VI. DEMOGRAPHY

A. Number of speakers:

The total number of Oriya Speakers in India according to 2001 census is 33,017,446 in which 16,858,455 are males and 16,158,991 are females.

The Table below shows Mother tongues grouped under Oriya Language

Mother Tongues Number of Speakers
Oriya 33,017,446
Bhatri 216,940
Oriya 32,110,482
Proja 92,774
Relli 21,965
Sambalpuri 518,803
Others 56,482


1. Main Habitat:

The main places of habitat of the Oriya speech community are Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and Gujarat.

a. Male/Female

The following table shows the male-female distribution of Oriya speakers in the states and Union Territories of India according to 2001 census.

India/State/Union Territory# Persons Male Female
India* 33,017,446 16,858,455 16,158,991
Orissa 30,563,507 15,522,848 15,040,659
Chhattisgarh 819,098 408,253 410,845
Jharkhand 467,874 237,130 230,744
Andhra Pradesh 336,022 170,314 165,708
Assam 231,474 118,558 112,916
West Bengal 186,391 112,124 74,267
Gujarat 122,421 98,078 24,343
Maharashtra 93,990 64,030 29,960
Delhi# 29,178 18,349 10,829
Tripura 23,899 12,509 11,390
Madhya Pradesh 20,965 12,375 8,590
Karnataka 16,529 12,436 4,093
Uttar Pradesh 15,052 8,671 6,381
Rajasthan 13,347 8,080 5,267
Haryana 10,932 7,280 3,652
Punjab 10,345 7,024 3,321
Jammu & Kashmir 9,087 7,587 1,500
Arunachal Pradesh 7,847 4,768 3,079
Tamil Nadu 6,154 4,489 1,665
Bihar 6,010 3,250 2,760
Himachal Pradesh 3,990 3,229 761
Nagaland 3,952 2,454 1,498
Uttaranchal 3,488 2,347 1,141
Kerala 3,032 2,424 608
Goa 2,681 2,084 597
Daman & Diu# 2,072 1,837 235
Dadra & Nagar Haveli# 1,801 1,549 252
Chandigarh# 1,508 971 537
Meghalaya 1,243 779 464
Pondicherry# 966 639 327
Andaman & Nicobar Islands# 867 582 285
Manipur * 854 726 128
Sikkim 515 388 127
Mizoram 346 285 61
Lakshadweep# 9 8 1


b. Rural/Urban

The following table shows the rural-urban distribution of Oriya speakers in the States and Union Territories of India as per 2001 census.

India/State/Union Territory# Persons Rural Urban
India* 33,017,446 27,965,994 5,051,452
Orissa 30,563,507 26,339,262 4,224,245
Chhattisgarh 819,098 670,839 148,259
Jharkhand 467,874 322,161 145,713
Andhra Pradesh 336,022 257,418 78,604
Assam 231,474 222,778 8,696
West Bengal 186,391 38,491 147,900
Gujarat 122,421 12,303 110,118
Maharashtra 93,990 17,080 76,910
Delhi# 29,178 1,814 27,364
Tripura 23,899 22,564 1,335
Madhya Pradesh 20,965 7,372 13,593
Karnataka 16,529 4,630 11,899
Uttar Pradesh 15,052 7,872 7,180
Rajasthan 13,347 4,037 9,310
Haryana 10,932 4,520 6,412
Punjab 10,345 3,797 6,548
Jammu & Kashmir 9,087 2,798 6,289
Arunachal Pradesh 7,847 5,669 2,178
Tamil Nadu 6,154 2,344 3,810
Bihar 6,010 4,250 1,760
Himachal Pradesh 3,990 1,803 2,187
Nagaland 3,952 2,490 1,462
Uttaranchal 3,488 1,379 2,109
Kerala 3,032 1,487 1,545
Goa 2,681 931 1,750
Daman & Diu# 2,072 1,941 131
Dadra & Nagar Haveli# 1,801 1,194 607
Chandigarh# 1,508 156 1,352
Meghalaya 1,243 776 467
Pondicherry# 966 434 532
Andaman & Nicobar Islands# 867 445 422
Manipur * 854 434 420
Sikkim 515 365 150
Mizoram 346 159 187
Lakshadweep# 9 1 8


2. Decennial Growth

The table below shows the decennial growth of Oriya speakers in 4 consecutive census reports.

Year Language Speakers Decadal Percentage Increase
1971 19,863,198 *
1981 23,021,528 15.90
1991 28,061,313 21.89
2001 33,017,446 17.66


B. Settlement Pattern

The table below shows the distribution of Oriya speakers according to 2001 census.

Total Male Female
Total 33,017,446 16,858,455 16,158,991
Rural 27,965,994 14,118,546 13,847,448
Urban 5,051,452 2,739,909 2,311,543

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