how many official launguages in India

India has 22 official languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. However, the Constitution of India recognizes Hindi and English as the official languages of the central government.

Official Languages of India:

1. Assamese
2. Bengali
3. Bodo
4. Dogri
5. Gujarati
6. Hindi
7. Kannada
8. Kashmiri
9. Konkani
10. Maithili
11. Malayalam
12. Manipuri
13. Marathi
14. Nepali
15. Odia
16. Punjabi
17. Sanskrit
18. Santali
19. Sindhi
20. Tamil
21. Telugu
22. Urdu

Each state in India can also designate its own official language(s) for governance.