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

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

Edition
2011
Entries
15
Updated
24 Sept 2026
How this is compiled
Methodology

More people in Sri Ganganagar district returned Punjabi as their mother tongue at the 2011 census than in any other district of Rajasthan — 6,31,427 — followed by Hanumangarh district and Alwar district; 11,54,622 did across the state.

0200000400000600000800000persons01Sri Ganganagar district63142702Hanumangarh district31874003Alwar district7305404Bikaner district2990505Jaipur district2770806Bharatpur district2038707Kota district1364108Bundi district1118209Ajmer district499210Jodhpur district468311Udaipur district407312Baran district334913Jaisalmer district233414Chittorgarh district160915Bhilwara district1021
  1. 1

    Sri Ganganagar district

    6,31,427 people · 32.1% of the district

    631427 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  2. 2

    Hanumangarh district

    3,18,740 people · 18.0% of the district

    318740 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  3. 3Alwar district

    Alwar district

    73,054 people · 2.0% of the district

    73054 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  4. 4

    Bikaner district

    29,905 people · 1.3% of the district

    29905 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  5. 5Jaipur district

    Jaipur district

    27,708 people · 0.4% of the district

    27708 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  6. 6

    Bharatpur district

    20,387 people · 0.8% of the district

    20387 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  7. 7Kota district

    Kota district

    13,641 people · 0.7% of the district

    13641 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  8. 8

    Bundi district

    11,182 people · 1.0% of the district

    11182 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  9. 9Ajmer district

    Ajmer district

    4,992 people · 0.2% of the district

    4992 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  10. 10

    Jodhpur district

    4,683 people · 0.1% of the district

    4683 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  11. 11

    Udaipur district

    4,073 people · 0.1% of the district

    4073 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  12. 12

    Baran district

    3,349 people · 0.3% of the district

    3349 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  13. 13Jaisalmer district

    Jaisalmer district

    2,334 people · 0.3% of the district

    2334 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  14. 14

    Chittorgarh district

    1,609 people · 0.1% of the district

    1609 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  15. 15

    Bhilwara district

    1,021 people · 0.0% of the district

    1021 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011

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