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The following is a list of Indian states and union territories with a significant proportion of the population in these states speaking Bengali (only those states and union territories considered where more than 1% of the total population speak Bengali).^[1]

State / Union Territory	Bengali speakers	Percentage of population speaking Bengali
West Bengal	68,369,255	85.27%
Tripura	2,147,944	67.14%
Assam	7,343,338	27.55%
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	91,582	25.71%
Jharkhand	2,607,601	8%
Mizoram	80,389	9.05%
Arunachal Pradesh	97,149	8.85%
Meghalaya	185,692	8.01%
Nagaland	58,890	2.96%
Delhi	208,414	1.50%
Uttarakhand	123,190	1.45%
Odisha	490,857	1.33%
Manipur	27,100	1.25%
Sikkim		1.18%^[2]
Daman & Diu		1.16%^[2]
Chhattisgarh	208,669	1%
Bihar	140000	3.90%
Haryana	39,199	0.19%
Uttar Pradesh	181,634	3.77%
Punjab	20,655	0.08%
India		10.7%^[2]

References

^ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Census of India - Distribution of 10,000 persons by language – India, States and Union Territories-2001". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[1] "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[Census_of_India-2] "Census of India - Distribution of 10,000 persons by language – India, States and Union Territories-2001". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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