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Marwari as a Mother Tongue: Rajasthan's Districts, Census 2011

Rajasthan's districts ranked by how many people returned Marwari as their mother tongue at the 2011 census, from Census table C-16.

Edition
2011
Entries
25
Updated
24 Sept 2026
How this is compiled
Methodology

More people in Barmer district returned Marwari as their mother tongue at the 2011 census than in any other district of Rajasthan — 15,91,907 — followed by Jalor district and Sirohi district; 62,01,702 did across the state.

0500000100000015000002000000persons01Barmer district159190702Jalor district114147803Sirohi district79247604Pali district65893105Nagaur district49416506Jodhpur district32715707Jaisalmer district27431908Ajmer district26039209Jaipur district16707610Bikaner district13853611Jhunjhunu district7309712Churu district5839113Sikar district5204914Sri Ganganagar district4464315Bhilwara district4391116Hanumangarh district1665217Kota district1355018Rajsamand district1116519Bundi district773720Udaipur district683721Tonk district644022Alwar district580423Chittorgarh district502024Baran district360825Banswara district2389
  1. 1
    Barmer district

    Barmer district

    15,91,907 people · 61.1% of the district

    1591907 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  2. 2

    Jalor district

    11,41,478 people · 62.4% of the district

    1141478 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  3. 3

    Sirohi district

    7,92,476 people · 76.5% of the district

    792476 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  4. 4

    Pali district

    6,58,931 people · 32.3% of the district

    658931 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  5. 5

    Nagaur district

    4,94,165 people · 14.9% of the district

    494165 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  6. 6

    Jodhpur district

    3,27,157 people · 8.9% of the district

    327157 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  7. 7
    Jaisalmer district

    Jaisalmer district

    2,74,319 people · 40.9% of the district

    274319 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  8. 8
    Ajmer district

    Ajmer district

    2,60,392 people · 10.1% of the district

    260392 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  9. 9
    Jaipur district

    Jaipur district

    1,67,076 people · 2.5% of the district

    167076 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  10. 10

    Bikaner district

    1,38,536 people · 5.9% of the district

    138536 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  11. 11

    Jhunjhunu district

    73,097 people · 3.4% of the district

    73097 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  12. 12

    Churu district

    58,391 people · 2.9% of the district

    58391 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  13. 13

    Sikar district

    52,049 people · 1.9% of the district

    52049 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  14. 14

    Sri Ganganagar district

    44,643 people · 2.3% of the district

    44643 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  15. 15

    Bhilwara district

    43,911 people · 1.8% of the district

    43911 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  16. 16

    Hanumangarh district

    16,652 people · 0.9% of the district

    16652 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  17. 17
    Kota district

    Kota district

    13,550 people · 0.7% of the district

    13550 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  18. 18

    Rajsamand district

    11,165 people · 1.0% of the district

    11165 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  19. 19

    Bundi district

    7,737 people · 0.7% of the district

    7737 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  20. 20

    Udaipur district

    6,837 people · 0.2% of the district

    6837 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  21. 21

    Tonk district

    6,440 people · 0.5% of the district

    6440 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  22. 22
    Alwar district

    Alwar district

    5,804 people · 0.2% of the district

    5804 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  23. 23

    Chittorgarh district

    5,020 people · 0.3% of the district

    5020 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  24. 24

    Baran district

    3,608 people · 0.3% of the district

    3608 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
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    Banswara district

    2,389 people · 0.1% of the district

    2389 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011

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