India: opinion on importance of speaking Hindi to be Indian

In India, there has been an increasing focus on so-called Hindu nationalism in recent years, particularly since the Bharatiya Janata Party assumed power in 2014. A survey conducted just before the outbreak of COVID-19 found that nearly 60 percent of Hindus found it very important to be able to speak Hindi in order to be truly Indian. More than half of the responding Jains had the same opinion. On the other hand, below 30 percent of Christians and Sikhs said the same.

Share of Indians saying it is very important to be able to speak Hindi in order to be 'truly' Indian in 2020, by religious group

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

India

Survey time period

November 17, 2019 to March 23, 2020

Number of respondents

29,999*

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

*The number of respondents within each religious group was as follows:

Hindus: 22,975
Muslims: 3,336
Sikhs: 1,782
Christians: 1,011
Buddhists: 719
Jains: 109

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