title: List of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers
text: # List of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers
  
  This is a list of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers as of the 2011 census.
  
  ## List
  
  | Rank | State or Union territory | Speakers in 2011 (% of population) (2011) | Speakers in 2001 (% of population) (2001) | % of population (1991) | % of population (1981) | % of population (1971) | % of population (1961) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | — | India | 33,124,726 (2.74%) | 29,102,477 (2.83%) | 2.79% | 2.95% | 2.57% | 2.49% |
  | 1 | Punjab | 24,917,885 (89.82%) | 22,334,369 (91.69%) | 92.2% | 84.88% | 79.49% | 65.6% |
  | 2 | Haryana | 2,400,883 (9.47%) | 2,234,626 (10.57%) | 7.10% | 5.70% | 8.34% | – |
  | 3 | Rajasthan | 2,274,342 (3.32%) | 1,141,200 (2.01%) | | | | |
  | 4 | Delhi | 873,774 (5.20%) | 988,980 (7.14%) | 7.90% | 13.00% | 13.04% | 13.30% |
  | 5 | Himachal Pradesh | 615,022 (8.96%) | 364,175 (5.99%) | 6.28% | 5.70% | 4.75% | |
  | 6 | Uttar Pradesh | 508,736 (0.25%) | 523,094 (0.31%) | 0.50% | 0.4% | 0.57% | |
  | 7 | Maharashtra | 280,192 (0.25%) | 269,309 | | | | |
  | 8 | Uttarakhand | 263,310 (2.61%) | 247,084 (2.91%) | – | – | – | – |
  | 9 | Chandigarh | 232,516 (22.03%) | 251,224 (27.89%) | 34.70% | 40.20% | 40.67% | – |
  | 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 219,193 (75%) | 190,675 (74%) | | 72% | | 70% |
  | 11 | Madhya Pradesh | 139,658 (0.19%) | 148,999 | | | | |
  | 12 | Jharkhand | 78,712 (0.24%) | 86,596 | | | | |
  | 13 | Chhattisgarh | 65,425 (0.26%) | 67,293 | | | | |
  | 14 | Gujarat | 63,288 (0.10%) | 55,810 | | | | |
  | 15 | West Bengal | 61,080 (0.07%) | 67,952 (0.08%) | 0.24% | 0.21% | |
  | 16 | Karnataka | 25,981 (0.04%) | 15,572 | | | | |
  | 17 | Andhra Pradesh | 24,413 (0.03%) | 23,838 | | | | |
  | 18 | Assam | 23,313 (0.07%) | 30,763 | | | | |
  | 19 | Odisha | 19,470 (0.05%) | 21,574 | | | | |
  | 20 | Bihar | 10,467 (0.01%) | 13,600 | | | | |
  | 21 | Tamil Nadu | 6,565 (0.01%) | 5,696 | | | | |
  | 22 | Meghalaya | 4,540 (0.15%) | 4,753 | | | | |
  | 23 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3,674 (0.27%) | 2,980 | | | | |
  | 24 | Goa | 1,959 (0.13%) | 1,815 | | | | |
  | 25 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1,565 (0.41%) | 1,825 | | | | |
  | 26 | Kerala | 1380 | 1,668 | | | | |
  | 27 | Manipur | 1,370 (0.05%) | 1,438 | | | | |
  | 28 | Sikkim | 1,364 (0.32%) | | | | |
  | 29 | Nagaland | 1,362 (0.11%) | | | | |
  | 30 | Tripura | 997 (0.03%) | 1,637 | | | | |
  | 31 | Mizoram | 349 (0.03%) | 479 | | | | |
  | 32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 414 (0.12%) | 283 | | | | |
  | 33 | Daman and Diu | 222 (0.09%) | 304 | | | | |
  | 34 | Puducherry | 122 (0.01%) | 131 | | | | |
  | 35 | Lakshadweep | 4 | 9 | | | | |
  