States of India by Telugu speakers

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Telugu as of census 2001.[1][2]

Rank	State	Telugu speakers (2001)	Telugu speakers (2011)	Percentage (2011)
—	India	74,002,856	81,127,740	N/A
1	Andhra Pradesh / Telangana	61,924,954	70,667,780	83.55%
2	Karnataka	3,718,180	3,569,400	5.84%
3	Tamil Nadu	3,525,921	4,234,302	5.87%
4	Maharashtra	1,304,740	1,320,880	1.18%
5	Chhattisgarh	1,147,920	152,100	0.60%
6	Orissa	214,010	667,693	1.59%
7	West Bengal	108,458	88,352	0.10%
8	Gujarat	70,939	73,568	0.12%
9	Puducherry	50,958	74,347	5.96%
10	Kerala	47,762	35,380	0.11%
11	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	46,050	50,404	13.24%
12	Jharkhand	35,030	30,704	0.09%
13	Delhi	27,701	25,934	0.15%
14	Assam	26,656	26,630	0.09%
15	Madhya Pradesh	24,139	24,411	0.03%
16	Goa	11,994	11,116	0.76%
17	Rajasthan	11,301	8,350	0.01%
18	Punjab	7,308	9,523	0.03%
19	Jammu and Kashmir	7,101	13,970	0.11%
20	Haryana	6,343	9,831	0.04%
21	Tripura	3,839	3,845	0.10%
22	Uttarakhand	2,000	3,185	0.03%
23	Arunachal Pradesh	1,647	1,653	0.12%
24	Nagaland	1,393	1,188	0.06%
25	Chandigarh	1,351	1,339	0.13%
26	Himachal Pradesh	1,216	1,383	0.02%
27	Manipur	650	1,098	0.04%
28	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	617	778	0.23%
29	Meghalaya	464	1,277	0.04%
30	Sikkim	325	1,035	0.17%
31	Daman and Diu	301	464	0.19%
32	Mizoram	267	334	0.03%
33	Lakshadweep	30	42	0.07%
34	Bihar	-	1,467	-
35	Uttar Pradesh	-	13,977	-

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