Geographical Distribution
Braj Bhasha is mainly a rural tongue currently, predominant in the nebulous Braj region centred around Mathura & Agra in Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur & Dholpur in Rajasthan. It is the predominant language in the central stretch of the Ganges-Yamuna Doab in the following districts:
- Mathura
- Agra
- Firozabad
- Hathras ( Mahamaya Nagar )
- Aligarh
- Etah
- Mainpuri
- Etawah
- Aligarh
- Bulandshahr
- Gautam Buddha Nagar ( Noida )
- Farrukhabad
- Etah
- Badaun
It stretches across the Ganges into the non-Doabi districts of Badaun and Bareilly and goes up to the foothills of Nainital at Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand.
Besides Uttar Pradesh, it is spoken in the bordering areas of Rajasthan, mainly in the following districts:
- Bharatpur
- Dhaulpur
as well as parts of Karauli, from where onwards it merges into Rajasthani languages.
It is also spoken in the areas of Haryana south of Delhi, mainly in Faridabad district and eastern areas of Gurgaon and Mewat districts. in madhya pradesh it is spoken in the districts of bhind, morena,gwalior,shyopur and shivpuri. It is spoken in several villages of Delhi, specially in Kotla Mubarakpur, Khanpur, and all other villages belongs to Gurjars along with Rajput Thakurs
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