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'''[[Andhra Pradesh]]''' is a [[States and territories of India|state]] in the southern part of [[India]]. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the [[States Reorganisation Act]]. Andhra Pradesh is bordered by the [[Bay of Bengal]] to the east, [[Karnataka]] to the west, [[Maharashtra]] to the north-west, [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] to the north-east, [[Chhattisgarh]] to the north and [[Tamil Nadu]] to the south. The state covers an area of 106,195 sq mi (275,045 km<sup>2</sup>), or 5.83% of the total geographical area of [[India]]. It comprises 23 [[Districts of India|districts]]. [[Telugu language|Telugu]] is the primary official language of Andhra Pradesh and spoken as a native language by about 83.88% of the people. Other ethnic minorities in the state as of 2001 are [[Urdu|Urdu people]] (8.63%), [[Tamil people]] (3.01%), [[Kannada people]] (2.60%), [[Marathi people]] (0.70%) and [[Odia people]] (0.44%).{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}

==Telugu people==
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The Telugu people form the dominant ethnic group in Andhra Pradesh, making up to 83.88%
(As per 2001 census) <ref name="demographics">{{cite web|url=http://www.languageinindia.com/dec2002/urduinkarnataka.html|author=A. R. Fatihi|work=Language in India, Volume 2: 2002-12-09|publisher=M. S. Thirumalai, Managing Editor, Language in India|title=Urdu in Karnataka|accessdate=2007-06-29}}</ref> of the total population of the state. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language. Telugu is one of the [[official languages of India]] and the official and administrative language of the state of Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=http://dpal.kar.nic.in/26%20of%201963%20(E).pdf|format=PDF|title=The Andhra Pradesh Official Language Act|work=Official website of Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=2007-06-29}}</ref>

==Urdu==
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Urdu is spoken by 8.63% of the total population, majority of whom are [[Muslim]]s . People who speak Urdu as their mother tongue mostly hail from the districts of Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Warangal and Khammam in the [[Telangana region]] and few more districts, Kurnool, Ananthapur, Prakasam of Andhra Pradesh, which were part of the erstwhile [[Hyderabad state]]

==Tamil people==
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According to the 2001 census, speakers of [[Tamil language]] formed the third largest ethnic group in Andhra Pradesh (5.8% of the total population).{{CN|date=July 2019}} The 2011 census indicates that there were 1113,848 Tamils living in Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Part-A.pdf |title=PART-A: DISTRIBUTION OF THE 22 SCHEDULED LANGUAGES-INDIA/STATES/UNION TERRITORIES - 2011 CENSUS |work=Census India }}</ref> The [[States of India by Tamil speakers|speakers of Tamil language]] form the native ethnic group of [[Tamil Nadu]], the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh.

The taluk of Tirutani and Pallipattu sub-taluk of [[Chittoor]] district( large Tamil speaking community) of [[Andhra Pradesh]] were transferred to [[Madras State]] in exchange for territories from the Chingelput ([[Chengalpattu]]) and [[Salem District]]s on 1 April 1961 as per the Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act 1959.<ref name="tnhist">[https://archive.is/20070106185926/http://www.tn.gov.in/misc/histn.htm Government of Tamil Nadu — Tamil Nadu Secretariat — Brief History]</ref><ref>[http://kanchi.nic.in/history.htm Historical Importance of Kanchipuram] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518021820/http://kanchi.nic.in/history.htm |date=18 May 2006 }}</ref>

==Kannadigas ==

According to the 2001 census, Kannada is the mother tongue of 2.60% of the total population of Andhra Pradesh. Kannadigas are mainly concentrated in the south-western districts of [[Chittoor]], [[Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh|Anantapur]], [[Kurnool]], [[Medak]] and the third most spoken language in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] is Kannada.{{fact|date=May 2019}}

== Marathi people ==

According to the 2001 census, Marathi is spoken as mother tongue by 0.7% of the total population of Andhra Pradesh, 1.3% of in Telangana population. Though there are substantial populations distributed all over the northwestern parts of the state, Marathis are mainly concentrated in South and north parts of the Telangana districts. Majorly in Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Medak and Sangareddi districts. As well as Parts of Rayalaseema region and coastal Andhra also found large number of Maratha origin population.{{fact|date=May 2019}}

== Odia people ==

Speakers of [[Odia language]] make up 0.44% of the total population of Andhra Pradesh. They are concentrated in the districts of [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]], [[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]] and [[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Andhra Pradesh]]

Ethnic groups of Andhra Pradesh - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 03:39, 10 December 2022