Ethnic groups of Andhra Pradesh

The Telugu people form the dominant ethnic group in Andhra Pradesh, making up to 83.88% (as per 2001 census)

Urdu is spoken by 6.55% of the total population, majority of whom are

Tamil people

According to the 2001 census, speakers of Tamil language formed the third largest ethnic group in Andhra Pradesh (1.04% of the total population).^{[citation needed]} The 2011 census indicates that there were 1113,848 Tamils living in Andhra Pradesh.^[3] The speakers of Tamil language form the native ethnic group of Tamil Nadu, the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh.

The taluk of Tirutani and Pallipattu sub-taluk of

According to the 2001 census, Marathi is spoken as mother tongue by 0.7% of the total population of Andhra Pradesh, 1.3 % of in Telangana population. Though there are substantial populations distributed all over the northwestern parts of the state, Marathis are mainly concentrated in South and north parts of the Telangana districts. Majorly in Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Medak and Sangareddi districts. As well as Parts of Rayalaseema region and coastal Andhra also found large number of Maratha origin population.^[citation needed]

Odia people

Speakers of Odia language make up 0.44% of the total population of Andhra Pradesh. They are concentrated in the districts of Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.

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