--- title: "What is the official language of india ?" description: "What is the official language of india ?" author: "Sanat Shukla" published: 2018-10-23 updated: 2018-10-23 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51023/what-is-the-official-language-of-india category: "nationalism" tags: ["india language and culture"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is the official language of india ? "Because, Why the [language](https://www.mindstick.com/startup/28/preply-the-fast-growing-platform-transforming-language-learning) of a [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15) is its soul." ![What is the official language of india ?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/5a16a272-a5f6-462f-81f7-1f6a9f1ad522/images/d070d5a9-cb3f-4586-b67b-b893b72f543b.png)\ ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL The Constitution of India chosen **Hindi written in Devnagari script** as the official language of the [Government of India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44604/union-government-launched-the-blue-revolution-programme-at-a-total-expenditure-of-what-amount) **as well as the [English](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49730/who-translated-the-book-gitanjali-in-english) language too**. **There is no any [National](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48348/how-many-wickets-have-kapil-dev-taken-in-one-day-international) Language of [India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49826/which-is-the-first-individual-indian-youtube-channel-which-has-10-million-subscriber) as mentioned in the Constitution of India**. Hindi is used as official purpose like, in [Parliament](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44600/which-parliamentary-committee-has-suggested-merger-of-state-run-telecom-firms-bsnl-and-mtnl-for-their-long-term-survival) Proceedings, Judiciary, Communication between Central [Government](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44582/the-union-government-has-sanctioned-rs-98-35-cr-for-the-development-of-a-heritage-circuit-in-which-indian-state) and [State Governments](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44576/which-committee-has-been-constituted-by-the-union-government-to-monitor-the-regional-air-connectivity-scheme-udan). **The Indian States have the liberty and powers to assign their own [official](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45193/what-is-the-theme-of-the-official-emblem-of-west-bengal-newly-launched-by-state-chief-minister-mamata-banerjee) language(s) through [legislation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44799/which-act-enabled-the-governor-general-to-associate-representatives-of-the-indian-people-with-the-work-of-legislation-by-nominating-them-to-his-expanded-council)**. Therefore there are **22 officially [recognized](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34816/what-formal-treaty-officially-recognized-the-united-states-as-a-sovereign-nation-separate-from-britain) languages in India** of which Hindi is the most used. **List of all the 22 languages specified in the constitution is as follows:****S.No. Language** **Spoken in States****1** Assamese Assam, Arunachal Pradesh.**2** Bengali West Bengal, Assam and Tripura, Andaman islands and Bangladesh.**3** Hindi Almost every part of the country including North-Central India.**4** Gujarati Gujarat, Daman and Diu.**5** Kashmiri Kashmir.**6** Kannada Karnataka.**7** Konkani It is the official language of Goa but spoken in Southern Maharashtra, North Karnataka, Kerala also.**8** Manipuri Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, and Tripura.**9** Malayalam Southwestern Kerala, Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.**10** Marathi It is the official language of Maharashtra, it is spoken in Goa, Karnataka, Gujarat, Daman and Diu and Dadar and Nagar Haveli.**11** Nepali It is the national language of Nepal. It is also spoken in Sikkim, West Bengal, North-eastern states, Bhutan, Tibet and Myanmar.**12** Punjabi It is principle language of Punjab but spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Pakistan, [USA](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43165/what-helped-the-suburbs-grow), Canada and [Australia](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39663/who-won-the-women-s-singles-title-at-the-australian-open-2018) also.**13** Odia Orissa.**14** Sanskrit At present; this language is not spoken in almost any part of India. But it is still spoken in Mattur (Mathur) village of Karnataka state.**15** Tamil Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry**16** Sindhi Gujarat**17** Urdu It is an additional official language of Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana, [Delhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45279/which-punjabi-person-served-as-the-3rd-chief-minister-of-delhi), Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.**18** Bodo Bodo or Baro is a Tibetan-Burmese language spoken by Bodo people living in north-east, Nepal and Bangladesh.**19** Telugu Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states.**20** Maithili Northern region of Bihar.**21** Santali Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Tripura and Bengal.**22** Dogri Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. Dogri is the dialect of Punjabi. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51023/what-is-the-official-language-of-india Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.