![]() In 2013 there were about 4,400 speakers of Santali in Bhutan. There were also about 50,880 Santali speakers in Nepal in 2011, mainly in the Morang district of the Kosi zone, and in the Jhapa district of the Mechi zone. In 2011 there were about 225,000 speakers of Santali in northwestern Bangladesh, mainly in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions. Santali is taught in primary schools in India and Nepal, and used in literature, newspapers and on the radio in India. ![]() Santali is one of India's 22 scheduled languages, and is officially recognised as the second state language in Jharkhand and West Bengal states. There are about 7.3 million speakers of Santali in India according to the 2011 census. ![]() In India it is spoken in Bhagalpur and Munger districts of Bihar state, in Hazaribagh and Manbhum districts of Jharkhand state, in Balasore district of Odisha state, in Bankura and Birbhum districts of West Bengal state, and also in Assam, Mizoram and Tripura states. Santali is a Munda language spoken mainly in Jharkhand and West Bengal states in northern India, and also in northwestern Bangladesh, eastern Nepal and Bhutan by about 7.6 million people.
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