| 4 ||'''[[Hindi language|Hindi]]'''{{efn|Refers to only ''Modern Standard Hindi'' here. The [[Census of India]] defines Hindi on a loose and broad basis. In addition to Standard Hindi, it incorporates a set of other [[Indo-Aryan languages]] written in [[Devanagari|Devanagari script]] including [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]], [[Dhundhari language|Dhundhari]] etc. under Hindi group which have more than 422 million native speakers as of 2001.<ref name="2001Stm1">[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/%28S%282scoev45b4mhlg45mz5jq345%29%29/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.aspx Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2000], Census of India, 2001</ref> However, the census also acknowledges Standard Hindi, the above mentioned languages and others as separate mother tongues of the Hindi language and provides individual figures for all these languages.<ref name="2001Stm1"/>}} || 295 (310) || {{rnd|{{#expr: 295/6615*100}}|2}}%
