Hindi Heartland

Hindi Heartland

The Hindi Heartland is a common reference to the northern Indian region where Hindi languages are spoken natively or as a primary language Fact|date=September 2008 . The Hindi belt is often considered as covering the following Indian statesFact|date=September 2008 :
*Bihar
*Jharkhand
*Uttar Pradesh
*Madhya Pradesh
*Chhattisgarh
*Haryana
*Rajasthan
*Himachal Pradesh
*Uttarakhand

The Union Territory of Chandigarh and the National Capital Territory of Delhi also lie in this region.

The states of Gujarat, Punjab, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir have considerable number of Hindi-speaking people, but are not regarded as a part of the Hindi belt.


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