Odisha

India, state, population 46,276,000, first language Odia.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026 · IN-OR · CLDR 49, Glottolog 5.3, States sheet

Language stack

The roles this state's languages play, with a share where a census gives one.

How this is measured
A label comes from the States sheet and has no share. A share comes from a census and names its basis. Both can exist for one language.
De facto · Sheet label
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Administrative · Sheet label
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National · Sheet label
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Secondary · Sheet label
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Labels from the States sheet; no census share yet.

Official-language count: 3. Diversity below is country-level.

Languages of India

Country-level shares: CLDR, with a census or survey where CLDR has none. They overlap and are never normalised.

How this is measured
Effective number of languages 4.25, Greenberg diversity 0.76, both on the raw shares and country-level.
1
Official
41%
2
Official
19%
3
Official (regional)
8.1%
4
Official (regional)
7.2%
5
Official (regional)
7%
6
Official (regional)
5.9%
7
Official (regional)
5%
8
Official (regional)
4.5%
9
Official (regional)
3.7%
10
Official (regional)
3.2%
11
Official (regional)
3.2%
12
Official (regional)
2.8%

Largest 12 of 80 languages CLDR records for India.

How far lingua francas reach

Share able to hold a conversation, first or second language.

How this is measured
Each row carries its source tier. A Tier 1 census figure is this state's own; a Tier 3 figure is the country's, not this state's.
1
Tier 3 country
41%
2
Tier 3 country
19%
Other states in India35
Arunachal PradeshNyishi-Hill Miri
AssamAssamese
BiharHindi
GoaKonkan Marathi
GujaratGujarati
HaryanaHindi
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KarnatakaKannada
KeralaMalayalam
LadakhHindi
LakshadweepMalayalam
ManipurManipuri
NagalandNaga Pidgin
PunjabEastern Panjabi
SikkimNepali
TelanganaTelugu
TripuraBengali

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Where these numbers come from

Labels are the States sheet's. Shares marked country-level are CLDR's for the whole country, not a measurement of this state. See Method.