Telugu People in Tamil Nadu

What is the percentage of Telugu Speaking People in Tamil Nadu?

1.As of 2001 census,

Tamil is spoken as the first language by 88.43% of the population.

Telugu by 5.65 percent,

Kannada by 2.68 percent

Malayalam by 0.89 percent,

Marathi by 0.1 percent

Sourashtra by 0.1 percent.

2.Some may claim that there are Telugu people who classified as Tamil in census as Telugus in Some districts in Tamil Nadu are not able to Read or Write Telugu. If we consider 1935 census of those districts of Madras State, which now under Tamil Nadu, then the Percentage would be 12.9%. The concentration is in Coimbatore, Salem, Madurai, Chengalput, North Arcot, Trichy, Ramnad, South Arcot,Tirunelveli, Chennai, Tanjore, Pudukkottai.

3.Based on these, We can infer the percentage of Telugu people in TN would be 5.7 to 12.9%