<P> Hindi is the most widely spoken language in northern parts of India . The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as a broad variety of "Hindi languages". According to 2011 Census, 43.63% of Indian people have declared Hindi as their native language or mother tongue . The language data was released on 26 June 2018 . Bhili / Bhilodi was the most spoken unscheduled language with 10.4 million speakers, followed by Gondi with 2.9 million speakers . 96.71% of India's population speaks one of the 22 scheduled languages as their mother tongue in the 2011 census . </P> <Table> First language by number of speakers in India (2011 Census) <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> First language speakers </Th> <Th> First language speakers as a percentage <P> of total population </P> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> 52, 83, 47,193 </Td> <Td> 43.63 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bengali </Td> <Td> 9, 72, 37,669 </Td> <Td> 8.30 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marathi </Td> <Td> 8, 30, 26,680 </Td> <Td> 7.09 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Telugu </Td> <Td> 8, 11, 27,740 </Td> <Td> 6.93 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> 6, 90, 26,881 </Td> <Td> 5.89 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gujarati </Td> <Td> 5, 54, 92,554 </Td> <Td> 4.74 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Urdu </Td> <Td> 5, 07, 72,631 </Td> <Td> 4.34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> 4, 37, 06,512 </Td> <Td> 3.73 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Odia </Td> <Td> 3, 75, 21,324 </Td> <Td> 3.20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malayalam </Td> <Td> 3, 48, 38,819 </Td> <Td> 2.97 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Punjabi </Td> <Td> 3, 31, 24,726 </Td> <Td> 2.83 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Assamese </Td> <Td> 1, 53, 11,351 </Td> <Td> 1.31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maithili </Td> <Td> 1, 35, 83,464 </Td> <Td> 1.16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Santali </Td> <Td> 73, 68,192 </Td> <Td> 0.65 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kashmiri </Td> <Td> 67, 97,587 </Td> <Td> 0.58 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nepali </Td> <Td> 29, 26,168 </Td> <Td> 0.25 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sindhi </Td> <Td> 27, 72,264 </Td> <Td> 0.24 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dogri </Td> <Td> 25, 96,767 </Td> <Td> 0.22 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Konkani </Td> <Td> 22, 56,502 </Td> <Td> 0.19 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manipuri </Td> <Td> 17, 61,079 </Td> <Td> 0.15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bodo </Td> <Td> 14, 82,929 </Td> <Td> 0.13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sanskrit </Td> <Td> 24,821 </Td> <Td> <0.01 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> First language speakers </Th> <Th> First language speakers as a percentage <P> of total population </P> </Th> </Tr> <P> of total population </P>

St population in india according to 2011 census