Languages in India - 1961-2011

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First published: Sunday January 15th, 2023

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Year	Hindi	Telugu	Bengali	Marathi	Tamil	Urdu	Gujarati
1961	134.5	37.7	34	33.4	30.6	23.4	20.6
1966	168.8	41.3	39.4	37.6	34.2	26	23
1971	202.7	44.8	44.8	42.1	38.1	28.9	26.2
1976	230.3	47.7	48	45.6	41.5	31.7	29.4
1981	257.7	50.7	51.3	49.4	45.3	35.9	33.5
1986	293.5	58.3	60.4	55.9	49.1	39.1	37.4
1991	334.5	66	69.7	62.6	53.1	43.5	40.7
1996	375.7	70	77.4	67.8	57.4	48	43.7
2001	428	74	83.4	72.1	60.9	51.5	46.2
2006	475.3	77.6	91.3	78.2	65.5	51	51.4
2011	532.1	81.2	97.4	83.2	69	50.9	55.6

Level 49

Jan 21, 2023

Cool chart! Interesting that Telugu and Urdu are seeing a drop while Gujarati is seeing a increased growth rate.

Level 59

Jan 21, 2023

I'm not really sure why also. Maybe increase of living standards or something else in the Areas they are spoken, (The PM is from Gujarat *conspiracy?*), or maybe languages such as Urdu are just less useful for business and not thought as much. After all, there is no Urdu state.

Level 59

Jul 10, 2023

Urdu is scattered, mostly.