Is Hindi the national language of India or not? Here is list of 22 official languages of India with states

New Delhi, Apr 28: A comment made by Kannada actor Sudeep has brought back the question around the national language of India.

Is Hindi the national language of India? Well, the answer is "no."

Hindi is not the national language of India, but article 343(1) of the Indian constitution specifically mentions that, "the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script." The business in the Indian parliament can only be transacted in Hindi or in English.

English is allowed to be used in official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings, judiciary, communications between the Central Government and a State Government.

States within India, which has 121 languages and 270 mother tongues, have the liberty and powers to specify their own official language(s) through legislation. In addition to the official languages, the constitution recognizes 22 regional languages, which include Hindi but not English, as scheduled languages.

Here is The List of 22 Official Languages of India With Their States:

Sr. No.	Language	Family	Official recognition in State(s)
1.	Assamese	Indo-Aryan, Eastern	Assam
2.	Bengali	Indo-Aryan, Eastern	West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, Jharkhand
3.	Bodo	Tibeto-Burman	Assam
4.	Dogri	Indo-Aryan, Northwestern	Jammu and Kashmir
5.	Gujarati	Indo-Aryan, Western	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Gujarat
6.	Hindi	Indo-Aryan, Central	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
7.	Kannada	Dravidian	Karnataka
8.	Kashmiri	Indo-Aryan, Dardic	Jammu and Kashmir
9.	Konkani	Indo-Aryan, Southern	Goa
10.	Maithili	Indo-Aryan, Eastern	Jharkhand
11.	Malayalam	Dravidian	Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
12.	Manipuri	Tibeto-Burman	Manipur
13.	Marathi	Indo-Aryan, Southern	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Maharashtra
14.	Nepali	Indo-Aryan, Northern	Sikkim, West Bengal
15.	Odia	Indo-Aryan, Eastern	Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal
16.	Punjabi	Indo-Aryan, Northwestern	Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, West Bengal
17.	Sanskrit	Indo-Aryan	Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
18.	Santali	Austroasiatic	Jharkhand
19.	Sindhi	Indo-Aryan, Northwestern	sd
20.	Tamil	Dravidian	Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
21.	Telugu	Dravidian	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
22.	Urdu	Indo-Aryan, Central	Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal