List of Official Languages of India State and Union Territories Wise

No:1. India is a diverse country with a variety of cultures in every corner of the country.

No:2. It is a union of 28 states and 8 union territories in which India has a total of 121 languages and 270 mother tongues.

No:3. India has two Official Languages (Hindi and English) and 22 Scheduled Languages as per the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India-- Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili,

No:4. Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu-- to avoid any hindrance to both public and private affairs.

List of Official Languages by States

S.No.	State	Official Languages	Second Official Language(s)
1.	Andhra Pradesh	Telugu	English
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	English	–
3.	Assam	Assamese	Bengali, Bodo
4.	Bihar	Hindi	Urdu
5.	Chhattisgarh	Hindi	Chhattisgarhi
6.	Goa	Konkani, English	Marathi
7.	Gujarat	Gujarati	Hindi
8.	Haryana	Hindi	English, Punjabi
9.	Himachal Pradesh	Hindi	Sanskrit
10.	Jharkhand	Hindi	Angika, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Ho, Kharia, Khortha, Kurmali, Kurukh, Magahi, Maithili, Mundari, Nagpuri, Odia, Santali and Urdu
11.	Karnataka	Kannada	English
12.	Kerala	Malayalam	English
13.	Madhya Pradesh	Hindi	–
14.	Maharashtra	Marathi	–
15.	Manipur	Manipuri	English
16.	Meghalaya	English	Khasi and Garo
17.	Mizoram	Mizo	English, Hindi
18.	Nagaland	English	–
19.	Odisha	Odia	–
20.	Punjab	Punjabi	–
21.	Rajasthan	Hindi	–
22.	Sikkim	English, Nepali, Sikkimese, Lepcha	Gurung, Limbu, Magar, Mukhia, Newari, Rai, Sherpa and Tamang
23.	Tamil Nadu	Tamil	English
24.	Telangana	Telugu	Urdu
25.	Tripura	Bengali, English, Kokborok	–
26.	Uttar Pradesh	Hindi	Urdu
27.	Uttarakhand	Hindi	Sanskrit
28.	West Bengal	Bengali, English	Nepali, Urdu, Hindi, Odia, Santali, Punajbi, Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Kurmali, Kurukh and Telugu

List of Official Languages by Union Territories

S.No.	Union Territories	Official Languages	Second Official Language(s)
1.	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Hindi, English	–
2.	Chandigarh	English	–
3.	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Gujarati, Konkani, Marathi, Hindi	–
4.	Delhi	Hindi, English	Urdu and Punjabi
5.	Lakshadweep	Malayalam	English
6.	Jammu and Kashmir	Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi, Urdu, English	–
7.	Ladakh	Hindi, English	–
8.	Puducherry	Tamil, French, English	Telugu and Malayalam

Official Languages of India: FAQ

Q:-1). What is the Official Language of India?

Ans. Hindi and English have been declared as the official languages to be used for official purposes throughout the country.

Q:-2). How many languages have been recognized in the eighth schedule of the Indian constitution?

Ans. There are 22 languages that have been recognized in the eighth schedule of the Indian constitution.

Q:-3). What are the 22 national languages of India?

Ans. 22 languages are->Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

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