CHAPTER – 9 PRESS IN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES
9.1.1. The Indian Press spread over 29 States and 7 Union Territories, has shown upward trend in terms of registered publications both at National as well as Regional level which plays a significant role in national as well as regional print media. This is evident from the statistical data collected over the years.
9.1.2. The Annual Statements received from the publishers online for 2018-19 indicate that Uttar Pradesh retained the top position in filing Annual Statements with 6,603 publications (newspapers & periodicals). Madhya Pradesh came second with 5,833 and Maharashtra third with 4,574 publications (newspapers & periodicals). (Table 3.2)
9.1.3. The total number of registered publications (newspapers & periodicals) went up to 1,19,995 in all the States and Union Territories except Lakshadweep during the year under review.
9.1.4. As far as the registered publications are concerned, Uttar Pradesh continued to be the largest publisher with 18,140 publications (newspapers & periodicals) followed by Maharashtra 16,519 and Delhi 12,912. (Chapter 2 Table 2.4)
9.1.5. Delhi and Maharashtra brought out publications in 20 languages each followed by Uttarakhand in 19 languages, Tamil Nadu in 18 languages, Kerala 17 languages, Gujarat and Karnataka in 15 languages each, West Bengal in 14 languages, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in 11 languages each, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Puducherry in 10 languages each. Out of the 22 main languages (including English) listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
9.1.6 As many as 37,942 publications (newspapers & periodicals) filed their Annual Statements online for the year 2018-19, which represents an increase of 20.62% per cent as compared to last year. Circulation-wise the press in Uttar Pradesh retained its top position with a combined circulation of 8,61,24,045 copies, followed by Maharashtra with 6,81,45,069 and Madhya Pradesh with 5,73,35,640 copies per publishing day.
9.1.7. A list of ‘Big’ ‘Medium’ and ‘Small’ publications in each State and Union Territory with their claimed circulation is given in Appendix I. An analysis of the status of the Press in various States and Union Territories along with their circulation is given as under:
Note: Population and literacy data are taken from provisional census data 2011 sourced from www.censusindia.gov.in.
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1. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
CAPITAL : Port Blair POPULATION : 3,79,944 (2011) LITERACY : 86.27% (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.2.1. Two Weekly publications were registered in the year 2018-19 raising total number of registered publications to 105 comprising 25 Dailies, 34 Weeklies, 23 Fortnightlies, 19 Monthlies, 2 Quarterlies and 2 of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.2.2. Out of total 105 registered publications, only 33 publications filed their Annual Statements for 2018-19 comprising 18 Dailies, 10 Weeklies, and 5 Fortnightly. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.2.3 Total claimed circulation was 1,52,608 copies per publishing day. English Press remained the largest with 73,584 claimed copies followed by Hindi 43,387 copies. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.2.4 “Today Times”, an English/Daily with the circulation of 18,500 copies per publishing day from Port Blair was the highest circulated publication.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise)
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Total English 15 14 12 7 1 1 50 Hindi 8 6 3 1 1 1 20 Bengali 1 2 1 4 0 0 8 Urdu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Malayalam 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Tamil 0 5 3 5 0 0 13 Telugu 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bilingual 0 7 1 2 0 0 10 Multilingual 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total 25 34 23 19 2 2 105
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY TOTAL
Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation BENGALI 1 2228 0 0 0 0 1 2228 BILINGUAL 1 700 2 6000 2 1911 5 8611 ENGLISH 8 55089 6 14995 1 3500 15 73584 HINDI 6 37620 2 5767 0 0 8 43387 MULTILINGUAL 0 0 0 0 1 800 1 800 TAMIL 1 6310 0 0 1 2488 2 8798 URDU 1 15200 0 0 0 0 1 15200 Total 18 117147 10 26762 5 8699 33 152608
2. ANDHRA PRADESH
CAPITAL : Hyderabad POPULATION : 4,93,86,799 (2011) LITERACY : 67.41% (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.3.1. A total number of 143 new publications were added during 2018-19. Of these, 51 were Dailies, 21 Weeklies, 06 Fortnightlies, 63 Monthlies, and 2 other periodicities. A total number of 2 publications were ceased during 2018-19. Thus, the total number of registered newspapers & periodicals has gone up to 7,042 comprising 1,900 Dailies, 9 Tri-Bi Weeklies, 1,224 Weeklies, 814 Fortnightlies, 2,739 Monthlies, 186 Quarterlies, 8 Annuals and 162 other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.3.2. Annual Statements were received from 2,503 publications i.e. 1,181 Dailies, 262 Weeklies, 191 Fortnightlies, 848 Monthlies, 14 Quarterlies, 2 Annual and 5 other. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.3.3. Data received from 7,042 publications claiming a total circulation of 3,22,80,478 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Telugu publications had the major share in the total claimed circulation consisting of 2,62,36,885 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
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Leading Newspapers
9.3.4 The Largest circulated daily was “Deccan Chronicle” (English/Daily) from Secunderabad with a circulation of 5, 24, 523 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) ANDHRA PRADESH
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total English 244 1 125 90 312 90 53 6 921 Hindi 26 0 17 5 35 4 1 0 88 Assamese 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Bengali 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 7 Gujarati 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 Kannada 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 11 Malayalam 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 7 Marathi 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 9 Odia 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 Punjabi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Santhali 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sindhi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Tamil 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 Telugu 1410 5 667 585 1971 56 82 0 4776 Urdu 184 3 355 77 85 3 2 0 709 Bilingual 23 0 53 49 251 26 20 1 423 Multilingual 7 0 5 5 36 3 3 1 60 Others 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 Total 1898 9 1224 814 2739 186 164 8 7042
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise ANDHRA PRADESH DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL Language
Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BILINGUAL 19 211551 7 68758 5 65700 46 300582 1 1800 2 7140 0 0 80 655531
ENGLISH 140 3269133 26 237497 8 30568 45 405432 5 3850 1 3914 2 60000 227 4010394
HINDI 13 212543 1 1000 0 0 2 8450 1 250 0 0 0 0 17 222243
KANNADA 1 6500 0 0 0 0 2 26800 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33300
MULTILINGUAL 1 8500 1 7500 0 0 7 63213 1 800 1 5530 0 0 11 85543
ODIA 1 20000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20000
SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 1 16000 1 3500 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19500
TAMIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3500 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3500
TELUGU 952 17145968 181 1703022 176 1435343 739 5927302 6 14750 1 10500 0 0 2055 26236885
URDU 54 684818 46 234184 1 35500 5 39080 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 993582
Total 1181 21559013 262 2251961 191 1583111 848 6777859 14 21450 5 27084 2 60000 2503 32280478
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3. ARUNACHAL PRADESH
CAPITAL : Itanagar POPULATION : 1,382,611 (2011) LITERACY : 69.95% (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.4.1. One new daily publication was registered during 2018-19. Total number of publications went to 32, comprising 12 Dailies, 1 Tri-Biweekly, 11 Weeklies, 5 Monthlies, 2 Quarterlies and 1 Annual. (Table 1)
9.4.2. Only 12 publications submitted their Annual Statements for 2018-19, which included 10 in English and 1 in Hindi. Their combined claimed circulation figure was 18, 67,823 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.4.3 The largest circulated dailies were “Arunachal Front”, English/Dailies published from Papum Pare with 44,972 copies each per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 11 1 6 0 4 0 0 1 23 Hindi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Manipuri 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 7 others 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 12 1 11 0 5 2 0 1 32
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Language DAILY MONTHLY TOTAL Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation ENGLISH 10 1834823 1 16000 11 1850823 HINDI 1 17000 0 0 1 17000 Total 11 1851823 1 16000 12 1867823
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4. ASSAM
CAPITAL : Dispur POPULATION : 3,11,69,272 (2011) LITERACY : 73.18% (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.5.1. 10 new publications were registered during 2018-19 in the State comprising 4 Weeklies, 5 Monthlies and 1 Fortnightly. One publication was ceased during 2018-19. Thus, the number of total registered publications rose to 748 comprising 150 Dailies, 20 Tri-Bi Weeklies, 255 Weeklies, 84 Fortnightlies, 173 Monthlies, 34 Quarterlies, 5 Annuals and 27 of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.5.2. In Assam, out of 748 registered publications, as many as 153 publications filed their Annual Statements online in 2018-19. Among them, 77 were Dailies, 42 Weeklies, 3 Fortnightlies, 24 Monthlies, 1 Quarterly, 1 Annual and 5 from others. Language-wise, 69 Assamese publications filed Annual Statements, followed by 26 English, 16 Hindi and 22 Bengali languages. (Table 2) Circulation
9.5.3. Annual Statements submitted were by the 153 publications claiming a total circulation of 32, 71,902 copies per publishing day. Dailies accounted for the large circulation with 22, 54,090 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Assamese Press was at the top with 14, 64,096 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspaper 9.5.4. Among Dailies, “The Sentinel” in English language from Kamrup was the leading newspaper with 90, 089 copies per publishing day in the state. TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) ASSAM
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 42 2 26 14 30 3 6 1 124 Hindi 16 1 9 0 5 1 0 0 32 Assamese 57 7 115 46 99 15 13 1 353 Bodo 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Bengali 13 7 74 16 16 3 3 2 134 Manipuri 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 8 Nepali 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 Urdu 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Karbi 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Bilingual 2 1 11 6 7 6 2 0 35 Multilingual 1 1 4 0 4 1 0 1 12 Others 2 1 10 2 9 4 2 0 30 Total 150 20 255 84 173 34 27 5 748
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise ASSAM
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL Language
Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
ASSAMESE 28 904842 23 384571 1 37208 15 104033 0 0 2 33442 0 0 69 1464096
BENGALI 8 337846 11 189173 1 16572 1 7500 0 0 1 27000 0 0 22 578091
BILINGUAL 2 29133 0 0 0 0 2 14522 1 500 0 0 0 0 5 44155
BODO 3 130625 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 130625
ENGLISH 16 498074 4 53889 1 1000 4 42242 0 0 1 250 0 0 26 595455
HINDI 12 199873 2 30480 0 0 1 500 0 0 1 26000 0 0 16 256853
KARBI 3 47710 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 47710
MANIPURI 0 0 1 15310 0 0 1 23320 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 38630
MULTILINGUAL 0 0 1 10000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 300 2 10300
URDU 5 105987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 105987
Total 77 2254090 42 683423 3 54780 24 192117 1 500 5 86692 1 300 153 3271902
5. BIHAR
CAPITAL : Patna POPULATION : 103,804,637 (2011) LITERACY : 63.82 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.6.1. 19 new publications were added in the registration record of the State during 2018-19, comprising 5 Dailies, 1 fortnightly, 5 Weeklies, 6 Monthlies, 1 Quarterly and 1 other language. The total numbers of 3 publications were ceased during 2018-19. Now, there are 1,994 registered publications in the state comprising 565 Dailies, 33 Tri-Bi Weeklies, 701 Weeklies, 184 Fortnightlies, 365 Monthlies, 98 Quarterlies, 45 other periodicals and 3 Annuals. (Table 1)
9.6.2. In Bihar, 341 registered publications submitted their Annual Statements online for 2018-19. They included 211 Dailies. Among periodicals, 50 were Weeklies, 56 Monthlies, 13 Fortnightlies, 10 Quarterlies and 1 other. Language-wise, as many as 203 publications were brought out in Hindi followed by 106 in Urdu. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.6.3. Circulation claimed by the 341 publications, accounted for 1, 04,52,993 copies per publishing day in 2018-19. The share of Dailies was 82, 28,423 copies followed by the Weeklies 13, 75,749 copies per publishing day. The share of Hindi publication was 68, 61,322 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
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Leading Newspapers
9.6.4. “Hindustan”, a Hindi/Daily from Patna was reported as a leading newspaper with daily circulation of 3, 54,305 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) BIHAR
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 11 0 28 8 28 9 17 1 102 Hindi 387 32 582 154 286 60 17 1 1519 Assamese 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bengali 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 7 Maithili 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 Punjabi 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Sanskrit 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 Urdu 157 0 77 9 13 5 2 0 263 Bilingual 2 0 7 5 24 10 5 1 54 Multilingual 1 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 13 Others 5 0 5 2 7 4 1 0 24 Total 565 33 701 184 365 98 45 3 1994
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise BIHAR
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS TOTAL Language
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
Arabic 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1792 0 0 0 0 1 1792
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1200 0 0 0 0 1 1200
Bhojpuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15400 0 0 1 15400
Bilingual 2 98267 1 2000 1 16500 6 55600 0 0 0 0 10 172367
English 9 324899 5 67391 0 0 2 19695 0 0 0 0 16 411985
Hindi 101 4901480 39 1227458 10 69745 44 586506 8 74333 1 1800 203 6861322
Maithili 0 0 0 0 1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 300
Multilingual 1 15450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15450
Sanskrit 0 0 1 3000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3000
Urdu 98 2888327 4 75900 1 2000 2 3750 1 200 0 0 106 2970177
Total 211 8228423 50 1375749 13 88545 56 668543 10 89933 1 1800 341 10452993
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6. CHANDIGARH
CAPITAL : Chandigarh POPULATION : 1,054,686 (2011) LITERACY : 86.43 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.7.1. Two new publications were registered in the U.T. of Chandigarh during 2018- 19. Out of Which, One is Daily and other one is Quarterly. The number of registered newspapers & periodicals in Chandigarh has, therefore, risen to 582 in 2018-19. These include 92 Dailies, 2 Tri-Bi Weeklies, 142 Weeklies, 39 Fortnightlies, 209 Monthlies, 54 Quarterlies, 7 Annuals and 37 of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.7.2. Out of 582, only 97 publications from the UT Chandigarh submitted their Annual Statements for 2018-19. These were from 50 Dailies, 29 Weeklies, 1 Fortnightly, 14 Monthlies and 03 from others. The Large number of publications were being brought out in English (39) and Hindi (38) followed by Punjabi (11). (Table 2)
Circulation
9.7.3. Total claimed circulation was 26,04,210 copies per publishing day. Dailies accounted for 18, 83,719 copies per publishing day, followed by Weeklies 5, 65,829. Language-wise, English papers were at top with total circulations of 11, 60,092 copies per publishing day followed by Hindi with 8, 89,045 copies per publishing day (Table 2).
Leading Newspapers
9.7.4. “The Tribune”, an English/Daily from Chandigarh, was the highest circulated newspaper with a circulation of 1, 65,679 copies per publishing day. TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) (CHANDIGARH)
Tri/bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total weeklies
English 30 2 50 20 116 31 26 7 282 Hindi 45 0 38 9 40 6 4 0 142 Punjabi 16 0 26 6 27 3 1 0 79 Sanskrit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Urdu 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 Bilingual 1 0 16 3 21 11 4 0 56 Multilingual 0 0 10 1 3 3 2 0 19 Total 92 2 142 39 209 54 37 7 582
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise (CHANDIGARH)
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY OTHERS TOTAL Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation Bilingual 0 0 4 150500 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 150500 English 17 772218 13 305912 1 1950 6 52487 2 27525 39 1160092 Hindi 23 718098 10 107947 0 0 4 60021 1 2979 38 889045 Multilingual 0 0 2 1470 0 0 2 4700 0 0 4 6170 Punjabi 10 393403 0 0 0 0 1 5000 0 0 11 398403 Total 50 1883719 29 565829 1 1950 14 122208 3 30504 97 2604210
7. CHHATTISGARH
CAPITAL : Raipur POPULATION : 2,55,40,196 (2011) LITERACY : 71.04 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.8.1. 41 new publications were added in the list of registration record of the state during 2018-19. Of these, 7 were Dailies, 9 Weeklies, 1 Fortnightly, 20 Monthlies, 1 Quarterly and 3 others. With this, the total number of newspapers & periodicals in the state has gone up to 1,604 comprising 311 Dailies, 3 Tri-Bi Weeklies, 592 Weeklies, 113 Fortnightlies, 452 Monthlies, 91 Quarterlies, 4 Annuals and 33 other periodicals. (Table 1)
9.8.2. In all, 569 publications submitted their Annual Statements for 2018-19, i.e. 166 Dailies, 156 Weeklies, 33 Fortnightlies, 195 Monthlies, 15 Quarterlies, 01 Annual and 3 others periodicity. Language-wise, 523 publications were published in Hindi, 10 in English, 08 in Urdu and 26 were in Bi-lingual. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.8.3. The total circulation claimed by 569 publications was 97,14,904 copies per publishing day. Dailies were at the top with 76,06,201 copies per publishing day followed by Weeklies with 9,30,435 and Monthlies with 9,95,259 copies per publishing day. Language- wise, Hindi press accounted for 93,91,378 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.8.4. “NavBharat” from Raipur was the leading Daily (Hindi) with a circulation of 3,62,387 copies per publishing day.
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TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & periodicity-wise) CHHATTISGARH
Languages Dailies Tri/Bi- Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annual Total Weeklies English 7 1 10 0 11 5 7 0 41 Hindi 286 1 569 109 413 70 22 2 1472 Bengali 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 Marathi 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 Malayalam 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Urdu 12 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 Bilingual 6 0 8 2 28 15 3 1 63 Multilingual 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Chhattisgarhi 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 Others 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 Total 311 2 592 113 458 91 33 4 1604
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise CHATTISGARH
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
Language
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
Bilingual 2 3917 3 11117 2 10500 12 32700 6 24055 1 2000 0 0 26 84289
Chhattisgarhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1829 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1829
English 5 97488 3 29640 0 0 1 2000 0 0 1 11356 0 0 10 140484
Halbi 0 0 1 15114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15114
Hindi 151 7422986 149 874564 31 86305 181 958730 9 18293 1 6500 1 24000 523 9391378
Urdu 8 81810 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 81810
Total 166 7606201 156 930435 33 96805 195 995259 15 42348 3 19856 1 24000 569 9714904
8. DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
CAPITAL : Silvasa POPULATION : 3,42,853 (2011) LITERACY : 77.65 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
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9.9.1. One new publication was added in the U.T. during 2018-19. (Table 1) 9.9.2 Out of 33 registered publications, as many as 22 publications submitted their Annual Statements for 2018-19 which included 14 Dailies, 8 Weeklies, 9 Fortnightlies and 2 Monthlies. The total circulation of these 22 publications was 5,21,004 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, the circulation of Hindi publications was 3,15,533 copies per publishing day followed by English 1,13,073 and Gujarati 87,398 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.9.4. “NISHPAKSHA JANSANSAR” a Hindi/Daily from Dadra & Nagar Haveli was the highest circulated newspaper with circulation of 1,03,808 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & periodicity-wise) DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annual Total Weeklies English 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 6 Hindi 8 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 18 Gujarati 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 Bilingual 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 Total 14 0 8 9 2 0 0 0 33
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
Daily Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Total Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
Bilingual 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5000 1 5000 English 1 38492 0 0 2 38735 1 35846 4 113073 Gujarati 3 77698 1 9700 0 0 0 0 4 87398 Hindi 6 227833 5 41700 2 46000 0 0 13 315533 Total 10 344023 6 51400 4 84735 2 40846 22 521004
9. DAMAN &DIU
CAPITAL : Daman POPULATION : 2,42,911 (2011) LITERACY : 87.07 % (2011)
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Registered Newspapers
9.10.1. One new publication was added in the U.T. during 2018-19. (Table 1)
9.10.2. Annual Statements by 13 Dailies were received in 2018-19. (Table-2)
Circulation
9.10.3. The circulation data furnished by 13 newspapers aggregated to 2, 82,774 copies per publishing day. Gujarati newspapers claimed circulation of 1, 63,776 copies and Hindi newspaper claimed 1, 09,098 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.10.4. “Vartaman Pravah”, a Gujarati/Daily from Daman was the highest circulated newspaper with 44,098 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & periodicity-wise) DAMAN & DIU
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annual Total Weeklies English 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Hindi 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 Marathi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 San 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Gujarati 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 Total 15 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 20
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise DAMAN & DIU
DAILY OTHERS TOTAL Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation ENGLISH 1 6500 0 0 1 6500 GUJARATI 4 163776 0 0 4 163776 HINDI 6 109098 0 0 6 109098 MARATHI 1 1600 0 0 1 1600 SANSKRIT 1 1800 0 0 1 1800 Total 13 282774 0 0 13 282774
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10. DELHI
CAPITAL : Delhi POPULATION : 1,67,53,235 (2011) LITERACY : 86.34 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.11.1. As many as 100 new publications were registered during 2018-19. Of these, 14 were Dailies, 17 Weeklies, 4 Fortnightlies, 43 Monthlies, 9 Quarterlies, 02 Annual and 11 of other periodicities. Total 10 publications were ceased during 2018-19. The total number of registered publications has gone up to 12,912 comprising 1,190 Dailies, 59 Tri/Bi-weeklies, 2,513 Weeklies, 1,567 Fortnightlies, 5,382 Monthlies, 1,239 Quarterlies, 140 Annuals and 822 of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.11.2. Publications in the Capital are published in all the major languages mentioned in the Indian Constitution.
9.11.3. Annual Statements were filed online by 2,607 publications for 2018-19. These included 631 Dailies, 615 Weeklies, 272 Fortnightlies, 928 Monthlies, 129 Quarterlies, 20 Annuals and rest 12 of other periodicities. 1,425 Hindi publications submitted their Annual Statements, followed by 552 English, 210 Urdu and 40 Punjabi publications. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.11.4. Claimed circulation of these 2,607 publications totaled 4, 06,86,786 copies per publishing day. Dailies accounted for 1, 77,18,123 copies, Weeklies 1, 05,11,193 copies, Monthlies 84,79,897 copies and Fortnightlies 30,27,611 copies per publishing day. Circulation of Hindi publications was the highest with 2, 06, 97,472 copies followed by English with 1, 23, 67,616 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspaper
9.11.5. “Hindustan Times”, an English/Daily published from New Delhi was the largest circulated newspaper with 9, 35,964 copies per publishing day.
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TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) DELHI Languages Dailies Tri/Bi-Weeklies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total English 188 16 394 372 1918 680 561 93 4222 Hindi 662 34 1613 806 2113 279 123 16 5646 Assamese 0 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 9 Bengali 4 0 7 4 14 4 5 0 38 Gujarati 0 0 4 6 6 0 2 1 19 Kannada 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 11 Maithili 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 7 Malayalam 2 1 3 3 17 1 2 0 29 Marathi 2 0 2 4 8 0 1 0 17 Nepali 1 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 10 Odia 0 0 5 3 9 0 2 0 19 Punjabi 32 2 56 16 75 7 1 0 189 Sanskrit 5 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 13 Sindhi 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 Tamil 1 0 2 4 9 1 1 1 19 Telugu 3 0 3 2 7 0 2 1 18 Urdu 242 1 136 120 274 35 6 1 815 Bilingual 42 4 256 208 823 184 97 26 1640 Multilingual 2 1 22 11 74 22 9 1 142 others 1 0 1 3 13 20 5 0 43 Total 1190 59 2513 1567 5382 1239 822 140 12912
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TABLE 2
CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise DELHI FORTNIGHTL DAILY WEEKLY Y MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL Language No Circulatio No Circulatio No Circulatio No Circulatio Circulatio Circulatio No . n . n . n . n No. n No. n . Circulation No. Circulation
ARABIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1700 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1700
ASSAMESE 0 0 1 1000 0 0 1 500 1 1200 0 0 0 0 3 2700
BENGALI 1 17100 2 19750 0 0 2 4381 1 500 0 0 0 0 6 41731
BHOJPURI 0 0 1 26262 1 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27262 14 BILINGUAL 18 274283 59 615234 37 311342 2 1025646 22 321478 3 33558 4 2810 285 2584351 28 ENGLISH 98 4573906 66 4208749 40 452591 0 2739157 54 107581 2 407 12 285225 552 12367616
GUJARATI 0 0 1 1000 1 2416 5 114824 0 0 1 1000 0 0 8 119240 33 44 17 42 142 HINDI 5 9077910 7 5286547 4 2045046 4 4155905 39 113339 2 11125 4 7600 5 20697472
KANNADA 2 8650 1 1000 0 0 4 31711 1 600 1 700 0 0 9 42661
MALAYALAM 2 15594 2 23500 1 1022 3 6333 1 500 0 0 0 0 9 46949
MARATHI 1 9362 1 1000 1 3177 4 38663 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 52202 MULTILINGUA L 2 62200 6 82568 0 0 11 40597 2 2525 0 0 0 0 21 187890
NEPALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5608 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5608
ODIA 0 0 1 1000 0 0 3 3617 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4617
PRAKRIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 650 0 0 1 650
PUNJABI 22 576580 5 1480 2 27467 11 101236 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 706763
SANSKRIT 5 60042 0 0 1 6000 1 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 66542
TAMIL 2 6353 1 1000 0 0 5 12167 1 500 0 0 0 0 9 20020
TELUGU 1 2985 0 0 0 0 4 10228 1 500 1 400 0 0 7 14113 14 URDU 2 3033158 21 241103 14 177550 26 187124 6 48896 1 8868 0 0 210 3696699 63 61 27 92 260 Total 1 17718123 5 10511193 2 3027611 8 8479897 129 597619 12 56708 20 295635 7 40686786
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11. GOA
CAPITAL : Panaji POPULATION : 14,57,723 (2011) LITERACY : 87.40 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.12.1. Four new publications were registered during the period 2018-19 in Goa comprising 1 Daily, 1 Weekly, 1 Fortnightly and 1 other. With this, the number of registered publications has increased to 155; of these 30 were Dailies, 31 Weeklies, 19 Fortnightlies, 54 Monthlies, 13 Quarterlies, 7 of other periodicities and 1 Annual. (Table 1)
9.12.2. In all 42 publications filed their Annual Statements for the year 2018-19. Of these, 19 were Dailies, 6 Weeklies, 10 Monthlies, 6 Fortnightlies and 1 Quarterly. Language- wise, 25 publications in English, 11 in Marathi and 2 in Hindi were being brought out. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.12.3. The circulation data furnished by the 42 publications aggregated to 4, 96,813 copies per publishing day. Dailies had maximum circulation of 3, 71,109 copies, while Weeklies of 59,676 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, English newspapers were leading with 1, 92,202 copies followed by Marathi 1,90,943 and Hindi 36,164 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspaper
9.12.4. “Navhind Times”, an English/Daily from Panaji was the highest circulated newspapers with 54,458 copies per publishing day.
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TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) GOA
Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total English 9 11 9 23 7 4 0 63 Hindi 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 Gujarati 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kannada 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 Konkani 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 Marathi 15 8 3 8 2 0 1 37 Telugu 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Bilingual 0 4 2 6 2 3 0 17 Multilingual 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 7 Others 2 4 0 11 0 0 0 17 Total 30 31 19 54 13 7 1 155
TABLE 2
CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise
GOA
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY TOTAL Language Circulatio No Circulatio No Circulatio No Circulatio No No Circulatio No. n . n . n . n . Circulation . n BILINGUA L 1 51002 1 9500 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60502 ENGLISH 5 106011 4 31327 5 30380 10 10433 1 14051 25 192202 HINDI 1 25000 0 0 1 11164 0 0 0 0 2 36164 KONKANI 1 1502 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1502 MARATHI 10 172094 1 18849 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 190943 URDU 1 15500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15500 Total 19 371109 6 59676 6 41544 10 10433 1 14051 42 496813
12. GUJARAT
CAPITAL : Gandhinagar POPULATION : 6,03,83,628 (2011) LITERACY : 79.31 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
376
9.13.1. 146 new publications were added in the state during 2018-19, comprising 30 Dailies, 56 Weeklies, 32 Fortnightlies, 23 Monthlies, 02 Quarterlies, 03 of other periodicities and 03 publication ceased during the year. Hence, the total number of registered publications has now risen to 6,240 i.e. 815 Dailies, 17 tri/bi-Weeklies, 2,742 Weeklies, 737 Fortnightlies, 1,610 Monthlies, 157 Quarterlies, 11 Annuals and 151 of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.13.2. Out of 6,240 as many as 2,491 publications submitted their Annual Statements for 2018-19, which included 549 Dailies, 1,244 Weeklies, 364 Monthlies, 294 Fortnightlies, 29 Quarterlies and 09 other periodicals. (Table 2) Circulation
9.13.3. The 6,240 publications accounted for publication of 3,49,37,116 copies per publishing day, while the Dailies accounted for 1,93,97,965 copies and Weeklies 1,00,22,837 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Gujarati newspapers were at the top of circulation with 2,77,08,596 copies per publishing day. English and Hindi newspapers accounted for 21,62,199 and 36,90,359 copies per publishing day respectively. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.13.4 “Gujarat Samachar”, a Gujarati/Daily from Ahmedabad was leading newspaper with a circulation of 4,81,166 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) GUJARAT
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Bengali 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 English 48 2 42 23 117 30 42 5 309 Hindi 76 1 83 35 78 16 6 1 296 Gujarati 655 14 2533 631 1228 89 85 5 5240 Konkani 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Malayalam 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 8 Marathi 6 0 6 4 7 2 0 0 25 Sanskrit 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Sindhi 3 0 12 1 7 2 0 0 25 Urdu 7 0 1 2 5 0 2 0 17 Bilingual 9 0 36 31 106 12 12 0 206 Telugu 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Multilingual 1 0 25 7 56 6 4 0 99 Odia 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 Nepali 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Tamil 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 814 17 2742 737 1610 157 152 11 6240
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise
FORTNIGHTL DAILY WEEKLY Y MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
Circulati Circulati N Circulati Circulatio N Circulati Circulati No Circulati Circulatio Language No. on No. on o. on No. n o. on No. on . on No. n
BENGALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4775 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4775
BILINGUAL 4 115255 13 100217 13 186451 21 112286 2 5350 0 0 0 0 53 519559
ENGLISH 32 1298634 18 550031 7 91609 22 201405 5 6502 6 14018 0 0 90 2162199 1475322 117 25 214 GUJARATI 427 9 2 9076467 4 2260151 270 1575681 14 29001 1 7500 2 6567 0 27708596
HINDI 64 2787621 29 204949 16 103488 23 562410 7 26591 1 5300 0 0 140 3690359
KANNADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13620 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13620
MALAYALAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 500
MARATHI 6 182505 0 0 2 7000 5 168015 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 357520
MULTILINGU AL 2 28085 9 59921 1 500 14 70210 1 500 1 15746 0 0 28 174962
ODIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25532 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25532
SANSKRIT 5 79368 0 0 1 1195 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 80563
SINDHI 2 53329 2 16177 0 0 1 1286 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 70792
SINDHI DEVNAGRI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1711 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1711
TELUGU 1 1856 0 0 0 0 1 10714 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12570
URDU 6 98083 1 15075 0 0 1 700 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 113858 1939796 124 1002283 29 249 Total 549 5 4 7 4 2650394 364 2748845 29 67944 9 42564 2 6567 1 34937116
13. HARYANA
CAPITAL : Chandigarh POPULATION : 2,53,53,081(2011) LITERACY : 76.64 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.14.1. 31 new publications were registered in the state during 2018-19. These comprised 7 Dailies, 05 Weeklies, 1 Fortnightly, 15 Monthlies, 2 Annuals and 1 of other periodicity during the year. The total number of registered newspapers & periodicals rose to 1,924, comprising 251 Dailies, 11 Tri-Bi Weeklies, 640 Weeklies, 308 Fortnightlies, 524 Monthlies, 107 Quarterlies, 13 Annuals and 70 other periodicals. (Table 1)
9.14.2. As many as 378 publications submitted their Annual Statements in 2018-19; these included 99 Dailies, 115 Weeklies, 99 Monthlies, 48 Fortnightlies, 9 Quarterlies, 3 Annuals and 5 other periodicals. (Table 2)
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Circulation
9.14.3. The publications that furnished circulation data claimed a total circulation of 58, 42,381 copies per publishing day. Dailies had a circulation of 40, 16,664copies, while Weeklies had 9, 43,475 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Hindi publications were at the top with a circulation of 52, 34,104 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers 9.14.4. “Aaj Samaj”, a leading Hindi/Daily published from Ambala has the largest circulation of 3,70,165 copies per publishing day. TABLE 1
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) HARYANA
Languages Dailies Tri/Bi- Weeklies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total English 0 0 13 22 69 29 31 4 170 Hindi 231 11 571 252 344 40 29 4 1482 Nepali 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Punjabi 3 0 4 1 8 4 0 0 20 Sanskrit 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 Bilingual 8 0 44 24 85 32 8 1 202 Urdu 4 0 6 5 5 1 0 0 21 Multilingual 1 0 1 4 10 0 3 4 23 Others 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 250 11 640 308 524 107 71 13 1924
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BILINGUAL 4 86160 11 102888 4 12050 15 56376 1 1900 1 4747 1 1000 37 265121
ENGLISH 4 78702 1 17565 4 21279 14 90677 2 10000 1 122 2 1300 28 219645
HINDI 86 3755531 103 823022 40 252736 68 394715 6 5100 2 3000 0 0 305 5234104
MULTILINGUAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1133 0 0 1 104 0 0 2 1237
PUNJABI 2 47571 0 0 0 0 1 26003 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 73574
URDU 3 48700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 48700
Total 99 4016664 115 943475 48 286065 99 568904 9 17000 5 7973 3 2300 378 5842381
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14. HIMACHAL PRADESH
CAPITAL : Shimla POPULATION : 68,56,509 (2011) LITERACY : 83.78 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers 9.15.1. 2 new publications were registered in 2018-19 including 1 Weekly, and 1 Quarterly. Now, a total of 355 publications had been registered in the State, comprising 39 Dailies, 133 Weeklies, 38 Fortnightlies, 88 Monthlies, 36 Quarterlies, 6 Annuals and 15 of other periodicities. (Table1)
9.15.2. Annual Statements were received from 124 publications in 2018-19, comprising 29 Dailies, 59 Weeklies, 6 Fortnightlies, 16 Monthlies, 9 Quarterlies, 2 Annuals and 3 others periodicities. (Table2)
Circulation
9.15.3. Data for the year 2018-19 made available by the 124 publications claiming a total circulation of 11, 35,202 copies per publishing day. Dailies share was 6, 35,685 copies followed by Weeklies with 3, 67,595 copies per publishing day. The Hindi Press remained at top with 10, 36,032 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.15.4. “Aapka Faisla”, a Hindi/Daily from Shimla was the largest circulated newspaper with 74,600 copies per publishing day. . TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) HIMACHAL PRADESH Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total English 5 16 0 16 7 6 4 54 Hindi 34 103 31 46 23 4 0 241 Punjabi 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Sanskrit 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 Urdu 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 6 Bilingual 0 9 4 22 3 5 0 43 Multilingual 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5 Others 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 Total 39 133 38 88 36 15 6 355
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise HIMACHAL PRADESH
Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BILINGUAL 0 0 5 44037 0 0 2 2100 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 46137
ENGLISH 3 20500 6 16983 0 0 3 6000 9 6050 1 250 1 250 23 50033
HINDI 26 615185 47 304525 6 18833 11 95389 0 0 1 2100 0 0 91 1036032
MULTILINGUAL 0 0 1 2050 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 300 2 2350
SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 650 0 0 1 650
Total 29 635685 59 367595 6 18833 16 103489 9 6050 3 3000 2 550 124 1135202
15. JAMMU&KASHMIR
CAPITAL : Srinagar POPULATION : 1,25,48,926 (2011) LITERACY : 68.74 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.16.1. 12 new publications were registered in the State during the period 2018-19 comprising 01 Daily, 3 Weeklies, 5 Monthlies, 2 Quarterlies and 1 other. The total number of registered newspapers & periodicals in the state had went up to 1,105 comprising 329 Dailies, 4 Tri-Bi Weeklies, 515 Weeklies, 86 Fortnightlies, 115 Monthlies, 24 Quarterlies, 28 others and 4 Annuals. (Table 1)
9.16.2. In all, 458 publications submitted their Annual Statements for 2018-19 which included 262 Dailies, 149 Weeklies, 14 Fortnightlies, 25 Monthlies, 2 Quarterlies and 6 other periodicities. Language-wise, English with 220 and Urdu with 145 publications were in the first and the second place respectively and Hindi with 43 publications. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.16.3. Data for the year 2018-19 was made available by the 458 publications claiming a total circulation of 89, 42,550 copies per publishing day. Dailies share was 72, 23,403 copies followed by Weeklies with 13, 23,425 copies per publishing day. The English Press topped with 51, 02,210 copies followed by Urdu with 26, 16,627 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
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Leading Newspaper
9.16.4. Among Dailies, “Excelsior” English/Daily from Jammu had the largest circulation of 2,75,640 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) JAMMU & KASHMIR
Languages Dailies Tri-Bi Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total weekly English 162 2 183 40 63 13 11 1 475 Hindi 30 2 35 18 18 4 3 0 110 Dogri 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kashmiri 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 Punjabi 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 Urdu 117 0 249 15 12 5 3 1 402 Bilingual 18 0 33 9 21 0 6 2 89 Multilingual 0 0 7 2 1 0 2 0 12 Others 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 7 Total 329 4 515 86 115 24 28 4 1105
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise JAMMU & KASHMIR
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS TOTAL Language
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BILINGUAL 15 296811 22 197800 1 2000 3 13300 0 0 1 2000 42 511911
ENGLISH 136 4270468 58 571650 7 58117 17 188275 1 13000 1 700 220 5102210
HINDI 28 508710 7 16700 4 9100 2 2500 0 0 2 38100 43 575110
KASHMIRI 2 84700 1 5450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 90150
MULTILINGUAL 1 17042 3 27500 1 2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 46542
URDU 80 2045672 58 504325 1 2200 3 56930 1 2000 2 5500 145 2616627
Total 262 7223403 149 1323425 14 73417 25 261005 2 15000 6 46300 458 8942550
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16. JHARKHAND
CAPITAL : Ranchi POPULATION : 3,29,66,238 (2011) LITERACY : 67.63 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.17.1. 12 new publications were registered during 2018-19. They were 5 Dailies, 2 Weeklies and 5 Monthlies. One publication has been ceased during the year 2018-19. With this, Jharkhand now has 513 registered newspapers & periodicals comprising 141 Dailies, 115 Weeklies, 56 Fortnightlies, 148 Monthlies, 44 Quarterlies, 1 Annual and 8 of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.17.2. As many as 188 registered publications submitted their Annual Statements for 2018-19. These mainly comprised 94 Dailies, 31 Weeklies, 12 Fortnightlies, 41 Monthlies, 6 Quarterlies and 4 others. Language-wise, Hindi had the highest number with 129 publications. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.17.3. The Annual Statements filed by 188 publications for 2018-19 claimed a total circulation of 57, 35,960 copies per publishing day. Dailies were leading with 39, 24,098 copies. Language-wise, Hindi newspapers had been at the forefront with 42, 19,079 copies followed by Urdu with 10, 47,647 and English with 3, 50,927 copies per publishing day. (Table 2) Leading Newspaper
9.17.4. Among dailies “Dainik Bhaskar”, Hindi/Daily from Ranchi with a circulation of 1,32,986 copies per publishing day was the leading newspaper.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & periodicity-wise) JHARKHAND
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annual Total Weeklies English 17 0 15 2 10 5 4 0 53 Hindi 81 0 81 46 112 23 2 0 345 Bengali 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 6 Odia 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Santhali 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 Sanskrit 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
384
Urdu 30 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 44 Bilingual 8 0 10 2 13 6 1 0 40 Multilingual 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 9 Nepali 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Others 2 0 0 0 3 4 -1 0 8 Total 141 0 115 56 148 44 8 1 513
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS
Language & Periodicity-wise JHARKHAND
Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS TOTAL
Circulati Circulati Circulati Circulati Circulati Circulati Circulati No. on No. on No. on No. on No. on No. on No. on
BENGALI 1 52045 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1420 0 0 2 53465
BILINGUAL 1 18200 3 33667 1 200 1 1 1 1000 0 0 7 53068
ENGLISH 9 304776 4 35170 1 3000 3 5003 0 0 1 2978 18 350927
HINDI 58 2511430 24 1019598 7 92804 34 336846 3 37000 3 221401 129 4219079
KHARIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1800 0 0 0 0 1 1800
KHORTHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2000 0 0 0 0 1 2000 MULTILING UAL 0 0 0 0 2 4000 0 0 1 2000 0 0 3 6000
NAGPURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1974 0 0 0 0 1 1974
URDU 25 1037647 0 0 1 10000 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1047647
Total 94 3924098 31 1088435 12 110004 41 347624 6 41420 4 224379 188 5735960
17. KARNATAKA
CAPITAL : Bangalore POPULATION : 6,11,30,704 (2011) LITERACY : 75.60 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.18.1. As many as 99 new publications were added to the list of registered publications in the state during 2018-19. They comprised 21 Dailies, 13 Weeklies, 17 Fortnightlies, 42 Monthlies, 02 Quarterlies, 4 others and 3 were ceased during the year. The number of registered newspapers & periodicals went up to 6,963 comprising 1,102 Dailies,
385
1,305 Weeklies, 1,190 Fortnightlies, 2,924 Monthlies, 247 Quarterlies, 17 Tri-Bi Weeklies, 12 Annuals and 166 publications of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.18.2. Only 1,460 registered publications out of 6,963 submitted their Annual Statements for the year 2018-19. These were 615 Dailies, 194 Weeklies, 211 Fortnightlies, 407 Monthlies, 23 Quarterlies, 1 Annual and 09 of other periodicities. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.18.3. Data received from 1,460 publications with a claimed circulation of 1,47,04,190 copies per publishing day for the year 2018-19. The Dailies accounted for 1, 02,31,315 copies followed by Weeklies 21,32,494 copies, Monthlies 17,07,281copies, Fortnightlies 4,71,588 copies, Quarterlies 1,39,412 copies, Annuals 13,000 and others 9100 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Kannada newspapers claimed a circulation of 91,84,525 copies and English 36,89,094 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.18.4. “The Times of India”, an English/Daily from Bangalore was the largest circulated newspaper with 4,71,362 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) KARNATAKA
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 90 8 124 78 351 90 83 9 833 Hindi 21 0 21 14 21 7 0 0 84 Gujarati 19 0 11 17 38 0 3 0 88 Kannada 872 6 986 983 2181 96 61 3 5188 Konkani 0 0 1 2 10 3 0 0 16 Malayalam 6 0 2 2 8 1 0 0 19 Marathi 6 1 14 2 5 1 3 0 32 Sanskrit 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Sindhi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Tamil 7 0 9 7 25 2 1 0 51 Telugu 4 0 1 3 6 1 1 0 16 Urdu 60 2 71 15 32 2 4 0 186 Bilingual 14 0 57 60 200 33 8 0 372 Multilingual 1 0 5 6 32 8 2 0 54 Others 0 0 3 1 13 3 1 0 21 Total 1101 17 1305 1190 2924 247 167 12 6963
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TABLE 2
CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise KARNATAKA
FORTNIGHTL DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL Y Language
No Circulati No Circulati No Circulati No Circulati No Circulati No Circulati No Circulati Circulati . on . on . on . on . on . on . on No. on
BENGALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1592 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1592
BILINGUA L 8 21785 4 54581 9 10900 38 656372 4 4000 4 7100 0 0 67 754738
ENGLISH 33 2309652 27 1132142 5 9500 44 118078 9 119722 4 0 0 0 122 3689094
GUJARATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1225 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1225
HINDI 10 163762 4 21800 2 1500 2 4681 1 2000 0 0 0 0 19 193743 53 14 19 30 118 KANNADA 4 7048973 6 797376 0 439688 0 870798 8 12690 1 2000 1 13000 0 9184525
KONKANI 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19549 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19549
MALAYALA M 3 45928 1 2000 0 0 1 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 48928
MARATHI 4 123974 6 26208 0 0 1 2992 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 153174
MULTILINGU AL 0 0 2 30216 3 6000 6 9320 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 45536
SANSKRIT 1 2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2000
TAMIL 3 81372 0 0 0 0 2 2383 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 83755
TELUGU 2 46307 0 0 0 0 3 13341 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 59648
TULU 0 0 1 22000 0 0 1 1100 1 1000 0 0 0 0 3 24100
URDU 17 387562 3 46171 2 4000 3 4850 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 442583 61 1023131 19 21 40 146 1470419 Total 5 5 4 2132494 1 471588 7 1707281 23 139412 9 9100 1 13000 0 0
18. KERALA
CAPITAL : Thiruvananthapuram POPULATION : 3,33,87,677 (2011) LITERACY : 93.91 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.19.1. As many as 39 new publications were registered during 2018-19. Out of these, 10 were Dailies, 2 Weeklies, 20 Monthlies, 1 Quarterly, 6 of other periodicities and 2 were ceased during the year. The total number of registered newspapers & periodicals went up to
387
3,362 by the end of 2018-19 comprising 392 Dailies, 10 Tri Bi-Weeklies, 294 Weeklies, 257 Fortnightlies, 1,930 Monthlies, 233 Quarterlies, 46 Annuals and 200 of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.19.2. A total of 591 Annual Statements were received comprising 151 Dailies, 60 Weeklies, 27 Fortnightlies, 308 Monthlies, 27 Quarterlies, 15 Annuals and 3 other periodicity. (Table 2) Circulation
9.19.3. The 591 publications claimed a total circulation of 1,79,02,612 copies per publishing day for 2018-19. Out of these, Dailies accounted for 93,93,143 copies. Among periodicals, Monthlies had the Large share of 37,44,453 copies, followed by Weeklies of 30,28,579 copies per publishing day. The Malayalam Newspaper had the Large circulation of 1,56,66,809 copies during the reporting year (Table 2).
Leading Newspapers
9.19.4. “Malayalam Manorama”, Malayalam/Daily from Kochi with a circulation of 3,59,135 copies per publishing day was the largest circulated leading newspaper and “Vanitha”, Malayalam/Fortnightly from Kottayam was the leading periodical with 4,78,195 copies per publishing day in the category of periodicals.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) KERALA
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 21 1 29 20 183 80 76 15 425 Hindi 0 0 0 0 12 2 1 0 15 Bengali 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 Kannada 2 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 12 Konkani 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Malayalam 361 8 230 200 1450 108 89 23 2469 Odia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Marathi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Sanskrit 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Tamil 1 0 0 1 16 2 1 1 22 Telugu 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Bilingual 7 1 33 13 233 34 24 4 349 Multilingual 0 0 2 18 17 1 6 2 46 Others 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 0 12 Total 392 10 294 257 1930 233 200 46 3362
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise KERALA
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL Language
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BENGALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2795 0 0 0 0 1 18240 2 21035
BILINGUAL 0 0 3 8164 2 53124 36 58762 3 2600 1 5000 0 0 45 127650
ENGLISH 20 537711 19 462912 3 7915 39 425466 5 7852 1 6535 4 213136 91 1661527
FINISH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 156 0 0 0 0 1 156
FRENCH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 819 0 0 0 0 1 819
GERMAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 565 0 0 0 0 1 565
GUJARATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2843 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2843
HINDI 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 127884 2 178 0 0 1 28810 8 156872
ITALIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 364 0 0 0 0 1 364
KANNADA 1 13856 0 0 1 5185 2 21173 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 40214
MALAYALAM 130 8841576 38 2557503 21 1012274 208 2924193 12 151278 1 1000 7 178985 417 15666809
MARATHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10462 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10462
MULTILINGUAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 99451 0 0 0 0 1 1999 10 101450
ODIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2022
SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2942 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2942
TAMIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 56465 0 0 0 0 1 39834 4 96299
TELUGU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9995 1 588 0 0 0 0 2 10583
Total 151 9393143 60 3028579 27 1078498 308 3744453 27 164400 3 12535 15 481004 591 17902612
19. LAKSHADWEEP
CAPITAL : Kavaratti POPULATION : 64,429 (2011) LITERACY : 92.28 % (2011)
9.20.1. No new publication was reported to be registered in the U.T. during 2018- 19. Therefore, the number of registered newspapers 7 having 6 Malayalam and 1 Bilingual remained publication. No circulation details were made available by them.
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TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) LAKSHADWEEP
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies Malayalam 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 6 Bilingual 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 7
20. MADHYA PRADESH
CAPITAL : Bhopal POPULATION : 7,25,97,565 (2011) LITERACY : 70.63 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.21.1. As many as 330 new publications were registered during 2018-19. Out of these 106 were Dailies, 91 Weeklies, 11 Fortnightlies, 105 Monthlies, 11 Quarterlies, 2 Annual, 4 of other periodicities and 2 publications were ceased during the year. The total number of registered newspapers & periodicals in the state increased to 11,666 comprising 1,632 Dailies, 8 Tri/Bi-weeklies, 4,509 Weeklies, 537 Fortnightlies, 4,337 Monthlies, 407 Quarterlies, 21 Annuals and 215 publications with other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.21.2. 5652 registered publications submitted their Annual Statements during 2018- 19 comprising of 1,180 Dailies, 1,788 Weeklies, 244 Fortnightlies, 2,260 Monthlies, 167 Quarterlies, 8 Annuals and 6 of other periodicities. Language-wise, as many as 5,258 publications brought out in Hindi publications, submitted their Annual Statements. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.21.3. Claimed circulation data for 2018-19 was received from 5,652 publications, claiming a total circulation of 5, 73,35,640 copies per publishing day. Dailies accounted for 3,0 0,89,337 copies and Weeklies 1,46,24,143 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Hindi newspapers had the lion’s share of 5, 33,16,424 copies per publishing day for 2018-19. (Table 2) Leading Newspapers
9.21.4. “Raj Express”, a Hindi/Daily from Indore with a claimed circulation figure of 3,04,548 copies per publishing day was the largest circulated daily in the state. “Nai Dunia”,
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Hindi/Daily from Indore had a claimed circulation of 2,84,752 copies per publishing day whereas “Patrika” , Hindi/Daily from Bhopal claimed 2,68,909 copies per publishing day & “Pradesh Today” , Hindi/Daily from Bhopal claimed 2,63,125 copies per publishing day and “Dainik Bhaskar”, Hindi/Daily from Indore claimed 2,58,419 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) MADHYA PRADESH
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 37 1 47 16 96 47 38 5 287 Hindi 1507 6 4325 484 3905 305 150 9 10691 Gujarati 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 Malayalam 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Marathi 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 10 Nepali 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Sanskrit 3 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 12 Sindhi 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 9 Urdu 49 0 21 4 19 4 0 0 97 Bilingual 29 1 98 25 279 42 23 6 503 Multilingual 3 0 9 3 24 3 3 1 46 Others 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 Total 1629 8 4509 537 4337 407 218 21 11666
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise MADHYA PRADESH
FORTNIGHTL DAILY WEEKLY Y MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL Language
Circulati Circulati N Circulati Circulati N Circulati N Circulati N Circulati Circulati No. on No. on o. on No. on o. on o. on o. on No. on
BILINGUAL 20 314679 47 346861 9 48183 116 463181 10 30700 1 5000 2 400 205 1209004
ENGLISH 22 927411 17 199637 6 61380 29 107569 7 5151 1 1950 2 4000 84 1307098
GUJARATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6995 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6995
109 2769660 170 1391423 22 209 14 525 5331642 HINDI 3 5 3 7 4 1224706 0 9910473 4 541449 1 23174 3 5780 8 4
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MARATHI 1 414667 0 0 1 1000 2 8700 2 9700 0 0 0 0 6 434067
MULTILING UAL 1 1800 7 66600 1 14000 6 21608 1 5000 1 5800 1 200 18 115008
SANSKRIT 2 112170 1 3000 1 2500 3 22011 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 139681
SINDHI 1 25800 1 350 0 0 2 11100 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 37250
URDU 40 596205 12 93458 2 7000 10 37150 3 10800 1 25500 0 0 68 770113
118 3008933 178 1462414 24 226 1058878 16 565 5733564 Total 0 7 8 3 4 1358769 0 7 7 602800 5 61424 8 10380 2 0
21. MAHARASHTRA
CAPITAL : Mumbai POPULATION : 11,23,72,972 (2011) LITERACY : 82.91 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.22.1. As many as 287 new publications were registered in 2018-19. Out of these 43 were Dailies, 146 Weeklies, 12 Fortnightlies, 63 Monthlies, 14 Quarterlies, 02 Annuals and 07 of other Periodicities. 09 publications were ceased during the year. Thus, the total number of registered newspapers & periodicals in the State rose to 16,519. These included 1,738 Dailies, 54 Tri/Bi-Weeklies, 7,671 Weeklies, 1,200 Fortnightlies, 3,992 Monthlies, 885 Quarterlies, 341 Annuals and 638 with other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.22.2. From the State of Maharashtra, 4,393 publications submitted their Annual Statements for the period 2018-19. Annual Statements were submitted by 882 Dailies, 2,443 Weeklies, 172 Fortnightlies, 708 Monthlies, 111 Quarterlies, 14 other periodicities and 63 Annuals. Language-wise, 2,787 Annual Statements were from Marathi, 594 from Hindi and 416 from English publications. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.22.3. The above 4,393 publications claimed a total circulation of 6, 81,45,069 copies per publishing day in 2018-19. Dailies had the Large share of 4, 26,68,250 copies per publishing day. Among periodicals, Weeklies had the Large circulation of 2, 01,23,489
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copies followed by Monthlies 35,65,242 copies and Fortnightlies 7,63,186 copies. Language- wise, Marathi publications were leading in circulation with 4, 00,85,115 copies followed by Hindi with 1, 07,06,456 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.22.4. “The Times of India”, an English/Daily from Mumbai with a circulation of 8,06,149 copies per publishing day was the leading newspaper.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) MAHARASHTRA Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 91 8 408 219 1066 435 312 96 2635 Hindi 243 4 1079 214 529 73 45 25 2212 Assamese 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Bengali 1 0 4 2 5 2 2 0 16 Dogri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gujarati 22 5 55 28 206 21 17 10 364 Kannada 5 0 4 4 18 3 2 1 37 Konkani 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 Malayalam 6 0 11 6 11 2 5 0 41 Marathi 1184 25 5149 585 1511 230 172 189 9045 Odia 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 Nepali 2 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 10 Punjabi 0 0 5 1 5 1 0 0 12 Sanskrit 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 8 Sindhi 5 0 16 1 26 3 1 0 52 Tamil 7 0 4 3 26 2 1 0 43 Telugu 1 0 0 3 7 1 1 1 14 Urdu 76 2 179 30 98 13 9 2 409 Bilingual 81 9 622 70 308 56 60 10 1216 Multilingual 7 1 126 28 158 39 17 7 383 Others 0 0 0 1 7 2 0 0 10 Total 1731 54 7671 1200 3992 885 645 341 16519
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise MAHARASHTRA
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL Language
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BENGALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4214 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4214
BILINGUAL 45 1908334 219 1522606 5 6950 57 394706 6 7485 2 45 0 0 334 3840126
BRAILLE 0 0 0 0 1 3885 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3885
ENGLISH 48 3699221 84 5073165 29 295044 201 1144912 44 104582 2 30401 8 15104 416 10362429
GUJARATI 8 385783 18 264413 4 20500 37 116749 1 2500 1 7661 3 29934 72 827540
HINDI 118 7947998 317 2127778 36 72123 105 484733 11 29533 2 41208 5 3083 594 10706456
KANNADA 2 32108 0 0 0 0 3 10026 1 1000 1 2031 0 0 7 45165
KONKANI 0 0 1 1988 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1988
MAITHILI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1000 0 0 0 0 1 1000
MALAYALAM 2 95311 0 0 0 0 1 4000 1 1200 0 0 0 0 4 100511
MARATHI 605 27302726 1731 10465620 95 328801 263 1251875 43 82928 4 52808 46 600357 2787 40085115
MULTILINGUAL 2 131891 33 190545 0 0 19 37613 0 0 1 4042 1 2000 56 366091
NEPALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1400
ODIA 0 0 0 0 1 32883 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32883
RAJASTHANI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5600 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5600
SANSKRIT 0 0 1 426 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 426
SINDHI 2 173825 0 0 0 0 1 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 174825
TAMIL 2 36533 1 6875 0 0 7 53424 1 1500 0 0 0 0 11 98332
TELUGU 1 6760 0 0 0 0 1 16083 1 1000 0 0 0 0 3 23843
URDU 47 947760 38 470073 1 3000 10 38907 1 500 1 3000 0 0 98 1463240
Total 882 42668250 2443 20123489 172 763186 708 3565242 111 233228 14 141196 63 650478 4393 68145069
22. MANIPUR
CAPITAL : Imphal POPULATION : 27,21,756 (2011) LITERACY : 79.85% (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.23.1. One new Daily publication was registered in Manipur during the year 2018- 19.
9.23.2. Only 16 daily newspapers submitted the Annual Statements for the year 2018- 19. (Table 2)
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Circulation
9.23.3. The circulation data furnished by 16 newspapers accounted for 3,71,016 copies per publishing day for the year 2018-19. Language wise, Manipuri claimed 1,95,468 copies followed by English, which claimed 1,38,719 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.23.4. “The Sangai Express”, a Manipuri/Daily from Imphal West with a circulation of 63,383 copies per publishing day was the leading newspaper in the state.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) MANIPUR
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 12 0 2 1 3 1 2 3 24 Hindi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Manipuri 20 0 3 5 12 3 4 0 47 Bilingual 21 0 11 3 11 4 3 1 54 Multilingual 6 0 1 1 5 0 2 1 16 Others 13 3 2 2 17 1 2 0 40
Total 72 3 20 12 49 9 13 5 183
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise MANIPUR
DAILY ANNUAL TOTAL Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation BILINGUAL 2 18584 0 0 2 18584 ENGLISH 6 138719 0 0 6 138719 MANIPURI 6 195468 0 0 6 195468 MEETEILON 1 8085 0 0 1 8085 THANGKHUL 1 10160 0 0 1 10160 Total 16 371016 0 0 16 371016
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23. MEGHALAYA
CAPITAL : Shillong POPULATION : 29,64,007 (2011) LITERACY : 75.48 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.24.1. Two new publications were registered from the state of Meghalaya during 2018-19 thereby the total number of registered publications to 101 comprising of 18 Dailies, 4 Tri-Bi/Weeklies, 35 Weeklies, 7 Fortnightlies, 20 Monthlies, 9 Quarterlies, 3 Annuals and 5 of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.24.2. Only 16 publications submitted their Annual Statements for 2018-19. These included 13 Dailies, 2 weeklies and 1 monthly. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.24.3. Only 16 newspapers furnished their circulation data for 2018-19, which amounted to 2,44,179 copies per publishing day. The daily newspapers dominated in the state with a circulation of 1,98,321 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.24.4. Among dailies “The Shillong Times”, an English/Daily from East Khasi Hills was the leading newspaper with a circulation of 32,802 copies per publishing day. TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) MEGHALAYA Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 9 2 6 1 7 2 3 3 33 Hindi 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 Bengali 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Bilingual 0 2 9 1 0 1 0 0 13 Nepali 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Multilingual 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Urdu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Others 4 0 19 5 11 5 1 0 45 Total 18 4 35 7 20 9 5 3 101
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise MEGHAYALA
DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY TOTAL Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
ENGLISH 5 87851 1 4200 0 0 6 92051
GARO 1 9868 0 0 0 0 1 9868
HINDI 2 7598 0 0 0 0 2 7598
KHASI 4 91504 1 41508 1 150 6 133162
URDU 1 1500 0 0 0 0 1 1500
Total 13 198321 2 45708 1 150 16 244179
24. MIZORAM
CAPITAL : Aizawl POPULATION : 10,91,014 (2011) LITERACY : 91.58 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.25.1. No new publication was registered from the State during 2018-19. The numbers of registered newspapers and periodicals are 186. Out of these, 52 were Dailies, 15 Tri-Bi/Weeklies, 41 Weeklies, 8 Fortnightlies, 52 Monthlies, 9 Quarterlies and 9 publications of other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.25.2. From the State of Mizoram, only 20 publications submitted their Annual Statements for the period under report. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.25.3. All 20 publications, which furnished the circulation data, claimed circulation of 5,80,756 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
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Leading Newspapers
9.25.4. “The Mizoram Post”, a Daily in English language from Aizawl with a circulation of 73,188 copies per publishing day was the leading newspaper.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) MIZORAM
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annual Total Weeklies English 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 7 Bilingual 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 11 Multilingual 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 Others 48 13 35 8 46 7 4 0 161 Total 52 15 41 8 52 9 9 0 186
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise MIZORAM
DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS TOTAL Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation ENGLISH 3 107513 1 1356 0 0 1 500 0 0 5 109369 LUSHAI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5500 0 0 1 5500 MIZO 7 125937 1 2000 5 297950 0 0 1 40000 14 465887 Total 10 233450 2 3356 5 297950 2 6000 1 40000 20 580756
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25. NAGALAND
CAPITAL : Kohima POPULATION : 19,80,602 (2011) LITERACY : 80.11 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.26.1. One new publication was registered from Nagaland in the year 2018-19.
9.26.2. Out of the total of 26 registered publications, only 7 furnished their circulation data in 2018-19 (Table 2). Circulation
9.26.3. In all 7 newspapers, furnished their circulation data and claimed a total circulation of 1,61,143 copies per publishing day during 2018-19.
Leading Newspapers
9.26.4. “The Nagaland Post”, an English/Daily published from Dimapur was the leading newspaper with a circulation of 59,749 copies per publishing day. TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) NAGALAND
Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightly Monthlies Quarterlies Total English 6 11 1 1 0 19 Bilingual 0 0 0 1 0 1 Others 3 0 0 1 2 6 Total 9 11 1 3 2 26
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise NAGALAND
Language DAILY ANNUAL TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation AO NAGA 2 22706 0 0 2 22706 ENGLISH 4 132491 0 0 4 132491 TENYIDIE 1 5946 0 0 1 5946 Total 7 161143 0 0 7 161143
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26. ODISHA
CAPITAL : Bhubaneswar POPULATION : 4,19,47,358 (2011) LITERACY : 73.45 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.27.1. In all, 20 new publications were registered during 2018-19. These were 4 Daily, 07 Weeklies, 03 Fortnightlies, 01 Monthlies and 03 Quarterlies, and 02 publications of other periodicities. One publication has been ceased during the year 2018-19. Thus, the total number of registered newspapers and periodicals in the state went up to 2,159 by the end of 2018-19, comprising 247 Dailies, 4 tri/bi-Weeklies, 512 Weeklies, 311 Fortnightlies, 719 Monthlies, 248 Quarterlies, 30 Annuals and 88 with other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.27.2. Annual Statements were received from 623 publications in 2018-19. These included 165 Dailies, 188 Weeklies, 139 Monthlies, 100 Fortnightlies, 26 Quarterlies, 2 Annual and 3 with other periodicity. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.27.3. The above 623 publications altogether claimed a total circulation of 1,36,83,251 copies per publishing day during 2018-19. Dailies had the Large circulation of 73,14,497 copies followed by Weeklies with 31,77,203 copies and Monthlies with 15,80,898 copies. Language-wise, Odia publications had a total circulation of 1, 15,93,942 copies. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.27.4. “Prameya”, an Odia Daily from Khurda, was the largest circulated newspaper as per the Annual Statement filed by the publication in the State with a circulation of 4,61,007 copies.
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TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) ODISHA Tri/Bi- Quarterlies Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 26 0 31 21 64 35 30 10 217 Hindi 18 0 8 5 9 2 1 0 43 Assamese 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Bodo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Manipuri 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Nepali 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Odia 186 3 424 253 510 159 46 11 1592 Punjabi 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Sanskrit 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 8 Santhali 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Telugu 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Urdu 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 8 Others 0 0 1 0 56 7 0 0 64 Bilingual 11 0 39 26 61 17 8 7 169 Multilingual 2 1 7 2 13 9 1 2 37 Total 247 4 512 311 719 248 88 30 2159
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise
Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BILINGUAL 5 102992 12 269343 16 187755 19 158230 2 8900 1 1100 0 0 55 728320
ENGLISH 17 403890 9 144725 11 162404 18 216675 3 14908 1 250 0 0 59 942852
HINDI 9 287776 0 0 0 0 3 21679 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 309455
MULTILINGUAL 0 0 1 15125 0 0 3 14495 2 2900 0 0 0 0 6 32520
ODIA 130 6443677 166 2748010 73 1101475 96 1169819 19 101236 1 10800 2 18925 487 11593942
SANSKRIT 1 16000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16000
SANTHALI 1 10308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10308
URDU 2 49854 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 49854
Total 165 7314497 188 3177203 100 1451634 139 1580898 26 127944 3 12150 2 18925 623 13683251
27. PUDUCHERRY
CAPITAL : Puducherry POPULATION : 12,44,464 (2011) LITERACY : 86.55 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.28.1. 5 new publications were registered in the Union Territory during the year 2018-19. These were 1 Daily, 2 Weeklies and 2 Monthlies. Thus, the total number of registered newspapers and periodicals has gone up to 176, comprising 17 Dailies, 01 Tri- Bi/weekly, 42 Weeklies, 18 Fortnightlies, 67 Monthlies, 22 Quarterlies, 1 Annual and 8 with other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.28.2. From the Union Territory of Puducherry, 67 publications submitted their Annual Statements in 2018-19, these includes 16 Dailies, 13 Weeklies, 4 Fortnightlies, 25 Monthlies, 6 Quarterlies and 3 other periodicity. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.28.3. 67 publications submitted their Annual statements claiming a circulation of 4,13,888 copies per publishing day during 2018-19. Daily newspapers commanded 2,27,999 copies followed by Monthly with 1,07,668 copies. Language wise, Tamil Publications dominated, with a circulation of 2,98,928 copies per publication day. (Table 2)
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Leading Newspapers
9.28.4. “Dinamalar”, a Tamil/Daily from Puducherry was the leading newspaper with a circulation of 69,885 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) PUDUCHERRY
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 0 0 1 2 6 7 4 1 21 Hindi 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 Malayalam 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Marathi 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 Odia 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 Sanskrit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Tamil 14 0 27 13 50 2 3 0 109 Telugu 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bilingual 1 1 10 3 4 5 0 0 24 Multilingual 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 7 Others 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 Total 17 1 42 18 67 22 8 1 176
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise PUDUCHERRY
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS TOTAL Language
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BILINGUAL 1 22750 4 6517 0 0 4 10425 1 508 1 6150 11 46350
ENGLISH 1 16500 0 0 0 0 4 8098 0 0 1 500 6 25098
HINDI 1 17108 0 0 0 0 1 4243 0 0 0 0 2 21351
ITALIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 400 0 0 1 400
MARATHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 851 0 0 1 851
MULTILINGUAL 1 1650 1 3000 0 0 2 1670 0 0 0 0 4 6320
ODIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10575 1 2375 0 0 2 12950
SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 650 0 0 1 650
TAMIL 12 169991 8 42097 4 11000 11 71667 1 3000 1 1173 37 298928
TELUGU 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 990 0 0 0 0 2 990
Total 16 227999 13 51614 4 11000 25 107668 6 7784 3 7823 67 413888
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28. PUNJAB
CAPITAL : Chandigarh POPULATION : 2,77,04,236 (2011) LITERACY : 76.68 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.29.1. As many as 37 new publications were registered in the State during the period 2018-19. These consist of 4 Dailies, 19 Weeklies, 2 Fortnightlies, 6 Monthlies, 4 Quarterly and 2 of other periodicities during the year. The total number of registered newspapers and periodicals increased to 1,999 by the end of 2018-19 comprising 288 Dailies, 14 Tri- Bi/Weeklies, 702 Weeklies, 235 Fortnightlies, 595 Monthlies, 80 Quarterlies, 20 Annuals and 65 other periodicals. (Table 1)
9.29.2. Annual Statements were received from 362 publications in 2018-19. The statements were received from the publishers of 78 Dailies, 118 Weeklies, 35 Fortnightlies, 105 Monthlies, 12 Quarterly, 3 Annuals and 11 from other publicities. Language-wise, 151 were in Punjabi followed by 102 in Hindi. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.29.3. The total circulation claimed by 362 publications amounted to 43,28,391 copies per publishing day during the period under report. Daily newspapers commanded 25,67,685 copies, followed by Weeklies with 9,14,684 and Monthlies with 4,18,274 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Punjabi publications dominated, with a circulation of 22,42,491 copies which was followed by Hindi publications with 14,64,184 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.29.4. “Punjab Kesari” a Hindi/Daily from Jalandhar (printed also from Ambala) claimed a circulation of 6,83,205 copies per publishing day. “Dainik Savera Times”, a Hindi/Daily from Jalandhar claimed a circulation of 3,34,218 copies per publishing day.
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TABLE 1
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) PUNJAB
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 12 0 23 17 75 23 21 11 182 Hindi 114 0 146 49 109 12 10 2 442 Punjabi 134 13 382 117 273 27 22 2 970 Sanskrit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Urdu 13 0 49 20 23 0 1 0 106 Bilingual 12 1 64 18 62 11 10 0 178 Multilingual 2 0 33 14 53 6 2 5 115 Others 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 Total 288 14 702 235 595 80 65 20 1999
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise PUNJAB
Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BENGALI 0 0 1 3117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3117
BILINGUAL 1 149326 12 28741 3 8750 20 63610 3 5000 2 32000 0 0 41 287427
ENGLISH 5 88586 4 55132 1 11397 12 17818 3 5700 2 600 3 1250 30 180483
HINDI 32 1046605 29 210472 9 108980 24 85227 3 4800 5 8100 0 0 102 1464184
MALAYALAM 0 0 1 4583 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4583
MULTILINGUAL 0 0 12 81154 3 7608 14 29557 1 2000 0 0 0 0 30 120319
ODIA 0 0 1 2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2017
PUNJABI 39 1277032 55 513334 19 226813 35 222062 2 2500 1 750 0 0 151 2242491
TAMIL 0 0 1 2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2017
TELUGU 0 0 1 2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2017
URDU 1 6136 1 12100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1500 0 0 3 19736
Total 78 2567685 118 914684 35 363548 105 418274 12 20000 11 42950 3 1250 362 4328391
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29. RAJASTHAN
CAPITAL : Jaipur POPULATION : 6,86,21,012 (2011) LITERACY : 67.06 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.30.1. As many as 60 new publications were registered during 2018-19. Out of these, 04 were Dailies, 08 Weeklies, 19 Fortnightlies, 20 Monthlies, 4 Quarterlies, 5 of other periodicities and 03 were ceased during the year. The total number of registered newspapers and periodicals in the State has increased to 6,581 consisting of 880 Dailies, 22 Tri- Bi/Weeklies, 1,610 Weeklies, 2,420 Fortnightlies, 1,261 Monthlies, 237 Quarterlies, 21 Annuals and 130 with other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.30.2. The total number of Annual Statements received from the state of Rajasthan was 1,953. These included 438 Dailies, 416 Weeklies, 808 Fortnightlies, 252 Monthlies, 29 Quarterlies, 3 Annuals and 07 with other periodicities. Language-wise, Hindi newspapers comprised the largest number 1,750 in online submission of Annual Statements. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.30.3. The 1,953 publications that submitted their Annual Statements claimed a circulation of 2,21,82,046 copies per publishing day during 2018-19. Dailies commanded a circulation of 1,49,84,564 copies. Among periodicals, Fortnightlies with 34,73,618 copies were leading and followed by Weeklies with 23,93,305 copies, which was further followed by Monthly with 12,70,001 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Hindi newspapers were the most circulated with 2, 09,61,383 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.30.4. “Dainik Bhaskar”, a Hindi/Daily from Jaipur, was the leading newspaper with 5,10,555 copies per publishing day.
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TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) RAJASTHAN Languages Dailies Tri/Bi- Weeklies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total English 12 0 24 29 72 25 30 6 198 Hindi 821 21 1502 2232 983 155 65 11 5790 Bengali 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Guajarati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Kannada 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Malayalam 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Marathi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Punjabi 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 Sanskrit 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 Sindhi 5 0 10 5 1 1 0 0 22 Urdu 14 0 4 5 6 0 0 0 29 Bilingual 23 1 61 130 168 46 28 3 460 Multilingual 0 0 4 8 18 4 3 0 33 Others 5 0 2 6 8 5 3 0 29 Total 880 22 1610 2420 1261 237 130 21 6581
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise RAJASTHAN
Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BILINGUAL 8 68984 19 39841 50 182279 46 140692 7 5175 2 3583 1 200 133 440754
ENGLISH 7 243343 13 132382 3 7000 13 31196 3 400 2 2100 0 0 41 416421
HINDI 415 14490229 377 2111192 748 3261799 188 1051063 18 24600 2 1300 2 21200 1750 20961383
KANNADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 800 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 800
MARATHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1950 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1950
MULTILINGUAL 0 0 3 5125 1 3200 1 1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10125
RAJASTHANI 2 6700 0 0 3 4940 1 40600 1 1000 0 0 0 0 7 53240
SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1000 0 0 1 1000
SINDHI 4 129808 3 68765 2 8400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 206973 SINDHI DEVNAGRI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1900
URDU 2 45500 1 36000 1 6000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 87500
Total 438 14984564 416 2393305 808 3473618 252 1270001 29 31175 7 7983 3 21400 1953 22182046
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30. SIKKIM
CAPITAL : Gangtok POPULATION : 6,07,688 (2011) LITERACY : 82.20 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.31.1. Two new publication was registered in 2018-19 in the State.
9.31.2. Out of 118 registered publications, only 31 publications submitted their Annual Statements from the State of Sikkim in 2018-19. They were 17 Dailies and 14 Weeklies. (Table 2) Circulation
9.31.3. As per data from the above 31 publications, a total circulation of 11,57,170 copies was claimed by the publication. The share of Dailies in it was 11,12,812 copies and of Weeklies was 44,358 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.31.4. “Taasir”, an Urdu/Daily from Gangtok was the leading newspaper with a circulation of 45,000 copies per publishing day. “Sikkim Express”, an English/Daily from Gangtok claimed a circulation of 36,810 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) SIKKIM
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Total Weeklies English 7 1 7 1 3 3 1 23 Hindi 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Nepali 7 1 72 0 1 0 2 83 Urdu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Bilingual 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 Others 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Total 19 2 84 1 6 3 3 118
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise SIKKIM
Language DAILY WEEKLY ANNUAL TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation ENGLISH 6 170609 0 0 0 0 6 170609 HINDI 4 33469 0 0 0 0 4 33469 NEPALI 5 858059 14 44358 0 0 19 902417 URDU 2 50675 0 0 0 0 2 50675 Total 17 1112812 14 44358 0 0 31 1157170
31. TAMIL NADU
CAPITAL : Chennai POPULATION : 7,21,38,958 (2011) LITERACY : 80.33 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.32.1. A total number of 110 new publications were registered in 2018-19. These were 08 Dailies, 14 Weeklies, 12 Fortnightlies, 74 Monthlies, 1 Quarterly, 1 of other periodicity and 2 were ceased during the year. The total number of registered newspapers and periodicals has gone up to 6,556 comprising 582 Dailies, 57 tri/bi-Weeklies, 882 Weeklies, 793 Fortnightlies, 3,726 Monthlies, 278 Quarterlies, 46 Annuals and 192 with other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.32.2. Annual Statements were received from 1,218 publications during 2018-19. These were from 215 Dailies, 132 Weeklies, 715 Monthlies, 126 Fortnightlies, 17 Quarterlies, 3 Annual and 10 with other periodicities. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.32.3. The above 1,218 publications that submitted their Annual Statements, had a combined circulation of 1,83,48,960 copies per publishing day in the year 2018-19. Dailies had a share of 96,94,828 copies, Weeklies of 30,95,376 copies and Monthlies of 38,78,774 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Tamil publications had a circulation of 1, 30,67,830 copies, followed by English 36,51,327 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.32.4. “Daily Thanthi”, a Tamil/Daily published from Chennai had the largest circulation of 4, 02,659 copies per publishing day.
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TABLE 1
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise)
TAMIL NADU
Tri/Bi- Week- Languages Dailies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies lies English 71 6 146 98 444 144 97 26 1032 Hindi 6 0 4 6 38 8 2 0 64 Assamese 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Bengali 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 Gujarati 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 Kannada 1 0 2 2 13 0 1 0 19 Malayalam 5 0 2 3 30 3 2 0 45 Marathi 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 Nepali 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Odia 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Punjabi 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 Sanskrit 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 Tamil 475 46 571 561 2580 66 55 12 4366 Telugu 4 0 6 5 66 3 3 0 87 Urdu 8 5 2 1 1 3 0 0 20 Bilingual 9 0 142 108 487 41 23 7 817 Multilingual 1 0 7 6 45 7 2 1 69 Others 2 0 0 0 6 2 6 0 16 Total 582 57 882 793 3726 278 192 46 6556
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise TAMIL NADU Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
AFRIKAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 150
ASSAMESE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 800 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 800
BENGALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3300 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3300
BILINGUAL 2 18877 28 715508 17 89600 91 246677 0 0 1 7967 2 3700 141 1082329
ENGLISH 40 1957456 37 986557 10 90903 83 601036 3 11175 4 1200 1 3000 178 3651327
GUJARATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2797 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2797
HINDI 6 126326 2 7132 0 0 10 139808 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 273266
KANNADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22580 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22580
MALAYALAM 1 11558 0 0 0 0 4 26761 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 38319
MARATHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 904 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 904
MULTILINGUAL 0 0 1 1983 0 0 8 25680 3 3000 0 0 0 0 12 30663
NEPALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2400 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2400
ODIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2600 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2600
PUNJABI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1000
SINHALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 300
TAMIL 162 7492460 64 1384196 99 1110877 498 2723717 10 16931 5 339649 0 0 838 13067830
TELUGU 3 43151 0 0 0 0 6 77424 1 1980 0 0 0 0 10 122555
URDU 1 45000 0 0 0 0 2 840 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 45840 Total 215 9694828 132 3095376 126 1291380 715 3878774 17 33086 10 348816 3 6700 1218 18348960
32. TELANGANA
CAPITAL : HYDERABAD POPULATION : 3,52,86,757 (2011) LITERACY : 67.22 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.32.1. A total number of 65 new publications were registered in 2018-19. These were 28 Dailies, 04 Weeklies, 02 Fortnightlies, 28 Monthlies, 1 Quarterly, 2 of other periodicities and 4 were ceased during the year. The total number of registered newspapers and periodicals has gone up to 775 comprising 261 Dailies, 97 Weeklies, 73 Fortnightlies, 315 Monthlies, 13 Quarterlies, 2 Annuals and 14 with other periodicities. (Table 1) Circulation
9.32.2. The total circulation of 1, 22,89,073 copies per publishing day during 2018-19 was registered. The daily newspapers of the state contributed 78,53,228 copies in the total
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circulation followed by Monthly 27,45,572 copies per publishing day. Telugu press dominated in the State with a circulation figure of 80,42,162 copies followed by English 22,09,768 copies and Urdu 14,20,102 copies per publishing day. (Table 2) Leading Newspapers
9.33.3. “Telugu Jaatiya Dina Patrika Vaartha”, a Telugu/Daily from Hyderabad with a claimed circulation of 2,21,705 copies per publishing day stood at the leading spot. “Eenadu”, Telugu/Daily from Karimnagar claimed a circulation of 1,20,358 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) TELANGANA
Language Dailies Tri/Bi-weeklies Weeklies Fortnightly Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total English 28 0 13 3 34 2 5 1 86 Hindi 8 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 14 Telugu 182 0 29 49 228 3 7 1 499 Urdu 38 0 40 19 12 2 0 0 111 Bilingual 3 0 13 1 27 0 1 0 45 Multilingual 2 0 2 0 12 3 1 0 20 Total 261 0 97 73 315 13 14 2 775
TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise TELANGANA
DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS TOTAL Language
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
BILINGUAL 4 43847 12 26757 1 6300 21 146158 1 1800 1 1000 40 225862
ENGLISH 56 1437537 10 316738 6 62650 27 318303 1 72000 2 2540 102 2209768
HINDI 14 299196 0 0 1 1000 1 5000 0 0 0 0 16 305196
MULTILINGUAL 1 1800 2 9900 0 0 9 67400 1 625 0 0 13 79725
TAMIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6258 0 0 0 0 1 6258
TELUGU 236 5175564 23 292020 35 391725 182 2174253 3 6600 1 2000 480 8042162
URDU 79 895284 68 398495 21 95490 12 28200 1 2633 0 0 181 1420102
Total 390 7853228 115 1043910 64 557165 253 2745572 7 83658 4 5540 833 12289073
33. TRIPURA
CAPITAL : Agartala POPULATION : 36,71,032 (2011) LITERACY : 87.75 % (2011)
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Registered Newspapers
9.33.1. Only 2 new publications were registered during 2018-19 and thus making a total number of registered newspapers periodicals in the State to 162 comprising, 39 Dailies, 2 Tri-Bi/Weeklies, 87 Weeklies, 12 Fortnightlies, 15 Monthlies, 5 Quarterlies and 2 other periodicals. (Table 1)
9.33.2. The Publishers of 60 publications from the State submitted their Annual Statements for the period 2018-19. These included 21 Dailies, 34 Weeklies, 2 Fortnightlies, 2 Monthly and 1 other periodical. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.33.3. The aforesaid 60 publications reportedly claimed a total circulation of 6,72,842 copies per publishing day during 2018-19. The daily newspapers of the state contributed 5,13,927 copies in the total circulation. Bengali press dominated in the State with a circulation figure of 5,02,991 copies followed by English 1,29,511 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.33.4. “Dainik Sambad”, a Bengali/Daily from West Tripura was the leading newspaper with a circulation of 83,392 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) TRIPURA
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Total Weeklies English 6 1 6 4 1 2 0 20 Bengali 32 1 69 7 11 3 2 125 Manipuri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Bilingual 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 9 Multilingual 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Others 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 Total 39 2 87 12 15 5 2 162
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise TRIPURA
Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY OTHERS TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation BENGALI 14 359840 29 136003 1 5348 1 1200 1 600 46 502991 BILINGUAL 0 0 2 6550 0 0 1 1800 0 0 3 8350 ENGLISH 5 124096 2 3515 1 1900 0 0 0 0 8 129511 HINDI 1 5291 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5291 KOKBOROK 1 24700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24700 MULTILINGUAL 0 0 1 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1999 Total 21 513927 34 148067 2 7248 2 3000 1 600 60 672842
34. UTTARAKHAND
CAPITAL : Dehradun POPULATION : 1,01,16,752 (2011) LITERACY : 79.63 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.34.1. In all 23 new publications were registered during 2018-19. Out of these 1 Daily, 09 Weeklies, 03 Fortnightlies, 07 Monthlies, 2 Quarterlies, 1 Annual periodicity and 10 publications were ceased during the year. Hence, by the end of 2018-19 the number of registered newspapers and periodicals increased to 3,531 comprising 395 Dailies, 7 Tri- Bi/Weeklies, 2061 Weeklies, 386 Fortnightlies, 503 Monthlies, 106 Quarterlies, 13 Annuals and 60 with other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.34.2. From the State of Uttarakhand, a total of 1,915 publications had submitted their Annual Statements for the year 2018-19. The publications that submitted their Annual Statements comprised 205 Dailies, 1,290 Weeklies, 179 Monthlies, 209 Fortnightlies, 21 Quarterlies, 08 were of other periodicities and 3 of Annual. Hindi dominated the scene with a total of 1,734 publications. (Table 2)
Circulation 9.34.3. The above 1,915 publications claimed a total circulation of 1,69,28,286 copies per publishing day in 2018-19. Weekly publications were leading with 95,30,383 copies followed by Dailies 44,07,978 copies per publishing day. Language-wise- Hindi publications were leading with 1,49,98,585 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
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Leading Newspaper 9.34.4. “Amar Ujala”, a Hindi/Daily/Daily from Dehradun was the leading newspaper with 1,46,934 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) UTTARAKHAND Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annual Total Weeklies English 21 4 47 9 43 21 7 0 152 Assamese 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Bengali 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Hindi 321 3 1903 352 390 56 37 3 3065 Gujarati 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Marathi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Nepali 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 6 Odia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Punjabi 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 9 Sanskrit 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 Urdu 37 0 29 7 6 9 1 0 89 Bilingual 11 0 74 13 45 16 8 8 175 Multilingual 0 0 -1 0 3 4 1 1 8 Others 3 0 5 2 4 0 0 1 15 Total 395 7 2061 386 503 106 60 13 3531
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise UTTARAKHAND Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
No Circulati Circulati No Circulati Circulati No Circulati No Circulati No Circulati Circulati . on No. on . on No. on . on . on . on No. on
ASSAMESE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1998 0 0 1 1998
BENGALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4233 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4233
BHOJPURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5500 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5500
BILINGUAL 4 69750 29 207600 4 32500 19 121700 4 2383 0 0 0 0 60 433933
ENGLISH 15 384260 16 145200 3 3000 16 93684 0 0 1 668 0 0 51 626812
GARHWALI 1 2000 4 39700 2 7400 2 7300 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 56400
GUJARATI 0 0 0 0 1 21625 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21625 15 122 19 173 1499858 HINDI 6 3430514 8 8997587 3 1315584 135 1164250 16 33550 3 53400 3 3700 4 5
KANNADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2633 0 0 1 2633
KUMAUNI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5000
MALAYALAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1217 0 0 1 1217
MARATHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19008 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19008 MULTILINGU AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5400 0 0 0 0 1 5400
NEPALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1000
ODIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30992 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30992
PUNJABI 1 14750 1 5200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19950
SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 1 5200 1 6000 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11200
TAMIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1300 0 0 1 1300
URDU 28 506704 12 135096 5 39700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 681500 20 129 20 191 1692828 Total 5 4407978 0 9530383 9 1425009 179 1458667 21 41333 8 61216 3 3700 5 6
35. UTTAR PRADESH
CAPITAL : Lucknow POPULATION : 19,95,81,477 (2011) LITERACY : 69.72 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.35.1. As many as 175 new publications were registered during the year 2018-19. These comprised of 26 Dailies, 70 Weeklies, 07 Fortnightlies, 56 Monthlies, 11 Quarterlies, 1 Annual, 04 of other periodicities and 27 were ceased during the year. Thus, by the end of 2018-19, the number of registered newspapers and periodicals has increased to 18,140. Periodicity-wise break up of these publications was 3,566 Dailies, 24 Tri/Bi-Weeklies, 8,810
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Weeklies, 1,405 Fortnightlies, 3,158 Monthlies, 749 Quarterlies, 57 Annuals and 371 with other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.35.2. Annual Statements from 6,480 publications were received from Uttar Pradesh in 2018-19. The Annual Statements were received in respect of 2,204 Dailies, 2,997 Weeklies, 299 Fortnightlies, 837 Monthlies, 124 Quarterlies, 7 Annuals and 12 with other periodicities. Language wise, Hindi and Urdu were on first and second position in filing Annual Statements with 5,171 & 848 publications respectively. (Table 2)
Circulation
9.35.3. The 6,480 publications, which submitted their Annual Statements, had a combined circulation of 8,61,24,045 copies per publishing day during 2018-19. Dailies claimed a total circulation of 4,51,83,058 copies. Among periodicals Weeklies were leading with a circulation of 3,06,62,045 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Hindi newspapers had a circulation of 6, 62,60,892 copies followed by Urdu with 1, 32,34,658 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.35.4. Among dailies “Dainik Jagran”, a Hindi/Daily from Lucknow, claimed a circulation of 3,87,409 copies per publishing day.
TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) UTTAR PRADESH
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 136 3 137 58 277 97 167 25 900 Hindi 2530 16 7719 1125 2382 508 148 15 14443 Bengali 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 12 Gujarati 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 Marathi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Punjabi 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 Sanskrit 6 0 9 3 6 4 0 0 28 Sindhi 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 Telugu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Urdu 834 3 666 119 144 30 2 1 1799 Bilingual 46 2 265 94 314 95 44 15 875 Multilingual 2 0 9 2 12 3 6 1 35 Others 5 0 1 2 16 5 0 0 29 Total 3566 24 8810 1405 3158 749 371 57 18140
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise UTTAR PRADESH
Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
ARABIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4500 0 0 1 300 0 0 2 4800
BENGALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21500 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21500
BHOJPURI 3 21450 0 0 0 0 1 10610 1 15250 0 0 0 0 5 47310
BILINGUAL 18 223718 90 737869 19 101722 91 599828 18 94569 2 2000 4 3100 242 1762806
ENGLISH 85 3331462 51 826977 5 41247 46 398154 6 5220 1 55441 0 0 194 4658501
HINDI 1523 31101132 2628 26659357 251 2135768 668 5919482 94 404253 4 38700 3 2200 5171 66260892
MULTILINGUAL 1 32200 5 69400 1 15163 1 2000 0 0 2 250 0 0 10 119013
ODIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PUNJABI 2 3015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3015
SANSKRIT 2 5850 2 5700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11550
URDU 570 10464231 221 2362742 23 218151 27 150859 5 27975 2 10700 0 0 848 13234658 Total 2204 45183058 2997 30662045 299 2512051 837 7106933 124 547267 12 107391 7 5300 6480 86124045
36. WEST BENGAL
CAPITAL : Kolkata POPULATION : 9,13,47,736 (2011) LITERACY : 77.08 % (2011)
Registered Newspapers
9.36.1. In all, 55 new publications were registered during 2018-19 in West Bengal. These included 5 Dailies, 12 Weeklies, 10 Fortnightlies, 11 Monthlies, 1 Annual, 12 Quarterlies, 4 of other Periodicities and 1 was ceased during the year. The total number of registered newspapers and periodicals went up to 5,421 by the end of 2018-19. There were 316 Dailies, 11 tri/bi-Weeklies, 1,002 Weeklies, 1,052 Fortnightlies, 1,608 Monthlies, 922 Quarterlies, 65 Annuals and 445 with other periodicities. (Table 1)
9.36.2. As many as 798 Annual Statements were received from the publishers in West Bengal in 2018-19. These included 122 Dailies, 159 Weeklies, 231 Fortnightlies, 202 Monthlies, 68 Quarterlies, 8 Annual and 8 with other periodicities (Table 2).
Circulation
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9.36.3. The above 798 publishers had a combined circulation of 1, 33,58,824 copies per publishing day during 2018-19. Among these the share of Dailies was 68,82,598 copies, followed by Weeklies 33,84,628 copies. Language-wise, Bengali publications maintained the highest total circulation with 78,82,146 copies, followed by English with 32,25,794 copies and Hindi with 12,11,094 copies per publishing day. (Table 2)
Leading Newspapers
9.36.4. “Ananda Bazar Patrika”, a Bengali/Daily published from Kolkata commanded the largest circulation of 11,10,402 copies per publishing day in the newspapers category.
TABLE 1
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2019 (Language & Periodicity-wise) WEST BENGAL
Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 44 0 105 74 295 140 110 16 784 Hindi 67 0 98 63 97 30 11 1 367 Assamese 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 Bengali 142 11 711 844 1008 633 285 36 3670 Gujarati 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 10 Kannada 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Maithili 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Malayalam 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 Nepali 6 0 8 4 9 15 6 0 48 Odia 0 0 1 1 13 2 1 0 18 Punjabi 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 8 Santhali 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 Sanskrit 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 8 Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Telugu 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 Urdu 45 0 19 18 33 8 0 0 123 Bilingual 4 0 44 31 99 65 24 11 278 Multilingual 1 0 5 8 32 19 1 1 67 Others 2 0 5 2 10 3 3 0 25 Total 316 11 1002 1052 1608 922 445 65 5421
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TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise WEST BENGAL
Language DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL
No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
ASSAMESE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 0 0 0 0 1 50
BENGALI 44 3794030 110 1686622 200 1479338 131 751456 42 120322 2 33906 5 16472 534 7882146
BILINGUAL 0 0 6 104993 8 66486 14 98830 4 4740 1 733 0 0 33 275782
ENGLISH 25 1629091 32 1389965 7 32740 35 146917 10 16081 3 9000 1 2000 113 3225794
HINDI 32 963780 9 96187 9 85200 12 52867 6 9963 1 1500 1 1597 70 1211094
MAITHILI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MULTILINGUAL 0 0 0 0 3 45629 5 4458 2 575 1 105 1 200 12 50967
NEPALI 1 30907 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30907
ODIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4108 2 4100 0 0 0 0 3 8208
PUNJABI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1100
SANTHALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1800
TELUGU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 200 0 0 0 0 1 200
URDU 18 464789 2 106861 4 82275 2 16850 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 670775
Total 122 6882598 159 3384628 231 1791668 202 1078386 68 156031 8 45244 8 20269 798 13358824
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