Bangla India's second most spoken language

Bangla is the second most spoken language of India after Hindi, says the latest Indian census conducted in 2011. The percentage of people in India who mentioned Bangla as their mother tongue rose to 8.3 percent of the total population from 8.11 percent in the 2001 census. The percentage of population with Hindi as their mother tongue has risen to 43.63 percent from 41.03 percent.