VI Demography

A. Number of Speakers

Number of Kharia speakers in India according to 2001 census is 239,608. The following table shows the Mothertongue speakers of Kharia.

KHARIA 239,608
Kharia 237,479
Others 2,129


1. Main habitat

The main habitat of Kharia speakers are found in Jharkhand and Orissa.

a. Male/Female

The following table shows the Male/Female distribution of Kharia speakers in the states and union territories of India according to 2001 census

India/State/Union Territory Total Male Female
India 239,608 118,695 120,913
Jharkhand 123,483 60,722 62,761
Orissa 92,623 45,852 46,771
West Bengal 7,276 3,722 3,554
Assam 6,108 3,118 2,990
Andaman & Nicobar Islands# 4,090 2,243 1,847
Chhattisgarh 3,769 1,835 1,934
Bihar 467 247 220
Tripura 338 180 158
Arunachal Pradesh 274 150 124
Madhya Pradesh 220 106 114
Maharashtra 201 121 80
Nagaland 193 101 92
Delhi# 152 56 96
Gujarat 98 55 43
Uttar Pradesh 91 41 50
Haryana 47 22 25
Karnataka 30 20 10
Punjab 29 20 9
Mizoram 26 21 5
Andhra Pradesh 19 8 11
Jammu & Kashmir 15 13 2
Goa 15 9 6
Tamil Nadu 14 11 3
Uttaranchal 8 4 4
Meghalaya 6 4 2
Manipur 5 5 0
Himachal Pradesh 4 4 0
Rajasthan 4 2 2
Chandigarh# 1 1 0
Sikkim 1 1 0
Kerala 1 1 0


b. Rural/Urban

The following table shows the Rural/Urban distribution of Kharia speakers in India according to 2001 census

India/State/Union Territory Total Rural Urban
India 239,608 221,680 17,928
Jharkhand 123,483 114,761 8722
Orissa 92,623 85,140 7483
West Bengal 7,276 7,012 264
Assam 6,108 5,910 198
Andaman & Nicobar Islands# 4,090 3,822 268
Chhattisgarh 3,769 3,645 124
Bihar 467 240 227
Tripura 338 336 2
Arunachal Pradesh 274 254 20
Madhya Pradesh 220 172 48
Maharashtra 201 104 97
Nagaland 193 32 161
Delhi# 152 14 138
Gujarat 98 61 37
Uttar Pradesh 91 50 41
Haryana 47 25 22
Karnataka 30 19 11
Punjab 29 23 6
Mizoram 26 17 9
Andhra Pradesh 19 8 11
Jammu & Kashmir 15 6 9
Goa 15 12 3
Tamil Nadu 14 0 14
Uttaranchal 8 2 6
Meghalaya 6 4 2
Manipur 5 5 0
Himachal Pradesh 4 3 1
Rajasthan 4 1 3
Chandigarh# 1 0 1
Sikkim 1 1 0
Kerala 1 1 0


2. Decennial Growth

The following table shows the Decennial growth of Kharia speakers in India.

Year Kharia Speakers Decadal Percentage Increase
1971 191,421 -
1981 212,605 11.07
1991 225,566 6.10
2001 239,608 6.23


B. Settlement Pattern

The following table shows the male-female and rural-urban distribution of Kharia speakers in India according to 2001 census

Total Male Female
Total 239,608 118,695 120,913
Rural 221,680 109,852 111,828
Urban 17,928 8,843 9,085

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