VI. Demography

A. Number of Speakers

Number of Punjabi speakers in India according to 2001 census is 29,102,477. The following table shows the mothertongue speakers of Punjabi.

The Punjabi speakers are mainly found in the states of Punjab,Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttarpradesh

The following table shows the Male-Female distribution of Punjabi speakers in the states and union territories of India, according to 2001 census.

India/State/Union Territory#	Persons	Male	Female
India*	29,102,477	15,316,258	13,786,219
Punjab	22,334,369	11,756,744	10,577,625
Haryana	2,234,626	1,173,342	1,061,284
Rajasthan	1,141,200	601,253	539,947
Delhi#	988,980	509,052	479,928
Uttar Pradesh	523,094	276,412	246,682
Himachal Pradesh	364,175	184,163	180,012
Maharashtra	269,309	143,275	126,034
Chandigarh#	251,224	131,729	119,495
Uttaranchal	247,084	129,666	117,418
Jammu & Kashmir	190,675	106,656	84,019
Madhya Pradesh	148,999	78,178	70,821
Jharkhand	86,596	46,832	39,764
West Bengal	67,952	37,805	30,147
Chhattisgarh	67,293	35,111	32,182
Gujarat	55,810	30,213	25,597
Assam	30,763	18,185	12,578
Andhra Pradesh	23,838	13,164	10,674
Orissa	21,574	11,530	10,044
Karnataka	15,572	8,751	6,821
Bihar	13,600	7,253	6,347
Tamil Nadu	5,696	3,161	2,535
Meghalaya	4,753	2,729	2,024
Arunachal Pradesh	2,980	2,224	756
Andaman & Nicobar Islands#	1825	1028	797
Goa	1,815	1,102	713
Kerala	1,668	1,022	646
Tripura	1,637	1,488	149
Manipur *	1,438	1,070	368
Sikkim	1,364	1,216	148
Nagaland	1,362	1,017	345
Mizoram	479	418	61
Daman & Diu#	304	193	111
Dadra & Nagar Haveli#	283	196	87
Pondicherry#	131	72	59
Lakshadweep#	9	8	1

The following table shows the Rural-Urban distribution of Punjabi speakers in the states and union territories of India, according to 2001 census.

India/State/Union Territory#	Persons	Rural	Urban
India*	29,102,477	19,027,796	10,074,681
Punjab	22,334,369	15,529,621	6,804,748
Haryana	2,234,626	1,531,699	702,927
Rajasthan	1,141,200	889,880	251,320
Delhi#	988,980	28,998	959,982
Uttar Pradesh	523,094	336,111	186,983
Himachal Pradesh	364,175	308,692	55,483
Maharashtra	269,309	11,736	257,573
Chandigarh#	251,224	29,215	222,009
Uttaranchal	247,084	166,675	80,409
Jammu & Kashmir	190,675	92,084	98,591
Madhya Pradesh	148,999	40,755	108,244
Jharkhand	86,596	6,576	80,020
West Bengal	67,952	7,225	60,727
Chhattisgarh	67,293	11,204	56,089
Gujarat	55,810	6,527	49283
Assam	30,763	13,702	17,061
Andhra Pradesh	23,838	2,043	21,795
Orissa	21,574	3,280	18,294
Karnataka	15,572	932	14,640
Bihar	13,600	1,732	11,868
Tamil Nadu	5,696	253	5,443
Meghalaya	4,753	1,488	3,265
Arunachal Pradesh	2,980	1,757	1,223
Andaman & Nicobar Islands#	1825	942	883
Goa	1,815	273	1,542
Kerala	1,668	268	1,400
Tripura	1,637	954	683
Manipur *	1,438	711	727
Sikkim	1,364	1,225	139
Nagaland	1,362	654	708
Mizoram	479	241	238
Daman & Diu#	304	181	123
Dadra & Nagar Haveli#	283	127	156
Pondicherry#	131	35	96
Lakshadweep#	9	0	9

The following table shows the decennial growth of Punjabi speakers in four consecutive census report.

Year	Punjabi Speakers	Decadal Percentage Increase
1971	14,108,443	-
1981	19,611,199	39.00
1991	23,378,744	19.21
2001	29,102,477	24.48

The following table shows the rural-urban and male-female distribution of Punjabi speakers in 2001.