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Language Atlas of Tamil Nadu 2011
July 16 , 2024
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- It was published by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- The Atlas has used the 2011 Census data for Tamil Nadu for its analysis, and puts the population of the State at 7,21,47,030.
- 96.20% of the total population in the State could speak Tamil; 8.05%, Telugu; 2.59%, Kannada; and 1.40%, Malayalam – either as their mother tongue or as their first or second subsidiary language.
- About 18.49% of the total population in Tamil Nadu could speak English.
- The five major languages, classified on the basis of the total number of speakers in the State, are – Tamil (6,37,53,997), Telugu (42,34,302), Kannada (12,86,175), Urdu (12,64,537), Malayalam (7,26,096).
- Besides, there are 8,81,923 speakers of other languages.
- Over 24 lakh persons in the State could speak three languages.
- Excluding the trilingual, over 1.79 crore people in the State could speak two languages.
- Of the 17 Dravidian languages, speakers of 14 languages were found in Tamil Nadu, while those of Jatapu, Kolami and Koya were not present in the State.
- There are 60 million Tamil speakers, mainly in south India, and 68 million Tamil speakers worldwide.
- The first version of the country’s Language Atlas was published in 2004, using the 1991 Census data.
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