Indian States That Have English as an Official Language

The Constitution of India designates the official language of the Government of India as Hindi written in the Devanagari script, as well as English. There is no national language as declared by the Constitution of India. Hindi and English are used for official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings, judiciary, communications between the Central Government and a State Government. Here, we are giving the list of Indian States That Have English as an Official Language for general awareness.

Sep 20, 2017, 17:30 IST

The Constitution of India designates the official language of the Government of India as Hindi written in the Devanagari script, as well as English. There is no national language as declared by the Constitution of India. Hindi and English are used for official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings, judiciary, communications between the Central Government and a State Government. States within India have the liberty and powers to specify their own official language(s) through legislation and therefore there are 22 officially recognized languages in India. Here, we are giving the list of Indian States That Have English as an Official Language for general awareness.

English as official language

List of Indian States That Have English as an Official Language

State

Official language(s)

Additional official language(s)

Arunachal Pradesh

English


Himachal Pradesh

Hindi

English

Manipur

Meitei (Manipuri)

English

Meghalaya

English

Khasi and Garo

Mizoram

Mizo, English and Hindi


Nagaland

English


Odisha

Odia

English

Rajasthan

Hindi

English

Sikkim

English

Additional ten local languages

Tamil Nadu

Tamil

English

Tripura

Bengali, English and Kokborok


In the above list of Indian States That Have English as an Official Language will enhance the general knowledge of the readers.

Official Language in Indian Constitution

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