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Bengali-Speaking Population Across Indian States: 2011

Bengali is India's second most spoken language by native speakers, with nearly 9.7 crore people declaring it their mother tongue in the 2011 Census, up from 8.3 crore in 2001. West Bengal accounts for the bulk of the population, making it one of the few Indian languages concentrated in a single…

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SourceTable C-16: Population by Mother Tongue

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