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This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Kannada as of census 2001.[1] Gross population figures are available online.[2]
| Rank
|
State/Union Territory
|
Kannada speakers
|
| Total
|
India
|
50,753,676
|
| 1
|
Karnataka
|
43,315,781
|
| 2
|
Tamil Nadu
|
2,596,534
|
| 3
|
Maharashtra
|
675,432
|
| 4
|
Andhra pradesh
|
456,789
|
| 5
|
Goa
|
362,789
|
| 6
|
Kerala
|
78,0679
|
| 7
|
Delhi
|
8976
|
| 8
|
Pondicherry
|
1682
|
| 9
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
33
|
| 10
|
Daman and Diu
|
25
|
| 11
|
Andaman Islands & Nicobar Islands
|
9
|
| 12
|
Lakshadweep
|
7
|
| 13
|
Chandigarh
|
5
|
| 14
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
5
|
| 15
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
4
|
| 16
|
Sikkim
|
3
|
| 17
|
Punjab
|
2
|
