How many people speak Hindi and how many Marathi in India?
The Hindi-Marathi dispute that started in maharashtra has turned into a major political conflict. It is this dispute that forced the thackeray brothers (Raj Thackeray-Uddhav Thackeray) to come together after nearly two decades. On saturday (July 5), raj Thackeray and uddhav thackeray appeared on the same stage at the Vijay Rally held at Worli Dome in Mumbai. The centre of this rally was Marathi self-respect and opposition to imposition of Hindi.
The 'anti-Hindi' movement that started from maharashtra has now started reaching other states as well. tamil Nadu chief minister MK stalin has also supported the reunion of the thackeray brothers and appealed to unite against the imposition of Hindi. Earlier, many such incidents have come to light in maharashtra, in which violence was done to people in the name of forcibly speaking Marathi. On the pretext of this language dispute that started in maharashtra, let us know how many people speak hindi and how many people speak Marathi in the country. What are its figures?
Most people in the North indian states of the country speak hindi, the language of government work here is also hindi, but as soon as we turn to the South indian states, the echo of regional languages starts to be heard. According to the 2011 census, the population of the country was 121 crores, which has now increased to over 140 crores. In this, the population of hindi speakers is more than 45 percent (45.11%). That is, almost half of the country's population is hindi speaking. According to the data taken in the 2011 census, the number of hindi speakers in india is 52,83,47,193 (52.83 crores).
How many people speak Marathi
Marathi language is mostly spoken in maharashtra or its surrounding states. It is not only the official language of maharashtra, but is also spoken on a large scale in Goa. If we look at the data, the number of people speaking Marathi in india is 8,30,26,680 (8.30 crores). This is only 7.09% of India's population. That means the number of people speaking Marathi is very less compared to Hindi.