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

Rajasthan's districts ranked by how many people returned Urdu 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 Jaipur district returned Urdu as their mother tongue at the 2011 census than in any other district of Rajasthan — 1,80,518 — followed by Nagaur district and Tonk district; 6,60,186 did across the state.

050000100000150000200000persons01Jaipur district18051802Nagaur district5657603Tonk district5387904Sikar district5195205Sawai Madhopur district4111506Kota district3773507Jhunjhunu district3640408Ajmer district2385009Baran district2309110Udaipur district2008711Bharatpur district1805812Jodhpur district1634613Bikaner district1428314Bhilwara district1343515Banswara district1103516Jhalawar district957117Chittorgarh district887318Churu district775019Karauli district770820Jaisalmer district682821Bundi district350822Alwar district339723Sri Ganganagar district261224Dungarpur district250925Rajsamand district179426Pratapgarh district153427Barmer district124528Hanumangarh district1229
  1. 1
    Jaipur district

    Jaipur district

    1,80,518 people · 2.7% of the district

    180518 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  2. 2

    Nagaur district

    56,576 people · 1.7% of the district

    56576 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  3. 3

    Tonk district

    53,879 people · 3.8% of the district

    53879 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  4. 4

    Sikar district

    51,952 people · 1.9% of the district

    51952 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
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    Sawai Madhopur district

    41,115 people · 3.1% of the district

    41115 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  6. 6
    Kota district

    Kota district

    37,735 people · 1.9% of the district

    37735 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  7. 7

    Jhunjhunu district

    36,404 people · 1.7% of the district

    36404 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  8. 8
    Ajmer district

    Ajmer district

    23,850 people · 0.9% of the district

    23850 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  9. 9

    Baran district

    23,091 people · 1.9% of the district

    23091 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  10. 10

    Udaipur district

    20,087 people · 0.7% of the district

    20087 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  11. 11

    Bharatpur district

    18,058 people · 0.7% of the district

    18058 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  12. 12

    Jodhpur district

    16,346 people · 0.4% of the district

    16346 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  13. 13

    Bikaner district

    14,283 people · 0.6% of the district

    14283 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  14. 14

    Bhilwara district

    13,435 people · 0.6% of the district

    13435 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  15. 15
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    Banswara district

    11,035 people · 0.6% of the district

    11035 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  16. 16

    Jhalawar district

    9,571 people · 0.7% of the district

    9571 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  17. 17

    Chittorgarh district

    8,873 people · 0.6% of the district

    8873 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  18. 18

    Churu district

    7,750 people · 0.4% of the district

    7750 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  19. 19

    Karauli district

    7,708 people · 0.5% of the district

    7708 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  20. 20
    Jaisalmer district

    Jaisalmer district

    6,828 people · 1.0% of the district

    6828 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  21. 21

    Bundi district

    3,508 people · 0.3% of the district

    3508 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  22. 22
    Alwar district

    Alwar district

    3,397 people · 0.1% of the district

    3397 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  23. 23

    Sri Ganganagar district

    2,612 people · 0.1% of the district

    2612 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  24. 24

    Dungarpur district

    2,509 people · 0.2% of the district

    2509 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  25. 25

    Rajsamand district

    1,794 people · 0.2% of the district

    1794 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  26. 26

    Pratapgarh district

    1,534 people · 0.2% of the district

    1534 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
  27. 27
    Barmer district

    Barmer district

    1,245 people · 0.0% of the district

    1245 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011
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    Hanumangarh district

    1,229 people · 0.1% of the district

    1229 personsAs of 1 Mar 2011

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