VI. DEMOGRAPHY

A. Number of Speakers

The total number of Gujarati Speakers in India according to 2001 census is 46,091,617.

The Table below shows Mother tongues grouped under Gujarati language

GUJARATI	46,091,617
Gujarati	45,715,654
Gujrao/Gujrau	43,414
Saurashtra/Saurashtri	185,420
Others	147,129

1. Main Habitat

The main habitat of Gujarati speakers in India are in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

a. Male/Female

The following table gives a picture of Male-Female distribution of Gujarati speakers, inhabited in the States and Union Territories of India, as per 2001 census.

India/State/Union Territory	Persons	Male	Female
India*	46,091,617	23,808,890	22,282,727
Gujarat	42,768,386	22,109,396	20,658,990
Maharashtra	2,315,409	1,185,449	1,129,960
Tamil Nadu	202,621	102,139	100,482
Madhya Pradesh	198,140	100,497	97,643
Daman & Diu#	107,090	53,374	53,716
Karnataka	102,195	52,807	49,388
Rajasthan	57,048	27,425	29,623
Dadra & Nagar Haveli#	52,074	26,781	25,293
Andhra Pradesh	48,056	24,655	23,401
West Bengal	46,926	24,233	22,693
Delhi#	45,145	23,324	21,821
Chhattisgarh	38,916	19,901	19,015
Jharkhand	17,926	9,233	8,693
Kerala	17,741	8,624	9,117
Orissa	15,820	8,212	7,608
Goa	9,273	4,799	4,474
Uttar Pradesh	8,169	4,376	3,793
Punjab	7,040	4,004	3,036
Assam	6,911	3,794	3,117
Haryana	5,734	3,110	2,624
Jammu & Kashmir	3,936	3,144	792
Chandigarh#	3,461	1,940	1,521
Bihar	3,429	1,807	1,622
Himachal Pradesh	2,779	1,455	1,324
Uttaranchal	2,773	1,590	1,183
Pondicherry#	1,180	579	601
Tripura	1,168	696	472
Nagaland	558	379	179
Arunachal Pradesh	432	282	150
Andaman & Nicobar Islands#	387	241	146
Meghalaya	310	223	87
Manipur *	301	193	108
Sikkim	132	90	42
Lakshadweep#	106	103	3
Mizoram	45	35	10

b. Rural/Urban

TThe following table gives the picture of Rural-Urban distribution of Gujarati speakers in the States and Union Territories of India, as per 2001 census:

India/State/Union Territory#	Persons	Rural	Urban
India*	46,091,617	28,411,393	17,680,224
Gujarat	42,768,386	27,935,995	14,832,391
Maharashtra	2,315,409	193,089	2,122,320
Tamil Nadu	202,621	16,879	185,742
Madhya Pradesh	198,140	75,739	122,401
Daman & Diu#	107,090	62,309	44,781
Karnataka	102,195	14,905	87,290
Rajasthan	57,048	19,545	37,503
Dadra & Nagar Haveli#	52,074	37,853	14,221
Andhra Pradesh	48,056	5,433	42,623
West Bengal	46,926	4,632	42,294
Delhi#	45,145	212	44,933
Chhattisgarh	38,916	7,713	31,203
Jharkhand	17,926	1,835	16,091
Kerala	17,741	9,579	8,162
Orissa	15,820	2,290	13,530
Goa	9,273	2,944	6,329
Uttar Pradesh	8,169	1,891	6,278
Punjab	7,040	1,483	5,557
Assam	6,911	5,674	1,237
Haryana	5,734	1,206	4,528
Jammu & Kashmir	3,936	1,574	2,362
Chandigarh#	3,461	367	3,094
Bihar	3,429	1,562	1,867
Himachal Pradesh	2,779	2,213	566
Uttaranchal	2,773	1,579	1,194
Pondicherry#	1,180	44	1,136
Tripura	1,168	1,097	71
Nagaland	558	481	77
Arunachal Pradesh	432	374	58
Andaman & Nicobar Islands#	387	252	135
Meghalaya	310	222	88
Manipur *	301	270	31
Sikkim	132	118	14
Lakshadweep#	106	24	82
Mizoram	45	10	35

2. Decennial Growth

The following table shows the decennial growth of Gujarati speakers in 4 consecutive census.

Year	Gujarati Speakers	Decadal Percentage Increase
1971	25,865,012	-
1981	33,063,267	27.83
1991	40,673,814	23.02
2001	46,091,617	13.32

B. Settlement Pattern

The table below shows the Male-Female/Rural-Urban distribution of Gujarati speakers in India in 2001 (according to 2001 census).

	Total	Male	Female
Total	13,168,484	6,787,493	6,380,991
Rural	11,594,430	5,956,693	5,637,737
Urban	1,574,054	830,800	743,254