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

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

Edition
2011
Entries
28
Updated
24 Sept 2026
How this is compiled
Methodology

More people in Jodhpur district returned Rajasthani as their mother tongue at the 2011 census than in any other district of Rajasthan — 29,57,844 — followed by Nagaur district and Sikar district; 2,52,79,304 did across the state.

0100000020000003000000persons01Jodhpur district295784402Nagaur district268231603Sikar district247945604Jaipur district228218505Bikaner district196331406Churu district192855507Jhunjhunu district179340808Ajmer district142479209Pali district128519510Bhilwara district127856111Hanumangarh district105550112Barmer district85738913Jalor district65427714Sri Ganganagar district50335915Tonk district40626316Udaipur district36980317Jaisalmer district34210118Chittorgarh district23972719Rajsamand district19877720Pratapgarh district19308321Dausa district10466822Sirohi district7301023Kota district6988524Bundi district5191725Sawai Madhopur district4810826Alwar district2408127Jhalawar district733628Baran district2134
  1. 1

    Jodhpur district

    29,57,844 people · 80.2% of the district

    2957844 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  2. 2

    Nagaur district

    26,82,316 people · 81.1% of the district

    2682316 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  3. 3

    Sikar district

    24,79,456 people · 92.6% of the district

    2479456 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  4. 4
    Jaipur district

    Jaipur district

    22,82,185 people · 34.4% of the district

    2282185 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  5. 5

    Bikaner district

    19,63,314 people · 83.1% of the district

    1963314 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  6. 6

    Churu district

    19,28,555 people · 94.6% of the district

    1928555 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  7. 7

    Jhunjhunu district

    17,93,408 people · 83.9% of the district

    1793408 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  8. 8
    Ajmer district

    Ajmer district

    14,24,792 people · 55.2% of the district

    1424792 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  9. 9

    Pali district

    12,85,195 people · 63.1% of the district

    1285195 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  10. 10

    Bhilwara district

    12,78,561 people · 53.1% of the district

    1278561 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  11. 11

    Hanumangarh district

    10,55,501 people · 59.5% of the district

    1055501 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  12. 12
    Barmer district

    Barmer district

    8,57,389 people · 32.9% of the district

    857389 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  13. 13

    Jalor district

    6,54,277 people · 35.8% of the district

    654277 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  14. 14

    Sri Ganganagar district

    5,03,359 people · 25.6% of the district

    503359 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  15. 15

    Tonk district

    4,06,263 people · 28.6% of the district

    406263 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  16. 16

    Udaipur district

    3,69,803 people · 12.1% of the district

    369803 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  17. 17
    Jaisalmer district

    Jaisalmer district

    3,42,101 people · 51.1% of the district

    342101 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  18. 18

    Chittorgarh district

    2,39,727 people · 15.5% of the district

    239727 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  19. 19

    Rajsamand district

    1,98,777 people · 17.2% of the district

    198777 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  20. 20

    Pratapgarh district

    1,93,083 people · 22.2% of the district

    193083 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  21. 21

    Dausa district

    1,04,668 people · 6.4% of the district

    104668 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  22. 22

    Sirohi district

    73,010 people · 7.0% of the district

    73010 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  23. 23
    Kota district

    Kota district

    69,885 people · 3.6% of the district

    69885 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  24. 24

    Bundi district

    51,917 people · 4.7% of the district

    51917 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  25. 25
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    Sawai Madhopur district

    48,108 people · 3.6% of the district

    48108 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  26. 26
    Alwar district

    Alwar district

    24,081 people · 0.7% of the district

    24081 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  27. 27

    Jhalawar district

    7,336 people · 0.5% of the district

    7336 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  28. 28

    Baran district

    2,134 people · 0.2% of the district

    2134 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011

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