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List of Official Languages of Indian States and Union Territories

Author: Saraswati Gb-Road
by Saraswati Gb-Road
Posted: Apr 10, 2022

In this article, we have arranged a rundown of Official Languages of Indian States and Union Territories, alongside the Second Official Language(s).

Being one of the world's most phonetically differentiated countries, India has a sum of 121 dialects and 270 first languages. Keeping this in view, states in India can pick their own authority language(s) through regulation.

India has two Official Languages (Hindi and English) and 22 Scheduled Languages according to the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India- - Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu- - to stay away from any block to both public and exclusive issues.

These were the Official Languages of Indian States and Union Territories. The understudies showing up for different serious assessments are encouraged to completely go through the previously mentioned list.

S.No.StateOfficial LanguagesSecond Official Language(s)1.Andhra PradeshTeluguEnglish2.Arunachal PradeshEnglish-3.AssamAssameseBengali, Bodo4.BiharHindiUrdu5.ChhattisgarhHindiChhattisgarhi6.GoaKonkani, EnglishMarathi7.GujaratGujaratiHindi8.HaryanaHindiEnglish, Punjabi9.Himachal PradeshHindiSanskrit10.JharkhandHindiAngika, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Ho, Kharia, Khortha, Kurmali, Kurukh, Magahi, Maithili, Mundari, Nagpuri, Odia, Santali and Urdu11.KarnatakaKannadaEnglish12.KeralaMalayalamEnglish13.Madhya PradeshHindi-14.MaharashtraMarathi-15.ManipurManipuriEnglish16.MeghalayaEnglishKhasi and Garo17.MizoramMizoEnglish, Hindi18.NagalandEnglish-19.OdishaOdia-20.PunjabPunjabi-21.RajasthanHindi-22.SikkimEnglish, Nepali, Sikkimese, LepchaGurung, Limbu, Magar, Mukhia, Newari, Rai, Sherpa and Tamang23.Tamil NaduTamilEnglish24.TelanganaTeluguUrdu25.TripuraBengali, English, Kokborok-26.Uttar PradeshHindiUrdu27.UttarakhandHindiSanskrit28.West BengalBengali, EnglishNepali, Urdu, Hindi, Odia, Santali, Punajbi, Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Kurmali, Kurukh and Telugu

S.No.Union TerritoriesOfficial LanguagesSecond Official Language(s)1.Andaman and Nicobar IslandsHindi, English-2.ChandigarhEnglish-3.Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuGujarati, Konkani, Marathi, Hindi-4.DelhiHindi, EnglishUrdu and Punjabi5.LakshadweepMalayalamEnglish6.Jammu and KashmirKashmiri, Dogri, Hindi, Urdu, English-7.LadakhHindi, English-8.PuducherryTamil, French, EnglishTelugu and Malayalam

Note: India has no National Language.

These were the Official Languages of Indian States and Union Territories. The students appearing for various competitive examinations are advised to go through the above-mentioned list thoroughly.

In this article, we have arranged a rundown of Official Languages of Indian States and Union Territories, alongside the Second Official Language(s).

Being one of the world's most phonetically differentiated countries, India has a sum of 121 dialects and 270 first languages. Keeping this in view, states in India can pick their own authority language(s) through regulation.

India has two Official Languages (Hindi and English) and 22 Scheduled Languages according to the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India- - Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu- - to stay away from any block to both public and exclusive issues.

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