22 Official Languages of India, Spoken Languages of Indian States

General knowledge based on which language is spoken in which state of India:

Indian states are a sub-national administrative unit of the federal administrative structure of the country. The states of India have their own elected governments, which are elected by the voters of that state every five years.

Each state also has its own Legislative Assembly, similar to the Parliament of India at the state level, from where the state government governs the state. The largest republic in the world, the Republic of India has 28 states and 9 union territories. The head of the state is the chief minister and the head of the union territory is called the lieutenant governor or administrator.

Names of 28 states and 22 languages of India

India is a country of unity in diversity. Different languages are spoken here in each state, living habits and dialects and culture are also seen differently in every 40-50 kms. The nature of diversity in India is not only geographical, but also linguistic and cultural. Hindi language has been given the status of official and official language of India and Hindi is the official language of 10 states of India. According to a report, 1652 mother tongues are in vogue in India, while 22 languages have been recognized as official language by the Constitution. Earlier only 15 languages were recognized as official language under Article 344 of the Indian Constitution, but by the 21st Constitutional Amendment, Sindhi was given the status of official language by the 71st Constitutional Amendment and Nepali, Konkani and Manipuri were also given the status of official language.

Later, through the 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003, in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, four new languages Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were included in the official language. Thus now 22 languages have been given the status of official language in the constitution. The total number of people speaking these 22 languages in India is about 90%. Apart from these 22 languages, English is also the subsidiary official language and it is also the official language of Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya. Altogether 58 languages are taught in schools in India. Following are the names of the major languages of all the states of India:-

List of 22 languages spoken in 28 states of India:

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