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| State ▲ | District | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Andaman, South | Bengali | 80 | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | North and Middle Andaman | Bengali | 40 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Assam | Tinsukia | Sadri | 1,700 | 1,200 | -1 - | 300 | 200 | -1 - | 20 |
| Bihar | Araria | Hindi | 400 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Aurangabad | Odia | 30 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Banka | Santhali | 50 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Begusarai | Urdu | 30 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Bhagalpur | Pahari | 90 | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Bhojpur | Hindi | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Buxar | Bengali | 90 | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Gaya | Magahi | 200 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Gopalganj | Bhojpuri | 200 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Jamui | Magahi | 400 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Jehanabad | Magahi | 40 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Kaimur | Bhojpuri | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Katihar | Arabic, Mesopotamian | 3,000 | 3,000 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Kishanganj | Maithili | 200 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Lakhisarai | Hindi | 20 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Madhepura | Hindi | 70 | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Madhubani | Hindi | 20 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Muzaffarpur | Hindi | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Nalanda | Arabic, Mesopotamian | 20 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Pashchim Champaran | Punjabi, Eastern | 900 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Patna | Maithili | 200 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Purba Champaran | Urdu | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Purnia | Sanskrit | 800 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Rohtas | Bhojpuri | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Samastipur | Hindi | 50 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Saran | Bhojpuri | 200 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Sheohar | Marathi | 40 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Sitamarhi | Hindi | 50 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Siwan | Bhojpuri | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Supaul | Hindi | 20 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Bihar | Vaishali | Bhojpuri | 90 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 30 |
| Haryana | Karnal | Bengali | 40 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro | Hindi | 1,800 | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | 80 |
| Jharkhand | Chatra | Maithili | 1,600 | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | 60 |
| Jharkhand | Deoghar | Maithili | 800 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad | Hindi | 800 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Jharkhand | Dumka | Wagdi | 1,800 | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 30 |
| Jharkhand | Garhwa | Hindi | 3,200 | 3,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
| Jharkhand | Giridih | Maithili | 300 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Jharkhand | Godda | Maithili | 4,600 | 4,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | 100 |
| Jharkhand | Gumla | Sadri | 42,000 | 18,000 | 70 | -1 - | 1,500 | -1 - | 22,000 |
| Jharkhand | Hazaribag | Bengali | 1,800 | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 200 |
| Jharkhand | Jamtara | Ho | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Jharkhand | Khunti | Mundari | 15,000 | 4,800 | 20 | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | 9,300 |
| Jharkhand | Koderma | Maithili | -1 Unknown | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Jharkhand | Latehar | Sadri | 18,000 | 14,000 | 50 | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | 4,400 |
| Jharkhand | Lohardaga | Sadri | 14,000 | 3,600 | 70 | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | 10,000 |
| Jharkhand | Pakur | Maithili | 1,700 | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
| Jharkhand | Palamu | Hindi | 1,500 | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Jharkhand | Ramgarh | Maithili | 1,500 | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | 20 |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi | Santhali | 73,000 | 39,000 | 200 | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | 33,000 |
| Jharkhand | Sahibganj | Santhali | 1,700 | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 90 | -1 - | 50 |
| Jharkhand | Seraikela Kharsawan | Bengali | 2,600 | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,400 |
| Jharkhand | Simdega | Ho | 23,000 | 13,000 | 60 | -1 - | 3,600 | -1 - | 6,200 |
| Jharkhand | Singhbhum, East | Bengali | 5,700 | 5,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | 700 |
| Jharkhand | Singhbhum, West | Maithili | 3,300 | 1,300 | 20 | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | 1,800 |
| Maharashtra | Amravati | Hindi | 40 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Maharashtra | Bhandara | Odia | 30 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Maharashtra | Buldhana | Hindi | 20 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Maharashtra | Gondia | Odia | 40 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Maharashtra | Yavatmal | Sadri | 60 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Odisha | Balasore | Odia | 60 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Odisha | Bhadrak | Odia | 40 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Odisha | Kendujhar (Keonjhar) | Odia | 1,500 | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Odisha | Mayurbhanj | Odia | 3,200 | 3,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Odisha | Sundargarh | Odia | 5,100 | 5,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer | Wagdi | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Rajasthan | Baran | Bengali | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Rajasthan | Beawar | Wagdi | 40 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Rajasthan | Bundi | Bengali | 50 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Rajasthan | Jhunjhunu | Bengali | 30 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Rajasthan | Kekri | Hindi | 60 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Rajasthan | Kota | Bengali | 200 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Rajasthan | Neem-ka-Thana | Bengali | 50 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Rajasthan | Sikar | Bengali | 90 | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ambedkar Nagar | Panchpargania | 20 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Alipurduar | Sadri | 2,900 | 1,800 | -1 - | 800 | 200 | -1 - | 30 |
| West Bengal | Bankura | Bengali | 400 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Birbhum | Bengali | 200 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Cooch Behar | Sadri | 20 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Dakshin Dinajpur | Bengali | 2,200 | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Darjeeling | Sadri | 600 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Hooghly | Bengali | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Howrah | Hindi | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Jalpaiguri | Ho | 4,600 | 3,700 | -1 - | 500 | 300 | -1 - | 100 |
| West Bengal | Jhargram | Bengali | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Kalimpang | Sadri | 90 | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | Hindi | 60 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Maldah | Bengali | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Murshidabad | Bengali | 60 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Nadia | Bengali | 3,200 | 3,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | North 24 Parganas | Sadri | 3,400 | 3,400 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Paschim Bardhaman | Bengali | 100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Paschim Medinipur | Bengali | 900 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Purba Bardhaman | Hindi | 60 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Purba Medinipur | Bengali | 20 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | Purulia | Bengali | 3,700 | 3,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| West Bengal | South 24 Parganas | Bengali | 1,200 | 1,100 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 90 |
| West Bengal | Uttar Dinajpur | Bengali | 1,100 | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
| States | Districts | Languages | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
| 10 | 102 | 18 | 266,000 | 165,000 | 700 | 1,600 | 8,400 | 20 | 90,000 |
