In accordance with Census 2011 there are 50,772,631 Urdu speakers in India covering 4,19 % of the country's total population.

Substantial proportion of Urdu speakers are mainly concentrated in:

In Uttar Pradesh, the highest percentage of Urdu speakers is noticed in:

Apart from Uttar Pradesh, the highest proportion of Urdu speakers among districts are noticed in Telangana in Hyderabad - हैदराबाद (43.24 %), Nizamabad - निजामाबाद (14.97 %), Medak - मेदक (10.85 %), in Andra Pradesh in Kurnool - कर्नूल (15.21 %), in Maharashtra in Akola - अकोला (17.33 %), Aurangabad - औरंगाबाद (14.51 %) and Mumbai - मुंबई (13.53 %).


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


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