Telugu Population Around The World

Places	Population	Remarks
Andhra Pradesh	~ 85 million	2011 Census
Karnataka	~6 million	8 to 10 % of Karnataka’s population is Telugu speaking /  origin.  Migration over a period of 100 years. Largely concentrated in Bellary / Bangalore / Kolar / Border areas. Telugu movies popular in Karnataka. Department of Telugu in Mysore and Bangalore Universities. Sir Mokshagundam was Diwan of Mysore State
Tamilnadu	~6 milion	8 to 10 % of Tamilnadu’s  population is Telugu speaking  / origin. Migration over a period of 200 years. During reign of British Rule / Madras presidency, movement of  people took place before state reorganization as TN / AP. Krishnadevarraya’ empire extended up to Tanjore.  Major Telugu / Sanskrit Library – Saraswathi  Mahal is at Tanjore Saint Thyagaraja lived in Tanjore and Telugu scholars were part of Royal court of Maratha rulers in Tanjore. Major Telugu populations in Chennai /Coimbatore
Orissa	4 million	Significant Telugu population in border areas like Berhampur / Cuttack regions. Krishnadevarraya’ empire extended up to Cuttack due to his conquest over Gajapathis. All India Telugu Conference held in Orissa recently
Maharashtra	~7 million	Statistics  from Maharashtra Telugu Manch
Chhattisgarh / Madhya Pradesh	~ 1 million	Significant  population in border areas
Rest of India: Delhi / Gujarat / Bengal / Assam / Bihar / Kerala etc.,		Migration in search of jobs / business / labor
International	Telugu speaking / origin	About 2 Million
USA  / Canada	~ 750,000	Migration over 75 years
UK / Europe / Ireland etc.,	< 100,000  ?	Migration to UK / Germany and other locations
Malaysia	~ 500,000	Telugu Association of Malaysia
Singapore	< 100,000 ?	Migration in recent times.
Mauritius / South Africa	> 60,000	Migration over 150 years – 5 generations
Australia / New Zealand	< 100,000  ?	Migration in recent times
Gulf	500,000 ?	UAE  alone has 100,000. The remaining are spread over Kuwait / Bahrain / Saudi etc.,
Total	~ 110 million	Global  and  National Telugu Diaspora

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 July 2011 01:07 Source - Friends of Telugu