<P> The Constitution of India designates the official language of the Government of India as Hindi written in the Devanagari script , as well as English . There is no national language as declared by the Constitution of India . Hindi is used for official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings , judiciary , communications between the Central Government and a State Government . States within India have the liberty and powers to specify their own official language ( s ) through legislation and therefore there are 22 officially recognized languages in India of which Hindi is the most used . The number of native Hindi speakers is about 25 % of the total Indian population ; however , including dialects of Hindi termed as Hindi languages , the total is around 44 % of Indians , mostly accounted from the states falling under the Hindi belt . Other Indian languages are each spoken by around 10 % or less of the population . </P>
<P> The Constitution of India designates the official language of the Government of India as Hindi written in the Devanagari script , as well as English . There is no national language as declared by the Constitution of India . Hindi is used for official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings , judiciary , communications between the Central Government and a State Government . States within India have the liberty and powers to specify their own official language ( s ) through legislation and therefore there are 22 officially recognized languages in India of which Hindi is the most used . The number of native Hindi speakers is about 25 % of the total Indian population ; however , including dialects of Hindi termed as Hindi languages , the total is around 44 % of Indians , mostly accounted from the states falling under the Hindi belt . Other Indian languages are each spoken by around 10 % or less of the population . </P>
hindi is a national language or official language
hindi is a national language or official language
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official