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To start with a caveat: almost all the information on this page is from the INS (Indian Newspaper Society) Press Handbooks (1992 and 1995) and is, therefore, at best indicative and not definitive. Basically, these figures are reflective of what may be called the organised sector of Indian print media. But I do intend, at some point to put up the RNI (Registrar of Newspapers in India) figures (as soon as I am able to get the current ) as well as the comparitive literacy /population figures based on the interim Census Report.

1995 Figures: Languages Breakdown!

 
Language  Dlies	 Weekls	Frtntls	Mnthls	Others Total  Total   Dailies
	  Lakhs	 Lakhs	Lakhs	Lakhs	Lakhs  Lakhs    %	%
Assamese   1.35	  1.85	 0.34	 0.00	0.40    3.94   0.84   0.55
Bengali	  15.03	  1.83	 2.94	 1.96	0.00   21.76   4.62   6.09
English	  48.07	 15.48	14.73	25.91	0.80  104.99  22.27  19.46
Gujrati	  19.86	  7.90	 0.96	 0.50	0.58   29.80   6.32   8.04
Hindi	  74.84	  9.42	19.69	26.88	0.61  131.44  27.88  30.30
Kannada	   7.48	  3.44	 0.00	 4.04	0.00   14.96   3.17   3.03
Khasi	   0.00	  0.08	 0.00	 0.00	0.00	0.08   0.02   0.00
Konkani	   0.01	  0.00	 0.00	 0.10	0.00	0.11   0.02   0.00
Malyalam  18.11	 25.92	 7.61	 1.10	0.00   52.74  11.19   7.33
Marathi	  22.54	  2.83	 0.57	 1.60	0.00   27.54   5.84   9.13
Oriya	   5.86	  0.00	 0.00	 1.61	0.00    7.47   1.58   2.37
Punjabi	   6.58	  0.98	 0.00	 3.51	0.00   11.07   2.35   2.66
Rajasthani 0.00	  0.00	 0.00	 0.38	0.00    0.38   0.08   0.00
Sindhi	   0.33	  0.05	 0.00	 0.00	0.00	0.38   0.08   0.13
Tamil	  13.29	 15.04	 3.24	 5.85	2.05   39.47   8.37   5.38
Telugu	   8.41	  6.42	 1.11	 2.46	0.00   18.40   3.90   3.40
Urdu	   5.24	  0.69	 0.00	 0.91	0.00    6.84   1.45   2.12
Total	 247.00	 91.93	51.19	76.81	4.44  471.37 100.00 100.00
General Note
Almost all the figures in these pages are based on INS Press Handbooks (1992 and 1995).
All figures have been rounded off to facilitate comparisons and percentages are also so computed.
The figures for Times of India (TOI; Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad), Economic Times (ET; Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Madras) and Navbharat Times (NBT; Delhi) have been added to the summarised figures given in the INS books as these had been not included there. All these figures are based on ABC certificates: Jan-June 1995 in case of TOI and NBT & July-Dec 1994 in case of ET.
A Lakh is 1/10th of a million, i.e 1,00,000

1995: Stately Shares- Dailies

		1992	1995	1992	1995	1992	1995
State/UT	 Circulation	  English	English/Total	
		 (In Lakhs)	(In Lakhs)	  %	%	
Andhra Pradesh	  7.53	 10.55	 0.70	 1.21	  9.30	 11.47
Assam		  3.83	  4.77	 1.23	 1.90 	 32.11	 39.83
Bihar		  7.35	 10.00	 0.59	 0.95	  8.03	  9.50
Delhi		 13.73	 20.68	 6.77	 9.90	 49.31	 47.87
Goa		  0.59	  0.66	 0.35	 0.40	 59.32	 60.61
Gujarat		 14.67	 18.15	 0.68	 0.84	  4.64	  4.63
Haryana		  0.00	  1.11	 0.00	 0.00	  0.00	  0.00
Himachal Pradesh  0.00	  0.35	 0.00	 0.00	  0.00	  0.00
Jammu & Kashmir	  1.14	  1.89	 1.14	 1.63	100.00	 86.24
Karnataka	  8.00	 11.41	 1.66	 2.48	 20.75	 21.74
Kerala		 15.28	 18.11	 0.00	 0.00	  0.00	  0.00
Madhya Pradesh	  8.49	 11.42	 0.27	 0.50	  3.18	  4.38
Maharashtra	 29.75	 38.79	 7.83	 10.37	 26.32	 26.73
Manipur		  0.10	  0.11	 0.10	 0.11	100.00	100.00
Meghalaya	  0.30	  0.35	 0.30	 0.35	100.00	100.00
Orissa		  4.90	  6.48	 0.20	 0.34	  4.08	 11.47
Punjab		  8.91	 10.17	 0.00	 0.00	  0.00	  0.00
Rajasthan	 12.44	 14.34	 0.06	 0.35	  0.48	  2.44
Tamil Nadu	 18.21	 21.72	 7.30	 8.64	 40.09	 39.78
Tripura		  0.86	  1.25	 0.00	 0.00	  0.00	  0.00   
Uttar Pradesh	 16.29	 21.13	 1.44	 2.25	  8.84	 10.65
West Bengal	 18.87	 20.34	 4.62	 3.79	 24.48	 18.63
Chandigarh	  3.16	  3.22	 1.95	 2.06	 61.71	 63.98
Total		194.40	247.00	37.19	48.07	 19.13	 19.46
Please also see: Criteria and General Notes

Main Newspapers: State/UT wise

State/UTTotal 	Language  Newspaper	  	Lakhs	City	
	(No)					
AP	13	Telugu	  Eenadu*		5.67	Hyderabad	
		Telugu	  Andhra Jyoti	  	1.31	Vijaywada	
		English	  Deccan Chronicle	1.02	Secundrabad	
Assam	17	Bengali	  Dainik Sonar Cachar	0.44	Cachar	
		English	  Newsfront		0.42	Guwahati	
		Assamese  Natun Dainik		0.42	Guwahati	
Bihar	19	Hindi	  Hindustan**		2.52	Patna	(3.64)
		Hindi	  Aj**	                1.59	Patna(6.2)
		Hindi	  Ranchi Express	0.65	Ranchi	
Delhi	22	English   Hindustan Times**	4.41	New Delhi(4.75)	
		English   Times of India**	2.69	New Delhi	
		Hindi	  Punjab Kesari**	2.68	New Delhi	
		Hindi	  Navabharat Times**	2.08	New Delhi	
		English	  Economic Times**	1.27	New Delhi	
		Hindi	  Hindustan**		1.12	New Delhi(3.64)
Goa	5	English	  Goa Today		0.47	Panaji
		English	  Nav Hind Times	0.21	Panaji
		English	  O'Heraldo		0.19	Panaji
Gujarat	21	Gujrati	  Gujrat Samachar*	6.54	Ahmedabad
		Gujrati	  Sandesh*		4.39	Ahmedabad
		Gujrati	  Phulchhab		0.98	Rajkot
Haryana	4	Hindi	  Bharat Janani		0.35	Rohtak
		Hindi	  Jagat Kranti		0.26	Jind
		Hindi	  Daily Haq Parast	0.25	Kaithal
HP	1	Hindi	  Himachal Sewa		0.35	Simla
J&K	4	English	  Excelsior		0.93	Jammu
		English	  Kashmir Times		0.51	Jammu
		Urdu	  Daily Taskeen		0.25	Jammu
Karnataka19	Kannada	  Prajavani*	  	2.52	Bangalore
		English	  Deccan Herald		1.53	Bangalore
		Kannada	  Udayavani		1.04	Manipal	
Kerala	13	Malyalam  Malayala Manorama*	7.98	Kottayam	
		Malyalam  Mathrubhumi*		5.35	Calicut	
		Malyalam  Kerala Kaumudi*	1.33	Triandrum	
MP	33	Hindi	  Nai Duniya		1.12	Indore	
		Hindi	  Dainik Bhaskar**	0.68	Bhopal(3.00)	
		Hindi	  Nava Bharat**		0.65	Bhopal(3.23)
Maharashtra63	English	  Times of India**	4.56	Bombay	
		Marathi	  Nava Kaal		3.51	Bombay	
		Marathi	  Lok Satta*		2.77	Bombay	
		Marathi	  Sakal**		2.04	Pune	
		Marathi	  Maharashtra Times	1.62	Bombay	
		English	  Indian Express**	1.40	Bombay	
		Gujrati	  Bombay Samachar	1.29	Bombay	
		Engllish  Economic Times**	1.26	Bombay	
		Hindi	  Navabharat Times**	1.17	Bombay
		Marathi	  Lokmat*		1.07	Nagpur(2.51)
		Marathi	  Pudhari		1.06	Kolhapur
Manipur	1	English	  Manipur Express	0.11	Churachandpur
Meghalaya2	English	  Shillong Times	0.19	Shillong
		English	  Meghalaya Guardian	0.17	Shillong
Orissa	11	Oriya	  Samaj			1.14	Cuttack
		Oriya	  Dharititri		1.02	Bhubhaneswar
		Oriya	  Prajatantra		0.95	Cuttack
Punjab	16	Hindi	  Punjab Kesari**	3.76	Jalandhar
		Punjabi	  Ajit			1.60	Jalandhar
		Punjabi	  Jagbani		0.89	Jalandhar
Rajasthan25	Hindi	  Rashtradoot*		3.05	Jaipur
		Hindi	  Rajasthan Patrika*	3.05	Jaipur
		Hindi	  Navajyoti*		2.54	Ajmer
Tamil Nadu14	English	  Hindu*		5.13	Madras
		Tamil 	  Thanti*		4.22	Madras	
		English	  Indian Express**	2.75	Madurai	
		Tamil	  Dinamalar*		2.72	Madurai	
		Tamil	  Dinakaran*		2.51	Madras	
		Tamil	  Dinamani*		1.56	Madurai	
Tripura	4	Bengali	  Syandan Patrika	0.48	Agartala	
		Bengali	  Dainik Sambad		0.41	Agartala	
		Bengali	  Dainik Ganadoot	0.21	Agartala	
UP	58	Hindi	  Jagran**		1.40	Kanpur(5.42)
		Hindi	  Amar Ujala**		1.02	Meerut(2.80)
		Hindi	  Aj**			0.91	Varanasi(6.20)
W. Bengal25	Bengali	  Ananda Bazaar Patrika	4.80	Calcutta	
		Bengali	  Baratmaan		2.41	Calcutta	
		Bengali	  Aajkaal		1.66	Calcutta	
		English	  The Telegraph		1.45	Calcutta	
		English	  The Statesman		1.36	Calcutta	
Chandigarh4	English	  Tribune		1.67	Chandigarh
		Punjabi	  Punjabi Tribune	0.59	Chandigarh
		Hindi	  Dainik Tribune	0.58	Chandigarh
Criteria
Three main newspaers with highest circulation from each state (or Union Territory, as in case of Chandigarh) are shown.
More papers are shown only in those cases where circulation exceeds One Lakh (1,00,000).
The newspapers marked with a single asterisk (*)are those where breakdowns of various editions are not available. Thus it is a bit misleading to, for example assume that Kerala does not have a single English newspaper as The Hindu (which is listed under Madras --Tamil Nadu --has a total of 7 other editions: Madurai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Vishakhapatnam and Trivandrum).
Likewise, those newspapers that are marked with two asterisks (**) are those where the single city edition figures are available and has been thus distributed. Some of the Hindi-Heartland papers thus cause a lot of problems as there may be more than one edition of the same newspapers published, for example from various cities in the same state. In these cases, the approx. ABC combined figures are indicatively mentioned on the extreme RHS, where possible.
 Please also see: General Notes

Top 10 Newspapers: India

 
ABC July - Dec 1995
Newspaper		Combined	Copies		Language
			Centres
Times of India 		6 		9,45,619	English
Malyala Manorama	7		7,98,036	Malayalam
Gujrarat Samachar	5		6,74,251	Gujrati
Mathrubhumi		6		5,76,846	Malayalam
Eenadu			2		5,67,798	Telugu
The Hindu		8		5,58,564	English
Indian Express		17		5,48,271	English
Dainik Jagran		10		5,40,828	Hindi
Sandesh			4		4,96,998	Gujrati
Ananda Bajar Patrika	1		4,80,184	Bengali
The Punjab Kesari, for some reason, is excluded out of the above and the available 
figs. per ABC Jan-June 1994 reveal that it certainly is there in the top 5:
Punjab Kesari Jalandhar	1		3,64,233	Hindi
Punjab Kesari Delhi	1		2,49,675	Hindi
			_		____		__
Punjab Kesari		2		6,13,908	Hindi
Source: Manorama Year Book, 1997.
It is a bit of a contentious issue as Hindi papers like Aj also stake a claim to belonging to the above list, but in the absence of available ABC figures, the above and Punjab Kesari seem to be the highest ranking.
It is significant to note that out of the above, Ananda Bajaar Patrika figures are all of one Calcutta edition only.

1992-1995 Comparisons: Dailies

	Total	Total	Change	Total	Total	Net	Increas	% of
	1992	1995	Base92	1992	1995	Change	Base 92 Total	
	Lakhs	Lakhs	Lakhs	%	%	%	%	Increase	
Assamese  1.54	  1.35	-0.19	 0.79	 0.55	-0.24	-12.34	 -0.36	
Bengali	 12.23	 15.03	 2.80	 6.29	 6.09	-0.20	 22.89	  5.32	
English	 37.20	 48.07	10.87	19.14	19.46	 0.32	 29.22	 20.67	
Gujrati	 16.56	 19.86	 3.30	 8.52	 8.04	-0.48	 19.93	  6.27	
Hindi	 57.56	 74.84	17.28	29.61	30.30	 0.69	 30.02	 32.85	
Kannada	  5.48	  7.48	 2.00	 2.82	 3.03	 0.21	 36.50	  3.80	
Khasi	  0.00	  0.00	 0.00	 0.00	 0.00	 0.00	  0.00	  0.00	
Konkani	  0.02	  0.01	-0.01	 0.01	 0.00	 0.00	-50.00	 -0.02	
Malyalam 15.28	 18.11	 2.83	 7.86	 7.33	-0.53	 16.77	  5.38	
Marathi	 16.88	 22.54	 5.66	 8.68	 9.13	 0.45	 33.53	 10.76	
Nepali	  0.41	  0.00	-0.41	 0.21	 0.00	-0.21  -100.00	 -0.78	
Oriya	  4.70	  5.86	 1.16	 2.42	 2.37	-0.05	 24.68	  2.21	
Punjabi	  5.55	  6.58	 1.03	 2.85	 2.66	-0.19	 18.56	  1.96	
Rajsthani 0.00	  0.00	 0.00	 0.00	 0.00	 0.00	  0.00	  0.00	
Sindhi	  0.28	  0.33	 0.05	 0.14	 0.13	-0.01	 17.86	  0.10	
Tamil	 11.10	 13.29	 2.19	 5.71	 5.38	-0.33	 19.73	  4.16	
Telugu	  6.08	  8.41	 2.33	 3.13	 3.40	 0.27	 38.32	  4.43	
Urdu	  3.53	  5.24	 1.71	 1.82	 2.12	 0.30	 48.44	  3.25	
Total   194.40  247.00	52.60  100.00  100.00	 0.00	 27.06	100.00
The reason for absence of Nepali from the INS book is not very clear. Could be that the one newspaper, Himalchuli, published from Siliguri, listed in the 1992 book, has either folded up or ceased to be a member of INS.
Please also see: General Notes

1992-1995 Comparisons: All Publications

	Total	Total 	Change	Total	Total	Net	Increase % of 
	1992	1995	Base92	1992	1995	Change	Base 92	Total	
	Lakhs	Lakhs	Lakhs	%	%	%	%	Increase	
Assamese  3.83	  3.94	 0.11	 0.95	 0.84	-0.11	 2.87	  0.16
Bengali	 18.65	 21.76	 3.11	 4.64	 4.62	-0.02	16.68	  4.46
English	 94.15	104.99	10.84	23.44	22.27	-1.17	11.51	 15.56
Gujrati	 26.76	 29.80	 3.04	 6.66	 6.32	-0.34	11.36	  4.36
Hindi	100.72	131.44	30.72	25.07	27.88	 2.81	30.50	 44.10
Kannada	 12.34	 14.96	 2.62	 3.07	 3.17	 0.10	21.23	  3.76
Khasi	  0.06	  0.08	 0.02	 0.01	 0.02	 0.01	33.33	  0.03
Konkani	  0.11	  0.11	 0.00	 0.03	 0.02	-0.01	 0.00	  0.00
Malyalam 47.95	 52.74	 4.79	11.94	11.19	-0.75	 9.99	  6.88
Marathi	 21.09	 27.54	 6.45	 5.25	 5.84	 0.59	30.58	  9.26
Nepali	  0.41	  0.00	 -0.41	 0.10	 0.00	-0.10 -100.00	 -0.59
Oriya	  6.57	  7.47	 0.90	 1.64	 1.58	-0.06	13.70	  1.29
Punjabi	  9.64	 11.07	 1.43	 2.40	 2.35	-0.05	14.83	  2.05
Rajasthani0.36	  0.38	 0.02	 0.09	 0.08	 0.01	 0.13	  0.03
Sindhi	  0.28	  0.38	 0.10	 0.07	 0.08	 0.01	35.71	  0.14
Tamil	 37.98	 39.47	 1.49	 9.46	 8.37	-1.09	 3.92	  2.14
Telugu	 15.32	 18.40	 3.08	 3.81	 3.90	 0.09	20.10	  4.42
Urdu	  5.49	  6.84	 1.35	 1.37	 1.45	 0.08	24.59	  1.94
Total	401.71	471.37	69.66  100.00  100.00	 0.00	17.34	100.00
The reason for absence of Nepali from the INS book is not very clear. Could be that the one newspaper, Himalchuli, published from Siliguri, listed in the 1992 book, has either folded up or ceased to be a member of INS.
Please also see: General Notes

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