Registered papers in India is 82,237, Hindi & Eng lead in no of print entitiesBy A Correspondent The press registrar, T Jayaraj, Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI), presented the 55th annual report ‘Press in India’ 2010-11 to Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B). Speaking on the occasion, Mr Varma said that the annual report was a compendium of interesting data containing status of print media in the country. He also suggested that based on the previous years’ trends, a comparative analysis of different newspapers in circulation, their growth over a period of time and further comparative statements could be presented through graphs in the next year’s annual report. This would add value to the report, thereby becoming an important reference point for key stakeholders in the industry. The Annual Report highlighted key trends for the Indian press in 2010-11. The analysis provided a broad overview about the general trend of the Indian press based on the number and claimed circulation of newspapers. The total number of registered newspapers stood at 82,237. The number of new newspapers registered during 2010-11 stood at 4853. The percentage of growth for registered publications over the previous year was 6.25 per cent. The RNI approved 13,229 titles for the year 2010. The largest number of newspapers and periodicals registered in any Indian language was in Hindi at 32,793. English had the second largest number of newspapers and periodicals which was 11,478. The total circulation of newspapers stood at 32,92,04,841 as against 30,88,16,563 copies in 2009-10. The number of annual statements received in RNI for the year 2010-11 was 14,508 against 13,134 in 2009-10 registering an increase of 10.46 per cent. As per data from the annual statements, the highest number of newspapers were published in Hindi (7,910), followed by English (1,406), Urdu (938), Gujarati (761), Telugu (603), Marathi (521), Bengali (472), Tamil (272), Oriya (245), Kannada (200) and Malayalam (192). In terms of circulation, Hindi newspapers continued to lead with 15,54,94,770 copies followed by English with 5,53,70,184 copies. Urdu press had a figure of 2,16,39,230 copies. The report is a statutory requirement under Section 19 G of the PRB Act, 1867. It is an analysis of the Indian Press which focuses mainly on circulation as claimed by the newspapers. It also carries different chapters viz ownership of newspapers, analysis of daily newspapers, language wise study of the press and analysis of registered newspapers. The source of information of the report is the annual statements submitted by the publishers of newspapers and periodicals in accordance with 19 D of the Act. 

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How many newspapers are published in India?Inspite of television news media and internet news website, newspapers still remain most powerful medium of news in India.As per data available in government of India , the total number of registered newspapers and periodicals are sixty nine thousand three hundred and twenty three (69,323).Out of above mentioned 69,323 registered newspapers and periodicals ,weeklies are highest in numbers . The total number of weeklies we have are twenty three thousand four hundred and fourteen (23,414) which makes approximately 1/3 of total registered newspapers and periodicals!!!!!!!!!!!1Monthlies comes second in number of registered newspapers and periodicals with twenty thousand nine hundred and forty eight monthlies being published in India.The daily newspapers are seven thousand seven hundred and ten (7710).As expected hindi language leads when it comes to number of newpapers and periodicals with total of twenty seven thousand five hundred and twenty seven (27,527)registered newspapers and periodicals.English comes second in list of languages with ten thousand newspapers and periodicals (10000)being published in english language.Marathi with four thousand , one hundred and twenty two is third in the list (4122). Urdu with three thousand , three hundred and fifteen(3315) registered news papers and periodicals is fourth in the list of language with heighest number of newspapers and periodicals.Bengali with Three thousand two hundred and forty four (3244) newspapers and periodicals comes fifth in the list.Language

Dailies Tri/bi- Weeklies Fortni- Month- Quarte- Annuals Other/ Total

weeklies ghtlies lies rlies Periodicals

 Hindi 3418 130 12793 4042 5687 1023 58 376 27527

 English 594 42 1358 965 4015 1612 251 1163 10000

 Assamese 37 4 91 45 81 15 1 11 285

 Bengali 125 15 707 690 861 574 29 243 3244

Bodo 2 1 4 1 5 2  - 1 16

Dogri  -  - 2  - 1 3  -  - 6

 Gujarati 220 17 1410 307 881 88 15 67 3005

 Kannada 493 6 573 419 1015 68 4 32 2610

 Kashmiri - - 2 - 1 - - - 3

 Konkani 1 - 4 2 6 2 - - 15

 Malayalam 265 9 211 186 1060 79 18 55 1883

 Manipuri 18 - 7 5 11 7 - 5 53

 Marathi 553 24 1991 343 842 160 142 67 4122

Maithili 2  - 1 2 8 3  - 3 19

 Nepali 10 2 64 7 18 18 - 8 127

 Oriya 107 3 247 140 383 114 5 33 1032

 Punjabi 116 15 413 117 345 43 1 20 1070

 Sanskrit 5 - 9 6 21 19 - 6 66

Sainthali  -  -  -  - 3 2  - 1 6

 Sindhi 13 - 41 11 40 11 - 3 119

 Tamil 409 43 454 335 1511 50 10 41 2853

 Telugu 405 5 372 340 971 41 2 32 2168

 Urdu 703 21 1443 406 626 91 4 21 3315

 Bilingual 132 22 970 562 2040 517 63 254 4560

 Multilingual 21 5 164 89 368 88 18 54 807

 Others 61 15 83 32 148 56 1 13 409

Dailies Tri/bi- Weeklies Fortni- Month- Quarter- AnnualOther Pe-

Total

State weeklies ghtlies lies lies riodicals

 Andhra Pradesh 627 9 795 523 1391 147 7 84 3583

 Arunachal Pradesh 4 1 4 - 2 2 - - 13

 Assam 68 13 202 73 123 30 4 21 534

 Bihar 386 33 658 163 262 75 2 33 1612

 Chhatishgarh 116 1 276 37 83 29 2 8 552

 Goa 16 - 18 15 40 10 1 5 105

 Gujarat 262 14 1469 319 917 108 8 94 3191

 Haryana 152 10 455 230 308 68 8 32 1263

 Himachal Pradesh 15 - 73 30 62 30 5 9 224

 Jammu & Kashmir 126 4 287 63 51 13  - 16 560

 Jharkhand 54 - 67 29 83 17 1 2 253

 Karnataka 638 12 774 539 1375 162 9 94 3603

 Kerala 264 9 235 220 1282 155 36 124 2325

 Madhya Pradesh 605 8 2617 245 1041 151 7 108 4782

 Maharashtra 817 49 3168 724 2369 629 259 348 8363

 Manipur 56 3 18 12 42 9 5 11 156

 Meghalaya 5 4 34 7 17 5 2 4 78

 Mizoram 45 14 38 7 26 6 - 4 140

 Nagaland 7 - 9 1 1 2 - - 20

 Orissa 144 4 289 162 461 179 13 60 1312

 Punjab 152 13 516 182 450 60 9 46 1428

 Rajasthan 500 22 1219 1601 705 156 15 76 4294

 Sikkim 9 2 61 1 1 2 - 3 79

 Tamil Nadu 429 53 567 446 2155 204 30 131 4015

 Tripura 26 2 62 10 13 4 - 1 118

 Uttar Pradesh 1230 24 5909 1107 1818 492 28 191 10799

 Uttarakhand 155 7 816 147 225 60 10 36 1456

 West Bengal 201 9 835 827 1289 806 50 358 4375

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List of newspapers in India by readershipFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search

This is a list of the newspapers in India by readership in the three-month period ended December 31, 2012.[1] These figures are compiled by Media Research Users Council in the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012 Q4. This data is based on sample survey and is modelled on internationally accepted annual sample spread. The IRS is the largest continuous readership research study in the world with an annual sample size exceeding 2.56 lakh respondents.[2]

Newspaper Language City

Daily Readership (in

million) Owner

1Dainik Jagran

दै�नि�क जा�गरण Hindi Various cities and states 16.370Owned by Jagaran Prakashan Ltd.

2Dainik Bhaskar

दै�नि�क भा�स्कर Hindi Various cities and states 14.416 Owned by D B Corp Ltd.

3Hindustan नि न्दुस्ता�� Hindi Various cities and states 12.246

Owned by Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd. which is owned by HT Media Ltd

4

Malayala Manorama മലയാ�ള മനോ��രമ

Malayalam10 cities in Kerala, Bangalore, Mangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai, and Bahrain

9.760Owned by Malayala Manorama Company Ltd.

5Amar Ujala

अमर उजा�ला� Hindi Various cities and states 8.434Owned by Amar Ujala Publications Ltd.

6 Times of India English Various cities and states 7.615Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.

7Daily Thanthi தி�னத்திந்தி� Tamil

Various cities in Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Pondicherry and Mumbai.

7.334 Founded by S. P. Adithanar

8 Lokmat Marathi Various cities of Maharashtra and Goa 7.313Owned by Lokmat Media Limited

9Rajasthan Patrika

Hindi Various cities and states 6.837Owned by Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd.

10Mathrubhumi മ�തൃഭൂ�മ Malayalam

10 Cities in Kerala, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi

6.334Owned by The Mathrubhumi Group

11Eenadu ఈనాడు� Telugu

19 Cities in AP, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi

5.972Founded in 1974, owned by Ramoji Group

12

Ananda Bazar Patrika আনন্দবা�জা�র পত্রিকা�

Bengaliall over West Bengal, Odisha,Jharkhand,Bihar,Delhi,Mumbai and many other cities in India

5.750 Owned by Ananda Publishers

13Sakshi సాక్షి Telugu Various cities and states 5.379 Owned by Jagathi Publications

Newspaper Language City

Daily Readership (in

million) Owner

14Gujarat Samachar ગુ�જરા�ત સમા�ચા�રા

Gujarati Ahmedabad, Gujarat 5.114 Owned by Lok Prakashan Ltd.

15Dinakaran தி�னகரன் Tamil

Various cities in Tamil Nadu and a few other cities

4.816Bought out by SUN TV group in 2005

16Daily Sakal सक�ळ Marathi Various cities in Maharashtra 4.469 Owned by Sakal Media Group

17Hindustan Times

English Various cities and states 3.820 Owned by HT Media Ltd

18Punjab Kesari

पं�जा�ब क� सर� Hindi States of Punjab, Haryana 3.323 Owned by Punjab Kesari Group

19 Prabhat Khabar HindiStates of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha

2.859Owned by NPHL (Neutral Publishing House Ltd.)

20Navbharat Times

Hindi Various cities and states 2.633Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.

21 The Hindu English Various cities and states 2.164 Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.

22 Patrika Hindi Various cities 2.068Owned by Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd.

23Nai Dunia �ईदुनि�या� Hindi

Various cities and states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

1.358Owned by NaiDunia Media Ltd. which is owned by Jagaran Prakashan Ltd.

24 The Telegraph English Various cities and states 1.265 Owned by Ananda Publishers

25Deccan Chronicle

English Various cities 1.020Owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd.

26 DNA English Various cities and states 0.972

Owned by Diligent Media Corporation which is a joint venture between D B Corp Ltd. (Dainik Bhaskar group) and Essel Group.

27 Mumbai Mirror English Various cities and states 0.819Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.

28Economic Times

English Various cities and states 0.735Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.

29 The Tribune English Various cities and states 0.671 Owned by Tribune Trust

30The New Indian Express

English Various cities and states 0.652Owned by Express Publications Ltd.

31 The Hans India English State of Andhra Pradesh 0.259Owned by Hyderabad Media House Ltd.