (27.07 %), Kolar - कोलार (22.67 %), Bangalore - बेंगलूरू (13.99 %), Bangalore Rural - बेंगलूरू ग्रामीण (12.84 %) and Bellary - बल्लारी (9.68%), In Tamil Nadu in Krishnagiri - कृष्णगिरि (21.56 %), Coimbatore - कोयम्बत्‍तूर (16.32 %) and Theni - थेनी (12.75 %), and in Andaman and Nicobar Islands in South Andaman - दक्षिण अण्डमान (17.67 %) and North and Middle Andaman - उत्तर और मध्य अण्डमान (6.47 %).


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


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