Editing West Bengal (section)

=== Languages ===

[[File:Language Map of West Bengal (2011 Census).svg|200px|thumb|Languages spoken by district<br>
'''Bengali'''
{{legend|#1ee6b2|50–60%}}
{{legend|#00d19b|60–70%}}
{{legend|#009e75|70–80%}}
{{legend|#006b4f|80–90%}}
{{legend|#005239|90–100%}}
'''Nepali'''
{{legend|#f6c6e4|30–40%}}
{{legend|#e986c4|50–60%}}
]]

{{Pie chart
|label1=[[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value1=86.22
|label2=[[Hindi]]|value2=6.97
|label3=[[Santali language|Santali]] |value3=2.66
|label4=[[Urdu]] |value4=1.82
|label5=[[Nepali language|Nepali]] |value5=1.27
|label6= Others |value6=1.06
|caption=Languages of West Bengal (2011)<ref name="langcensus2011">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 – Population by Mother Tongue |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-date=15 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815035759/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|color4=#278d27|color2=#f97d09|color1=Red|color3=Yellow}}

The state's official languages are Bengali and English;<ref name=nclmanurep2010>—{{cite web |url=http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |title=Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) |pages=85–86 |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133948/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2016}}<br />—{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Shiv Sahay |title=Official language status for Urdu in some West Bengal areas |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/official-language-status-for-urdu-in-some-west-bengal-areas/article3274293.ece |access-date=3 June 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 April 2012 |language=en-IN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603103658/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/official-language-status-for-urdu-in-some-west-bengal-areas/article3274293.ece |archive-date=3 June 2019 |url-status=live}}<br />—{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1121211/jsp/bengal/story_16301872.jsp |title=Multi-lingual Bengal |date=11 December 2012 |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=25 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325232340/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1121211/jsp/bengal/story_16301872.jsp |archive-date=25 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}<br />—{{cite news |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kurukh-language-given-official-status-by-bengal-government/993228 |title=Kurukh language given official status by Bengal government |date=21 February 2017 |newspaper=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122232505/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kurukh-language-given-official-status-by-bengal-government/993228 |url-status=live}}<br />—{{cite magazine |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-1179890-2018-02-28 |title=Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi make it to list of official languages in |last=Roy |first=Anirban |date=28 February 2018 |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330143710/https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-1179890-2018-02-28 |archive-date=30 March 2018 |url-status=live}}<br />—{{cite news |date=24 December 2020 |title=West Bengal shows 'Mamata' to Telugus |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/west-bengal-shows-mamata-to-telugus-663381 |access-date=31 December 2020 |work=[[The Hans India]] |language=en |archive-date=23 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223184833/https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/west-bengal-shows-mamata-to-telugus-663381 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nepali language|Nepali]] has additional official status in the three subdivisions of Darjeeling district.<ref name=nclmanurep2010 /> In 2012, the state government passed a bill granting additional official status to [[Hindi]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Santali language|Santali]] and [[Urdu]] in areas where speakers exceed 10% of the population.<ref name=nclmanurep2010 /> In 2019, another bill was passed by the government to include [[KRNB lects|Kamtapuri]], [[Kurmali]] and [[Rangpuri language|Rajbanshi]] as additional official languages in blocks, divisions or districts where the speakers exceed 10% of the population.<ref name=nclmanurep2010 /> On 24 December 2020, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as an additional official language.<ref name=nclmanurep2010 /> As of the 2011 census, 86.22% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 5.00% Hindi, 2.66% [[Santali language|Santali]], 1.82% [[Urdu]] and 1.26% [[Nepali language|Nepali]] as their first language.<ref name="langcensus2011"/>