List of official languages specified in the Constitution of India in

Currently the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India lists the official languages of the Republic of India in articles 343 to 351. At the time when the Constitution was enacted, inclusion in this list meant that the language was entitled to representation on the Official Languages Commission. The Constitution does not specify the official language of different states. At present (2018), the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution specifies 22 languages (originally 14 languages). 

Important Note:-

• Initially it had 14 languages and by 3 amendments that is 21st amendment 71st amendment and 92nd amendments 1,3 and 4 more languages added respectively.
• The Sindhi language was added in the 8th schedule by the 21st Amendment Act of 1967.
• Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added by the 71st Amendment Act of 1992.
• Bodo, Dongri, Maithili and Santhali were added by the 92nd Amendment Act of 2003.

List of all the 22 languages specified in the constitution is as follows;

Language	Spoken in the States
1. Assamese	Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
2. Bengali	West Bengal, Assam and Tripura, Andaman islands     and Bangladesh
3. Gujarati	Gujarat, Daman and Diu
4. Hindi	Almost every part of the country including North-     Central India
5. Kannada	Karnataka
6. Kashmiri	Kashmir
7. Konkani	It is the official language of Goa but spoken in   Southern Maharashtra, North Karnataka, Kerala also.
8. Malayalam	Southwestern Kerala, Lakshadweep, Karnataka and   Tamil  Nadu
9. Manipuri	Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura, Bangladesh and   Myanmar
10. Marathi	In addition to Maharashtra, it is spoken in Goa,   Karnataka, Gujarat, Daman and Diu and Dadar and   Nagar Haveli.
11. Nepali	It is the national language of Nepal. It is also spoken in   Sikkim, West Bengal, North-eastern states, Bhutan,   Tibet and Myanmar.
12. Odia	It is mainly spoken in Odisha. It is the official   language of the Odisha state.
13. Punjabi	It is principle language of Punjab but spoken in   Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan,   Pakistan, USA, Canada and Australia also.
14. Sanskrit	At present; this language is not spoken in almost any   part of India. But it is still spoken in Mattur (Mathur)   village of Karnataka state.
15. Sindhi	This language is mainly spoken in Gujarat and Sindh province of Pakistan.
16. Tamil	This is the official language of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It is spoken in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Vietnam also.
17.Urdu	It is an additional official language of Jammu &   Kashmir, Telangana, Delhi, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.   There are 4.81 crores Urdu speakers in India, 1.07   crores in Pakistan, 6.5 lacs in Bangladesh and 4 lacs in   Britain.
18. Telugu	It is principle language of Andhra Pradesh and   Telangana states. Apart from these states; it is spoken   in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha,   Puducherry and Chhattisgarh also.
19. Bodo	Bodo or Baro is a Tibetan-Burmese language spoken by Bodo people living in northeast, Nepal and Bangladesh.
20. Dogri	Dogri language is spoken in the state of Jammu and   Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. Dogri is the   dialect of Punjabi.
21. Maithili	Maithili language is spoken in the northern region of   Bihar and Valley of Nepal.
22. Santali	It is spoken in Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha,   Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Tripura and Bengal. It is spoken in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan also.