<P> Ordered by number of speakers as first language . </P> <P> The 2001 census recorded 29 individual languages as having more than 1 million native speakers (0.1% of total population). The languages in bold are scheduled languages (the only scheduled language with less than 1 million native speakers is Sanskrit). The first table is restricted to only speaking populations for scheduled languages . </P> <Table> First, Second, and Third languages by number of speakers in India (2001 Census) <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> First language speakers </Th> <Th> First language speakers as a percentage <P> of total population </P> </Th> <Th> Second language speakers </Th> <Th> Third language speakers </Th> <Th> Total speakers </Th> <Th> Total speakers as a <P> percentage of total </P> <P> population </P> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> 422,048,642 </Td> <Td> 41.03 </Td> <Td> 98,207,180 </Td> <Td> 31,160,696 </Td> <Td> 551,416,518 </Td> <Td> 53.60 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 226,449 </Td> <Td> 0.02 </Td> <Td> 86,125,221 </Td> <Td> 38,993,066 </Td> <Td> 125,344,736 </Td> <Td> 12.18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bengali </Td> <Td> 83,369,769 </Td> <Td> 8.10 </Td> <Td> 6,637,222 </Td> <Td> 1,108,088 </Td> <Td> 91,115,079 </Td> <Td> 8.86 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Telugu </Td> <Td> 74,002,856 </Td> <Td> 7.19 </Td> <Td> 9,723,626 </Td> <Td> 1,266,019 </Td> <Td> 84,992,501 </Td> <Td> 8.26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marathi </Td> <Td> 71,936,894 </Td> <Td> 6.99 </Td> <Td> 9,546,414 </Td> <Td> 2,701,498 </Td> <Td> 84,184,806 </Td> <Td> 8.18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> 60,793,814 </Td> <Td> 5.91 </Td> <Td> 4,992,253 </Td> <Td> 956,335 </Td> <Td> 66,742,402 </Td> <Td> 6.49 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Urdu </Td> <Td> 51,536,111 </Td> <Td> 5.01 </Td> <Td> 6,535,489 </Td> <Td> 1,007,912 </Td> <Td> 59,079,512 </Td> <Td> 5.74 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> 37,924,011 </Td> <Td> 3.69 </Td> <Td> 11,455,287 </Td> <Td> 1,396,428 </Td> <Td> 50,775,726 </Td> <Td> 4.94 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gujarati </Td> <Td> 46,091,617 </Td> <Td> 4.48 </Td> <Td> 3,476,355 </Td> <Td> 703,989 </Td> <Td> 50,271,961 </Td> <Td> 4.89 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Odia </Td> <Td> 33,017,446 </Td> <Td> 3.21 </Td> <Td> 3,272,151 </Td> <Td> 319,525 </Td> <Td> 36,609,122 </Td> <Td> 3.56 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malayalam </Td> <Td> 33,066,392 </Td> <Td> 3.21 </Td> <Td> 499,188 </Td> <Td> 195,885 </Td> <Td> 33,761,465 </Td> <Td> 3.28 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sanskrit </Td> <Td> 14,135 </Td> <Td> <0.01 </Td> <Td> 1,234,931 </Td> <Td> 3,742,223 </Td> <Td> 4,991,289 </Td> <Td> 0.49 </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> <Th> Second language speakers </Th> <Th> Third language speakers </Th> <Th> Total speakers </Th> <Th> Total speakers as a <P> percentage of total </P> <P> population </P> </Th> </Tr>

After hindi which is the most spoken language in india