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The Gujral Committee Report - Language in India

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Urban Urban and and RRural<br />

R Rural<br />

ural<br />

It is generally assumed that Urdu is an urban language. <strong>The</strong> language-wise breakup of urban and rural population for 1971 is not yet available. <strong>The</strong> 1961 Census figures are, however, sufficient to illustrate the <strong>in</strong>accuracy of this assumption. <strong>The</strong> 2.114<br />

of Urdu speakers liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> rural areas was 52.67, while only 40.33 per cent lived <strong>in</strong> urban areas. <strong>The</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g table gives the rural/urban breakup of the population of Urdu speakers <strong>in</strong> 1961 Census : percentage<br />

VI S. No. Name of the State Urdu speak<strong>in</strong>g Rural Urban TABLE<br />

1. Andhra Pradesh 25,53,753 13,40,723 12,13,030 population<br />

Assam 11,263 7,209 4,054 2<br />

Bihar 41,49,245 35,37,703 6,11,542 4 Gujarat 5,94,670 1,45,711 4,48,959 3<br />

Jammu and Kashmir 12,617 11,366 1,251 6 Kerala 9,162 2,836 6,326 5<br />

<strong>Language</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> www.language<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>dia.com<br />

9 : 1 January 2009<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Gujral</strong> <strong>Committee</strong> <strong>Report</strong> on<br />

7 Karnataka 20,34,482 10,60,274 9,74,208 8 Madhya Pradesh 7,40,185 2,12,790 5,27,395 9 Madras 6,15,503 1,94,963 4,20,540<br />

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