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Indian States and its Official Language

  • Part XVII of the Constitution deals with the official language in Article 343. The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution specifies 22 languages (originally 14). These are Bengal, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarat, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telgu and Urdu.
  • Sindhi was added by the 21st Amendment act of 1967.
  • Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added by the 71st Amendment act 1992.
  • Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santali were added by the 92nd Amendment act of 2003.

States

Official Language

Andhra Pradesh

Telgu

Kerala

Malayalam

Assam

Assamese

West Bengal

Bengali

Odisha

Odia

Gujarat

Gujarati, Hindi

Goa

Konkani, Marathi

J & K

Urdu

Karnataka

Kannada

Manipur

Manipuri

Telengana

Telgu

Maharashtra

Marathi

Panjab

Panjabi (in Gurumukhi)

Tamil Nadu

Tamil

Meghalaya

English

Arunachala Pradesh

English

Nagaland

English

Sikkim

English

Tripura

English

Mizoram

English

Himanchal Pradesh

Hindi

Uttar Pradesh

Hindi

Uttar Khand

Hindi

Madhya Pradesh

Hindi

Chhattisgarh

Hindi

Bihar

Hindi

Jharkhand

Hindi

Haryana

Hindi

Rajasthan

Hindi

Uttarakhand

Hindi

 

Union, Territory

Official Language

Andaman and Nicobar

English, Hindi

Chandigarh

English

Lakshadweep

English

Puducherry

English, Tamil

Delhi

Hindi

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Hindi, Gujarati

Daman and Diu

Konkani, Gujarati

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