States of India by Malayalam speakers

This is a list of states and territories of India by number of people for whom Malayalam is their mother tongue (first language) as of census 2001. Gross population figures are[1][2]

Rank State/ Union territory 1981 census 1991 census 2001 census 2011 census
Malayalam speakers % of state % of Malayalam Malayalam speakers % of state % of Malayalam Malayalam speakers % of state % of Malayalam Malayalam speakers % of state % of Malayalam
— India 25,952,966 3.92% 100% 30,377,176 3.62% 100% 33,066,392 3.21% 100% 34,838,819 2.88% (Tenth most spoken in India) 100%
1 Kerala 24,231,396 95.99% 93.37% 28,096,376 96.56% 92.49 30,803,747 96.75% 93.16 32,413,213 97.03% 93.04
2 Tamil Nadu 577,890 1.20% 2.23% 661,137 1.18% 2.18 557,705 0.90% 1.69 774,057 1.01% 2.22
3 Karnataka 590,709 1.60% 2.28% 757,030 1.68% 2.49 701,673 1.33% 2.12 726,096 1.27% 2.08
4 Maharashtra 220,871 0.36% 0.85% 340,597 0.43% 1.12 406,358 0.42% 1.23 366,153 0.33% 1.05
5 Delhi 31,143 0.50% 0.12% 64,952 0.69% 0.21 92,009 0.66% 0.28 88,662 0.53% 0.25
6 Gujarat 30,610 0.09% 0.12% 57,701 0.14% 0.19 67,838 0.13% 0.21 64,998 0.11% 0.19
7 Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana 44,489 0.08% 0.17% 66,409 0.10% 0.22 62,214 0.08% 0.19 61,147 0.07% 0.18
8 Lakshadweep 33,559 84.51% 0.13% 43,678 84.47% 0.14 51,555 84.10% 0.16 54,264 84.17% 0.16
9 Madhya Pradesh 59,928 0.11% 0.23% 80,759 0.12% 0.27 48,515 0.08% 0.15 37,761 0.05% 0.11
10 Puducherry 30,886 5.15% 0.12% 38,392 4.75% 0.13 42,782 4.39% 0.13 47,973 3.84% 0.14
11 Rajasthan 12,679 0.04% 0.05% 26,450 0.06% 0.09 33,975 0.06% 0.10 24,439 0.04% 0.07
12 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 18,662 10.43% 0.07% 26,075 9.29% 0.09 28,869 8.09% 0.09 27,475 7.22% 0.08
13 Chhattisgarh - - - - - - 26,319 0.13% 0.08 23,370 0.09% 0.07
14 Uttar Pradesh 5,410 0.01% 0.02% 15,721 0.01% 0.05 19,683 0.01% 0.06 24,450 0.01% 0.07
15 West Bengal 10,478 0.02% 0.04% 17,215 0.03% 0.06 17,043 0.02% 0.05 10,952 0.01% 0.03
16 Goa 7,634 0.72% 0.03% 12,962 1.10% 0.04 15,081 1.12% 0.05 12,983 0.89% 0.04
17 Haryana 4,423 0.03% 0.02% 8,038 0.05% 0.03 13,989 0.07% 0.04 14,518 0.06% 0.04
18 Odisha 13,536 0.05% 0.05% 16,246 0.05% 0.05 10,440 0.03% 0.03 9,004 0.02% 0.03
19 Jammu and Kashmir 1,135 0.02% 0.00% n/a n/a n/a 10,063 0.10% 0.03 11,248 0.09% 0.03
20 Punjab 3,591 0.02% 0.01% 7,139 0.04% 0.02 10,669 0.04% 0.03 9,734 0.04% 0.03
21 Jharkhand - - - - - - 8,783 0.03% 0.03 6,549 0.02% 0.02
22 Assam n/a n/a n/a 3,575 0.02% 0.01 8,141 0.03% 0.02 5,768 0.02% 0.02
23 Arunachal Pradesh 2,164 0.36% 0.01% 5,046 0.58% 0.02 5,583 0.50% 0.02 4,012 0.29% 0.01
24 Nagaland 2,414 0.32% 0.01% 4,493 0.37% 0.01 3,901 0.20% 0.01 2,916 0.15% 0.01
25 Uttarakhand - - - - - - 2,870 0.03% 0.01 3,168 0.03% 0.01
26 Chandigarh 1,639 0.37% 0.01% 2,435 0.38% 0.01 2,356 0.26% 0.01 1,979 0.01% 0.01
27 Meghalaya 914 0.07% 0.00% 2,142 0.12% 0.01 2,000 0.09% 0.01 1,789 0.06% 0.01
28 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 286 0.28% 0.00% 803 0.58% 0.00 1,839 0.83% 0.01 2,172 0.63% 0.01
29 Tripura 208 0.01% 0.00% 1,231 0.05% 0.00 1,747 0.05% 0.01 1,173 0.03% 0.00
30 Mizoram 532 0.11% 0.00% 1,375 0.20% 0.00 1,322 0.15% 0.00 718 0.07% 0.00
31 Manipur 409 0.03% 0.00% 1,792 0.10% 0.01 1,231 0.05% 0.00 1,519 0.06% 0.00
32 Himachal Pradesh 1,034 0.03% 0.00% 1,257 0.02% 0.00 1,231 0.02% 0.00 1,211 0.02% 0.00
33 Daman and Diu - - - 283 0.28% 0.00 1,166 0.74% 0.00 1,229 0.50% 0.00
34 Sikkim 577 0.19% 0.00% 710 0.18% 0.00 1,021 0.19% 0.00 899 0.15% 0.00
35 Bihar 13,760 0.02% 0.00% 15,157 0.02% 0.05 2,674 0.00% 0.01 1,220 0.00% 0.00

References

  1. ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm available online.
  2. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-10-02.