Question : Linguistic Data of Census- 2011

(a) whether the Government is aware that the linguistic/ language data of Census, 2011 are not made available to the public;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has taken any steps to make the said data available to the public soon and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether there is any increase in the number of languages officially recorded in 2011; and

(e) if so, the details of the data of all the Indian languages and dialects listed by the Census, language and State-wise?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)
(a) to (e): Madam; the linguistic / language data of Census 2011 has been finalized and will be released after the approval of the competent authority.




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