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Share of native Tamil speakers to the total population in India between 1971 and 2011

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Release date

July 2018

Region

India

Survey time period

1971 to 2011

Supplementary notes

Census data for Tamil Nadu was not available for 1981 due to floods.

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Share of native Tamil speakers to total population India 1971-2011

Published by Zeynep Dierks, Jun 10, 2025

According to the 2011 Census in India, about *** percent of the total population spoke Tamil as their native language. This was a decrease from the previous Census in 2001 when the proportion of native Tamil speakers was nearly *** percent.

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