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English Mother Tongue Speakers in India: 2011 Census

Only about 2.6 lakh people in India declared English as their mother tongue in the 2011 Census, up from 2.26 lakh in 2001. This is a remarkably small number for a language with such an outsized role in public life. Native speakers are concentrated in urban centres and in communities with…

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SourceTable C-16: Population by Mother Tongue

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